Values are not being added in Excel file using PHPExcel in yii - php

Question

I'm trying to export data to Excel file using PHPExcel in yii. But I'm getting blank cells when I try to export data to excel file.
I'm able to add static values in the file such as column names.
$rowCount = 2;
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->SetCellValue('C'.$rowCount, "Sr. No");
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->SetCellValue('D'.$rowCount, "Suite Name");
this is the code in my controller action. I can see array values with that echo statement.
$i = 1;
$rowCount = 3;
foreach ($result as $row) {
$value = $row['suite_name'];
echo "<javascript type='text/javascript'>alert('$i, $rowCount, C$rowCount, D$rowCount ".$value."')</script>";
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->SetCellValue('C'.$rowCount, $i);
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->SetCellValue('D'.$rowCount, $value);
// Increment the Excel row counter
$rowCount++;
$i++;
}
instead of $value I tried directly with $row['suite_name'], that didn't worked either. Please, Any help will appreciated.

Answer 1

Try PHPExcel fromArray() method for saving array values to excel sheet.
Example
single dimensional array
$rowArray = array('Value1', 'Value2', 'Value3', 'Value4');
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()
->fromArray(
$rowArray, // The data to set
NULL, // Array values with this value will not be set
'C3' // Top left coordinate of the worksheet range where
// we want to set these values (default is A1)
);
Multi dimensional array
$arrayData = array(
array(NULL, 2010, 2011, 2012),
array('Q1', 12, 15, 21),
array('Q2', 56, 73, 86),
array('Q3', 52, 61, 69),
array('Q4', 30, 32, 0),
);
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()
->fromArray(
$arrayData, // The data to set
NULL, // Array values with this value will not be set
'C3' // Top left coordinate of the worksheet range where
// we want to set these values (default is A1)
);