Sample code for exporting styled Excel files with PHP

/**
* Export excel with styles
* edit: bbs.it-home.org
*/
include 'Writer.php';

/* *** Prepare to export data*** */
$head = 'One Week Schedule ';
$data = array('Monday' => array( array('time' => '09:00', 'event' => 'Company regular meeting'),
 array('time' = > '14:00', 'event' => 'Department regular meeting')
 ),
 'Tuesday' => array( array('time' => '09:30', 'event' => ; 'Breakfast with Mr. Stinsen')),
 'Wednesday' => array(array('time' => '12:10', 'event' => 'Market Intermediate Report'),
 array ('time' => '15:30', 'event' => 'Marketing Department Strategic Deployment Meeting') ),
 'Thursday' => array( array('time' => '', ' event' => '')),
 'Friday' => array( array('time' => '16:00', 'event' => 'WoC Stock Seminar'),
 array( 'time' => '17:00', 'event' => 'Fly to Wall Street'),
 array('time' => '21:00', 'event' => 'Meet Clinton' ))
 );
/* *** *** */

$workbook = new Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer();
$filename = date('YmdHis').'.xls';//csv
$workbook-> ;send($filename); // Send the Excel file name for download
$workbook->setVersion( 8 );

$sheet = &$workbook->addWorksheet("Sheet1"); // Create a worksheet
 $sheet->setInputEncoding('utf-8'); //Character set
$headFormat = &$workbook->addFormat(array('Size' => 14, 'Align' => 'center', 'Color' => 'white', 'FgColor' => 'brown', 'Bold'=>'1', 'Border' => '1'));//Define format
$dayFormat = &$workbook->addFormat(array('Size' => 12, 'Align' => 'center', 'VAlign' => 'vcenter', 'FgColor' => 'green', 'Color ' => 'white', 'Border' => '1'));//Define the format
$dataFormat = &$workbook->addFormat(array('Size' => 10, 'Align' = > 'left', 'Border' => '1', 'Color' => 'black', 'FgColor'=> 'cyan'));//Define format

$sheet->setColumn (0, 0, 20); // Set the width
$sheet->setColumn(1, 1, 15); // Set the width
$sheet->setColumn(2, 2, 30); // Set the width

$r = 0;
$sheet->write(0, $r, $head, $headFormat); // Table title
$sheet->mergeCells(0, 0, 0, 2); // Display across columns

$r++; // Data starts from row 2
foreach ($data as $day => $events){
 $c = 0;
 $sheet->write($r, $c , $day, $dayFormat);
 if (!$events){
 // No plans for the day
 $r++;
 } else {
 $startRow = $r;
 foreach ($events as $e){
 $c = 1;
 $sheet->write($r, $c++, $e['time'], $dataFormat); // Write data to the worksheet
 $sheet->write($r, $c++, $e['event'], $dataFormat); // Write data to the worksheet
 $r++;
 }
 // Merge $day cells
 $sheet->mergeCells($startRow, 0, $r - 1 , 0);
 }
}
$workbook->close(); // Complete download
?>

Code description: $sheet = &$workbook->addWorksheet("Sheet1"); // Create a worksheet and return the call to the worksheet. Multiple worksheets can be created in one Excel workbook. $headFormat = &$workbook->addFormat($param); // Create a format. The following available formats are available. Please refer to the official instructions http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.fileformats.spreadsheet-excel -writer.spreadsheet-excel-writer-workbook.addformat.php Align

Bold

Bottom

Top

Left

Right

Border

BorderColor

BottomColor

TopColor

RightColor

LeftColor

FgColor

BgColor

Color

Pattern

Underline

TextRotation

Size

NumFormat

Script

$workbook->send($filename); //Send HTTP Header, prepare to download, $filename is the downloaded file name sheet->setColumn($startCol, $endCol, $width); // Set column width $sheet->write($row, $col, $data, $format); //Write data to the worksheet, $row The row number to write, starting from 0 $col column number to write, starting from 0 $data data $format Style created using addFormat() $sheet->mergeCells($startRow, $startCol, $endRow, $endCol); // Merge cells $workbook->close(); // Download completed

That’s it. If you have time, save the above code as xxx.php and test it yourself to see how it works. After all, programming is all about hands-on practice.