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Some examples submitted by @infojunkie have demonstrated that an anchor cell without a spill operator was not being handled consistently with Excel. This means that the calculated value of such a cell needs to be a scalar when using it as part of a formula without the spill operator, but as an array when using it with the spill operator or when just getting the cell's value. This is tricky. My solution seems awfully kludgey to me, but it does seem to work. I have another change that I will want to make in a day or so. When that change is pushed, I will take this back out of draft status, and will now aim for an install date of about August 6. This particular commit removes the changing of array return type during calculations. It's been this way for a very long time, but I don't understand why it should have been needed in the first place. It causes problems (you need to be sure to restore the original value even when, for example, you throw an exception during calculation). I am relieved that it caused a problem only for one test member. The TEXTSPLIT function really makes sense only when you are returning arrays as arrays. Its test now needs to set that value explicitly since the Calculation engine is no longer changing it under the covers. No other tests broke as a result of this change. One other test "broke" as a result of this commit. One of the tests for INDIRECT had been expecting a null value, and the test was commented with "Excel result is 0". The PhpSpreadsheet result is now 0 as well, so this would seem to be a bugfix rather than a breaking change.
PhpSpreadsheet
PhpSpreadsheet is a library written in pure PHP and offers a set of classes that allow you to read and write various spreadsheet file formats such as Excel and LibreOffice Calc.
Installation
See the install instructions.
Documentation
Read more about it, including install instructions, in the official documentation. Or check out the API documentation.
Please ask your support questions on StackOverflow, or have a quick chat on Gitter.
Patreon
I am now running a Patreon to support the work that I do on PhpSpreadsheet.
Supporters will receive access to articles about working with PhpSpreadsheet, and how to use some of its more advanced features.
Posts already available to Patreon supporters:
- The Dating Game
- A look at how MS Excel (and PhpSpreadsheet) handle date and time values.
- Looping the Loop
- Advice on Iterating through the rows and cells in a worksheet.
And for Patrons at levels actively using PhpSpreadsheet:
- Behind the Mask
- A look at Number Format Masks.
The Next Article (currently Work in Progress):
- Formula for Success
- How to debug formulae that don't produce the expected result.
My aim is to post at least one article each month, taking a detailed look at some feature of MS Excel and how to use that feature in PhpSpreadsheet, or on how to perform different activities in PhpSpreadsheet.
Planned posts for the future include topics like:
- Tables
- Structured References
- AutoFiltering
- Array Formulae
- Conditional Formatting
- Data Validation
- Value Binders
- Images
- Charts
After a period of six months exclusive to Patreon supporters, articles will be incorporated into the public documentation for the library.
PHPExcel vs PhpSpreadsheet ?
PhpSpreadsheet is the next version of PHPExcel. It breaks compatibility to dramatically improve the code base quality (namespaces, PSR compliance, use of latest PHP language features, etc.).
Because all efforts have shifted to PhpSpreadsheet, PHPExcel will no longer be maintained. All contributions for PHPExcel, patches and new features, should target PhpSpreadsheet master branch.
Do you need to migrate? There is an automated tool for that.
License
PhpSpreadsheet is licensed under MIT.