php-fast-excel

PHP fast read and write excel file extension

It is still under development, so please be aware of the production environment

Compare to PHPExcel

First one is a 500 * 20 - cell .xls file

Second one is a 60k * 20 - cell .xls file

Requirement

• PHP 5.4+

Install

You can clone the project from github and compile and install.

$ git clone https://github.com/friparia/php-fast-excel
$ cd php-fast-excel
$ /path/to/phpize
$ ./configure
$ make && make install

And then, you need to add a line in your php.ini file

extension=fast_excel.so

windows is not supported yet

Usage

Easily, you can read an array from the function excel_get_array() like this

<?php
$array = excel_get_array('/path/to/your.xls');
var_dump($array);
//a two dimension array contain all the cells in
?>

FAQS

Some functions are not currently supported like cell which have its own format and so on, it just support the string format.

Questions

It is still under developing.So if you have any ideas or other questions, please let me know in issues!!

Todo

• Read the other types of the cell

• Read the version below BIFF7 (7 included)

• Read the .xlsx file

• Write the .xlsx file