PHPExcel output numbers are wrong - php

Question

I have this code:
$query = "SELECT ciudadh,corporacionh,r1,proxima,ultima FROM usuariox";
$headings = array('#', 'Estas son sus fichas hasta la fecha','fecha de ingreso');
if ($result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error())) {
// Create a new PHPExcel object
$objPHPExcel = new PHPExcel();
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->setTitle('Asuntos Pendientes');
$rowNumber = 2;
$rowNumber2 = 2;
$col = 'A';
foreach($headings as $heading) {
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue($col.$rowNumber,$heading);
$col++;
}
// Loop through the result set
$rowNumber = 3;
$newId = 1;
while ($row = mysql_fetch_row($result)) {
$col = 'B';
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue("A$rowNumber", $newId++);
foreach($row as $cell) {
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue($col.$rowNumber,$cell);
$col++;
}
$rowNumber++;
$rowNumber2++;
}
$styleArray = array(
'borders' => array(
'allborders' => array(
'style' => PHPExcel_Style_Border::BORDER_THIN,
'color' => array('argb' => 'FFB0c4dE'),
),
),
);
$styleArray2 = array(
'fill' => array(
'type' => PHPExcel_Style_Fill::FILL_SOLID,
'color' => array('argb' => 'FFB0c4dE'),
),
);
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getStyle('A2:F2')->applyFromArray($styleArray);
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getStyle('A1:F1')->applyFromArray($styleArray2);
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getSheetView()->setZoomScale(80);
$objDrawing = new PHPExcel_Worksheet_Drawing();
$objDrawing->setName('Logo');
$objDrawing->setDescription('Logo');
$objDrawing->setPath('./images/headerexcel2.png');
$objDrawing->setWorksheet($objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet());
$objDrawing->setCoordinates('A1');
$objDrawing->setOffsetX(30);
// Freeze pane so that the heading line won't scroll
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getColumnDimension('A')->setWidth(5);
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getColumnDimension('B')->setWidth(50);
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getDefaultRowDimension()->setRowHeight(30);
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getRowDimension('1')->setRowHeight(50);
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getRowDimension('2')->setRowHeight(15);
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getHeaderFooter()->setOddHeader('&C&16');
$objPHPExcel->getDefaultStyle()->getFont()->setName('Arial');
$objPHPExcel->getDefaultStyle()->getFont()->setSize(14);
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->freezePane('A2');
// Save as an Excel BIFF (xls) file
$objWriter = PHPExcel_IOFactory::createWriter($objPHPExcel, 'Excel5');
header('Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment;filename="asuntos-pendientes.xls"');
header('Cache-Control: max-age=0');
$objWriter->save('php://output');
exit();
}
echo 'a problem has occurred... no data retrieved from the database';
the code works but "r1" field (mysql) have numbers like this:
05001400300120110010000
but if a look the excel file instead the number Im getting this :

Answer 1

Write values like 05001400300120110010000 using setCellValueExplicit() which will (by default) treat it as a string value, and hence store the value with the leading zero and (because it is far larger than an Excel or a PHP integer value) it won't be cast to float and displayed in scientific format

Answer 2

Excel can't represent numbers this long if the cell type is set to General, it not a problem of PHPExcel. You have to set the cell type to Number.
You can try:
$PHPExcelObject->getActiveSheet()->getStyle($cell)->getNumberFormat()->setFormatCode('0');