Let's go ahead and get this out of the way - i realize I can generate tables with php and mysql and output in 'almost' any format I need but in this scenario, the excel spreadsheet is formatted in some strange ways (layout, color, etc) and the client won't budge. I have to use the exact excel spreadsheet.
I am trying to pull data from a mysql database with php calculations behind it and populate various cells within an Excel file. Is it possible to do this?
Thank you ahead of time
You can try PHPExcel ( http://phpexcel.codeplex.com/). I think this is what you are looking for.
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I've been using PHPExcel for about a year to import data from spreadsheets in random cells. The code looks like this:
$value1 = test_input($objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getCell('B13')->getCalculatedValue());
Recently, I changed the Excel sheets to run a more complex formula. The basic premise is that the sheet pulls data from a mySQL DB, which in turn is used in vlookups based on a dropdown to populate several fields. All relevant fields across the workbook are referenced on a final sheet for importing into the DB.
The problem now is that PHPExcel is crashing (diagnosing in NetBeans) when it comes to the cells with these calculated formulas. It works fine with most formulas, but when referencing cells which reference the cells with if > vlookup > ODBC link to mySQL, it crashes the program and stops the file import. Should I be using a different function, or what is causing it not to return the value?
Thanks in advance...
A few months ago, my supervisor needed me to create a form to collect some data - at the time, the most sensible thing to do was just to whip together a Google Form, no problem. Now it turns out that the data collection program needs to expand, and it makes more sense to direct the form to a MySQL database (using PHP) instead - again, no problem, already done. However, for reasons I won't elaborate on here, my supervisor still wants that data to go to the original Google Sheet as well.
My question - is it possible to submit form data to two separate sheets when one is a MySQL table and the other is a Google Sheet?
Thanks!
I know that feel bro ;)
There's some resources to handle boss requests:
PHPExcel Class is a library written in pure PHP and providing a set of classes that allow you to write to and read from different spreadsheet file formats, like Excel (BIFF) .xls, Excel 2007 (OfficeOpenXML) .xlsx, CSV, HTML...
You will need an script to process the outputs.
Excel / CSV > MySQL
MySQL > Excel / CSV
If you need directly to work with Google Docs, you will have to follow the previous steps and play with the following project:
php-google-spreadsheet-client is a library that provides a simple interface to the Google Spreadsheet API.
You will need to store data in MySQL and pass it to Google.
Second idea:
If your boss neet it NOW, you can give a chance to Zapier and do it fast. If you don't need a very fast sync time, it can be a good free option.
I hope it helps :)
First of all, I do know the process of exporting MySQL data to excel file using php. But I have some specific requirement and I want to know if it can be done or not. I have already googled, but didn't get any specific information or method regarding the same.
This is my xls template :
Overview:
Column C is fixed and others are scrollable.
There are basically couple of organizations.
Data starting from COL-C8 to COL-L8 is exactly stored on a MySQL Table of an organization (e.g. Organization1).
Data of COL-C1 to COL-C5 & D1 to D5 is on another MySQL Table of Organization1.
So for every organization there are 2 different MySQL tables.
Requirement :
The goal is to export data from MySQL and add it to the excel file according to the image above.
Problem :
Adding data from MySQL table to excel is pretty easy if the requirement is to just replicate same on the excel sheet. But I have no idea how to do this customization.
Like pulling data from two different tables and adding them to different columns in an excel sheet.
Please let me know if it is possible. And if yes, then kindly direct me to some references on how to achieve this.
Thank You!
Try PHPExcel. This library allows you to read and write from/to .xls files.
i have been reading around looking for a way to get graphs and so on into my spread sheet i export out of my database and to make it look better for my employee who wants reports of everything in a certain way and so on. I have found PhpExcel.. which seems really good it can do everything i want it to plus more.. but i haven't been able to work out how to use data from my mysql table to fill in the cells since it seems like they all have to be manually set to a value...
i have read over this post How to set cell value Dynamically
i have attempted to use the code provided in this page to try and help me out but i havent been able to get it to work for some reason i am always receiving an error.
i am hoping someone may be able to help me out with trying to get this MySQL table data into a spreadsheet using php excel or even if there are any other links i may have missed i would really appreciate it...
If you install phpmyadmin to connect to your database.
Then you can write SQL queries for whatever reports you need.
And Export (see image 1) the results to CSV or CSV for MS Excel (see image 2).
Export option below the query results
Choose export data format
I have done this using the PEAR classes for PHP. You can read the data from the MYSQL database and then write the script using the PHP and PEAR classes to create an excel file for the same.
Here is link to the SpreadSheet Writer
This tutorial will help you to install PEAR and write the data to the excel sheet.
Hope this will solve the problem you are facing.
I'm doing a lot of work with PHPExcel... I wrote a little class to simplify exporting, you can download it here.
You just need to get your data from database into array, pass it to this class and specify the output format. I hope it helps.
I have tabulated data in an Excel spreadsheet (file size will likely never be larger than 1 mb). I want to use PHP to parse the data and insert in to a MySQL database.
Is there any advantage to keeping the file as an .xls/.xlsx and parsing it using a PHP Excel Parsing Library? If so, what are some good libraries to use?
Obviuously, I can save the .xls/.xlsx as a CSV and handle the file that way.
Thanks!
If you are just after the values, I would save it as a CSV. This is much easier to parse programatically, especially if you are trying to do this on a non-windows box.
That being said, there will be information lost in the export to CSV. It will only save the values of the cells - not their formatting information, formulas, etc. If you need to use that information, you're better off doing this straight from Excel.
Here is a PHP Excel Reading library. If you decide to read Excel files directly, this may help get you started.
If your excel files contain strictly data and contain no formulas, scripts, macros and etc., I would say parsing through Excel will only add development overhead, and will potentially slow down processing. It would probably be best to convert the files to CSV in this case.
Also consider that MySQL's 'LOAD DATA INFILE' command can be used to import entire CSV files into a table, this can potentially further uncomplicate matters for you.
when you provide a way for customers to upload excel/csv files, you should consider that
CSV files will only export one sheet
Having multiline cells will make the CSV parsing complicated
You cannot easily detect corrupted/incomplete CSV files
CSV files do not include formatting
Besides from that, importing CSV is a lot easier than importing XLS.
Remember that if you're importing the csv file directly into Mysql, that you may have problems with the date format (as Mysql uses a different date format to Excel). I find it easier to change the date fields in Excel first (to format yyyy-mm-dd) prior to saving as a csv file.
Edit: Although I've not used it myself, others have recommended Navicat as a very good tool for converting Excel spreadsheets or Access data into Mysql databases. May be worth a look.
With Office 2003 there's an XML format called SpreadsheetML which is a bit in-between XML and Excel. I've considered using this format to import/export data to a web site but the format turns out to be a bit complex. Internally, this format turns all references into relative references. (Relative from the current location.) Worse, some cells have an index, thus you might see a row with only two cells, but the second cell might be 6 columns away from the first cell. (In which case Index=5.) Basically, if you want to use the Excel format, you will need to have a good way to calculate the position of each cell and know how to translate the references in the cells in a proper way.
If you're onlyinterested in the data, CSV would be much, much easier to implement. As an in-between solution, you could define an XML schema and add an XML mapping to your spreadsheet to export the data to an XML file. It's more complex than CSV i9mport/export, but also a bit more robust. But the Excel or Excel XML formats themselves are horrible to implement. (Or just a nice challenge, if you're a real XML expert.)