phpoffice/phpspreadsheet - How to exclude no value cells from getHighestRow() - php

Question

$eanStyle = new \PHPExcel_Style();
$eanStyle->getNumberFormat()->applyFromArray([
'code' => '0000000000000'
]);
/* apply styles */
$mainSheet->duplicateStyle($eanStyle, 'A2:A10000');
Code above generates .xlsx template file, user enters data (7 rows) and upload file and then:
$mainSheet->getHighestRow('A'); // retruns 10000 instead of 8 (7 rows + header)
Thanks in advance for help.

Answer 1

I would advise you create a read filter to read only specific rows and columns. This would prevent the other empty rows being included:
$inputFileType = 'Xls';
$inputFileName = './sampleData/example1.xls';
$sheetname = 'Data Sheet #3';
/** Define a Read Filter class implementing \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReadFilter */
class MyReadFilter implements \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReadFilter {
public function readCell($column, $row, $worksheetName = '') {
// Read rows 1 to 7 and columns A to E only
if ($row >= 1 && $row <= 7) {
if (in_array($column,range('A','E'))) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
}
/** Create an Instance of our Read Filter **/
$filterSubset = new MyReadFilter();
/** Create a new Reader of the type defined in $inputFileType **/
$reader = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::createReader($inputFileType);
/** Tell the Reader that we want to use the Read Filter **/
$reader->setReadFilter($filterSubset);
/** Load only the rows and columns that match our filter to Spreadsheet **/
$spreadsheet = $reader->load($inputFileName);