Render XSL file to HTML using PHP - php

Question

I need to read a excel (xls) file and render it to a HTML page.
I'm developing in PHP, using Symfony 2.6.5 and I want to have access to the excel cel data, in this way I can generate HTML in a Symfony Controller(or better in a a Template).
I'm using ExcelBundle and I've read the documentation, but I found only ways to set information and not to get.
Which is the best we to read the content of the excel?
PS: the excel is a price list in a tabular form like the follow:
+––––+––––––+–––––––––––––+–––––––+
| id | name | description | price |
|____|______|_____________|_______|
+––––+––––––+–––––––––––––+–––––––+
| 1 | foo | foo desc | 12€ |
+––––+––––––+–––––––––––––+–––––––+
| 2 | bar | abr desc | 65€ |
+––––+––––––+–––––––––––––+–––––––+
|... |... | ... | ... |

Answer 1

In according with the code source, simply pass the filename in the createPHPExcelObject method.
As Example:
public function xlsAction()
{
$filenames = "your-file-name";
$phpExcelObject = $this->get('phpexcel')->createPHPExcelObject($filenames);
foreach ($phpExcelObject ->getWorksheetIterator() as $worksheet) {
echo 'Worksheet - ' , $worksheet->getTitle();
foreach ($worksheet->getRowIterator() as $row) {
echo ' Row number - ' , $row->getRowIndex();
$cellIterator = $row->getCellIterator();
$cellIterator->setIterateOnlyExistingCells(false); // Loop all cells, even if it is not set
foreach ($cellIterator as $cell) {
if (!is_null($cell)) {
echo ' Cell - ' , $cell->getCoordinate() , ' - ' , $cell->getCalculatedValue();
}
}
}
}
}
Simply pass the array to your view for rendering in the template.
Hope this help