How can an excel file be opened, all cols/rows read in an array etc the same way .csv files can be? Is there any built in libraries/classes for that in php?
I've use the PHP Excel Reader
and here is a Good Write-up From Zend
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I need to find a PHP library that reads/previews Excel files uploaded by a user.
Does anyone know of any PHP Libraries used to parse .xsls files?
Have you tried phpexcel?
Great documentation and open source library.
I generally use FPDF to generate to pdf. But I want to generate a xls or csv file. I read somewhere that this can be done using FPDF. I tried changing the extension but it was not working . Is there any way by which I can use FPDF for xls/csv generation or any php tools or plugin which converts fpdf generated pdf file to xls.
Thanks in advance.
I genearally recommend that you use Exel for xls/csv not sure if it can open pdf files, prefarbly I would download a pear file and start learning how to implement it and use its send functions and formats style. Below is a helpful like were you can learn and download the pear file http://pear.php.net/package/File
I have the excel file with the following fields
First Middle Last Email
michael j jackson michael#plantgenomesciences.com
mary j watson mary#microsoft.com
jeff a bridges jeff#rediff.com
nick h gill nick#gill.com
If possible please tell me how can i get the data from Name Box (K8) from the same file
I want to know how can import this data into the php (I m able to upload the excel file on the server)
by using simple code (not any premade script)
Typically for files like spreadsheets, CSV import is most used. You can export excel file to csv. and then import it using PHP.
See http://in.php.net/manual/en/function.fgetcsv.php
But it seems you are looking to read excel files, you may need help of third-party libraries for that. You also have a look at the following article:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-phpexcel/
You won't be able to write any simple code to read a BIFF file yourself in any reasonable timeframe. Your only quick solution, given an unwillingness to use a library capable of reading BIFF files, is to convert it to a different format (such as CSV) before uploading it.
Alternatively, if you're on a windows server, you could try using PHP's COM extension (as long as you install MS Excel on your server)
Are there any good PHP libraries for exporting data to Excel files (not CSV files)?
(An alternative would be creating an ASP.NET Web service that handles Excel file generation, but I would rather not send complex objects over a network in XML format, unless it were strictly necessary.)
For PHP try PHPEXCEL
Excel will accept a standard HTML table masquerading as a .xls file:
<table><tr><td></td></tr></table>
Just set the file extension and mime type on download to the client.
While not a "direct export" library, the PHPExcel library looks to be a nice library for generating Excel files using PHP.
If you do go the .Net route, I highly recommend the NPOI library.
I want to be able to open a PowerPoint file with PHP and copy all the text to a different file.
Is this possible or I need another language to do this?
ppt is a powerpoint presentation file, it won't be easy to nearly impossible to copy the data from it. You'd have to use a .net language and office interop to this efficiently.
Can PHP read text from a PowerPoint file?