PHP Excel Reader

I recently created a project on Google Code for PHP Excel Reader. This is a PHP library for reading MS Office Excel files that has existed on Sourceforge for quite a while but was no longer being maintained or enhanced. I needed to use it for a work project, so I put in some time to fix it and enhance it to make it more usable. I decided to put it up on Google Code in the hopes that others would find it useful.

Example

Microsoft Excel

require_once 'excel_reader2.php';
$xls = new Spreadsheet_Excel_Reader("example.xls");
echo '';
for ($row=1;$row<=$xls->rowcount();$row++) {
echo '
';
for ($col=1;$col<=$xls->colcount();$col++) {
echo '
';
}
echo '
';
}
echo '

  
' . $xls->val($row,$col) . ' 
  

';
?>

HTML Output

Usage

$data = new Spreadsheet_Excel_Reader("test.xls"); 

Retrieve formatted value of cell (first or only sheet): 

  $data->val($row,$col) 

Or using column names: 

  $data->val(10,'AZ') 

From a sheet other than the first: 

  $data->val($row,$col,$sheet_index) 

Retrieve cell info: 

  $data->type($row,$col);
  $data->raw($row,$col);
  $data->format($row,$col);
  $data->formatIndex($row,$col); 

Get sheet size: 

  $data->rowcount();
  $data->colcount(); 

$data->sheets[0]['cells'][$i][$j] - data from $i-row $j-column 

$data->sheets[0]['numRows'] - count rows
$data->sheets[0]['numCols'] - count columns 

$data->sheets[0]['cellsInfo'][$i][$j] - extended info about cell
$data->sheets[0]['cellsInfo'][$i][$j]['type'] = "date" | "number" | "unknown"
$data->sheets[0]['cellsInfo'][$i][$j]['raw'] = value if cell without format
$data->sheets[0]['cellsInfo'][$i][$j]['format'] = Excel-style Format string of cell
$data->sheets[0]['cellsInfo'][$i][$j]['formatIndex'] = The internal Excel index of format 

$data->sheets[0]['cellsInfo'][$i][$j]['colspan']
$data->sheets[0]['cellsInfo'][$i][$j]['rowspan']