EasyXLS Excel library can be used to export Excel files with PHP on Windows, Linux, Mac or other operating systems. The integration vary depending on the operating system or if .NET Framework or Java is chosen:
<?php/*====================================================================
| Tutorial 18
|
| This tutorial shows how to create an Excel file in PHP and
| freeze first row from the sheet. The Excel file has multiple sheets.
| The first sheet is filled with data and it has a frozen row.
* ====================================================================*/include("DataType.inc");
header("Content-Type: text/html");
echo"Tutorial 18<br>";
echo"----------<br>";
// Create an instance of the class that exports Excel files
$workbook = new COM("EasyXLS.ExcelDocument");
// Create two sheets
$workbook->easy_addWorksheet_2("First tab");
$workbook->easy_addWorksheet_2("Second tab");
// Get the table of data for the first worksheet
$xlsFirstTable = $workbook->easy_getSheetAt(0)->easy_getExcelTable();
// Add data in cells for report headerfor ($column=0; $column<5; $column++)
{
$xlsFirstTable->easy_getCell(0,$column)->setValue("Column " . ($column + 1));
$xlsFirstTable->easy_getCell(0,$column)->setDataType($DATATYPE_STRING);
}
$xlsFirstTable->easy_getRowAt(0)->setHeight(30);
// Add data in cells for report valuesfor ($row=0; $row<100; $row++)
{
for ($column=0; $column<5; $column++)
{
$xlsFirstTable->easy_getCell($row+1,$column)->setValue("Data ".($row + 1).", ".($column + 1));
$xlsFirstTable->easy_getCell($row+1,$column)->setDataType($DATATYPE_STRING);
}
}
// Set column widths
$xlsFirstTable->setColumnWidth_2(0, 70);
$xlsFirstTable->setColumnWidth_2(1, 100);
$xlsFirstTable->setColumnWidth_2(2, 70);
$xlsFirstTable->setColumnWidth_2(3, 100);
$xlsFirstTable->setColumnWidth_2(4, 70);
// Freeze row
$xlsFirstTable->easy_freezePanes_2(1, 0, 75, 0);
// Export Excel fileecho"Writing file: C:\Samples\Tutorial18 - freeze rows or columns in Excel.xlsx<br>";
$workbook->easy_WriteXLSXFile("C:\Samples\Tutorial18 - freeze rows or columns in Excel.xlsx");
// Confirm export of Excel fileif ($workbook->easy_getError() == "")
echo"File successfully created.";
elseecho"Error encountered: " . $workbook->easy_getError();
// Dispose memory
$workbook->Dispose();
$workbook = null;
?>
Overloaded methods For methods with same name but different parameters, only the first method overload retains the original name. Subsequent overloads are uniquely renamed by appending to the method name '_2', '_3', etc (method, method_2, method_3), an integer that corresponds to the order of declaration that can be found in EasyXLS.h, a file that comes with EasyXLS installation.
EasyXLS on Linux, Mac, Windows using Java with PHP
If you opt for the Java version of EasyXLS, a similar code as above requires PHP/Java Bridge between PHP and Java.
<?phprequire_once("http://localhost:8080/JavaBridge/java/Java.inc");
/*====================================================================
| Tutorial 18
|
| This tutorial shows how to create an Excel file in PHP and
| freeze first row from the sheet. The Excel file has multiple sheets.
| The first sheet is filled with data and it has a frozen row.
====================================================================*/include("DataType.inc");
header("Content-Type: text/html");
echo"Tutorial 18<br>";
echo"----------<br>";
// Create an instance of the class that exports Excel files
$workbook = new java("EasyXLS.ExcelDocument");
// Create two sheets
$workbook->easy_addWorksheet("First tab");
$workbook->easy_addWorksheet("Second tab");
// Get the table of data for the first worksheet
$xlsFirstTable = $workbook->easy_getSheetAt(0)->easy_getExcelTable();
// Add data in cells for report headerfor ($column=0; $column<5; $column++)
{
$xlsFirstTable->easy_getCell(0,$column)->setValue("Column " . ($column + 1));
$xlsFirstTable->easy_getCell(0,$column)->setDataType($DATATYPE_STRING);
}
$xlsFirstTable->easy_getRowAt(0)->setHeight(30);
// Add data in cells for report valuesfor ($row=0; $row<100; $row++)
{
for ($column=0; $column<5; $column++)
{
$xlsFirstTable->easy_getCell($row+1,$column)->setValue("Data ".($row + 1).", ".($column + 1));
$xlsFirstTable->easy_getCell($row+1,$column)->setDataType($DATATYPE_STRING);
}
}
// Set column widths
$xlsFirstTable->setColumnWidth(0, 70);
$xlsFirstTable->setColumnWidth(1, 100);
$xlsFirstTable->setColumnWidth(2, 70);
$xlsFirstTable->setColumnWidth(3, 100);
$xlsFirstTable->setColumnWidth(4, 70);
// Freeze row
$xlsFirstTable->easy_freezePanes(1, 0, 75, 0);
// Export Excel fileecho"Writing file: C:\Samples\Tutorial18 - freeze rows or columns in Excel.xlsx<br>";
$workbook->easy_WriteXLSXFile("C:\Samples\Tutorial18 - freeze rows or columns in Excel.xlsx");
// Confirm export of Excel fileif ($workbook->easy_getError() == "")
echo"File successfully created.";
elseecho"Error encountered: " . $workbook->easy_getError();
// Dispose memory
$workbook->Dispose();
?>
