PHPExcel causes problems - php

I'm trying to deal with Excel sheets in PHP and the following code causes irritating problems.
$getOrderFile = $this->db->query("SELECT order_file FROM orders WHERE id='".$order."'")->fetch_assoc();
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return $Excel->setActiveSheetIndex(0)->getHighestRow();
Now, I checked the script with two variants of $getOrderFile["order_file"]:
1. excel1.xlxs
2. excel1.xls
When $getOrderFile["order_file"] equals excel1.xlxs - the page goes completely blank. There's no content displayed. And should there be any additional text in HTML - it isn't displayed. As if there was "exit;" somewhere but isn't.
When $getOrderFile["order_file"] equals excel1.xls - the pages goes "missing". I get "The webpage is not accessible" (404).
Can somebody tell me what is wrong? I just want to get the rowcount and... well. The whole system goes nuts.
Thanks for your help!

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