Robo
Modern task runner for PHP (by consolidation)
Spout
Read and write spreadsheet files (CSV, XLSX and ODS), in a fast and scalable way (by box)
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| Robo | Spout | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 8 | |
| 2,654 | 4,116 | |
| 0.2% | - | |
| 5.0 | 6.1 | |
| 1 day ago | almost 2 years ago | |
| PHP | PHP | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | Apache License 2.0 |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Robo
Posts with mentions or reviews of Robo.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-22.
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Anything like npm-run-all or Foreman?
Yes there is, I think (haven't used it€. It's called Robo https://github.com/consolidation/robo
- I Tried Automating My Files & Folders With PHP For The First Time
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PHP libraries and tools
Robo: Modern Task Runner for PHP
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GitHub - MarwanAlsoltany/blend: A versatile and lightweight PHP task runner, designed with simplicity in mind.
As a long time user or Robo, could you elaborate a bit on what Blend brings to the table that is lacking from Robo?
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Why PHP is a fantastic language to program in
Shout-out to Robo as well, which is a nice wrapper around Symfony Console to make it quick and easy to build command-line applications that scale with plugin support.
Spout
Posts with mentions or reviews of Spout.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-28.
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How to read a csv file in PHP?
"This project has been archived and is no longer maintained. No bug fix and no additional features will be added. You won't be able to submit new issues or pull requests, and no additional features will be added" https://github.com/box/spout
- Import data from excel file to laravel
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Best Excel creation lib for PHP
We were testing PHP Spreadsheet and Spout (https://github.com/box/spout). We chose Spout because of its low memory footprint. It is using streams so it is much lighter than PHP Spreadsheet, although it is missing quite a bit of features that PHP Spreadsheet has.
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Creating multi-worksheet Excel files with Simple Excel
The Simple Excel package uses the box/spout package under the hood. In the readme it states that you can get to the underlying writer using ->getWriter().
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PHP libraries and tools
box/spout: Read and write spreadsheet files (CSV, XLSX and ODS), in a fast and scalable way
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What's the best practice in modifying/inserting values in specific cells of an existing excel file?
If you don't have a lot of formatting requirements beyond just the placement of the data in the correct fields, I really enjoy Box/Spout (https://opensource.box.com/spout/), and they have a way to install it without composer.
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Packing for importing/exporting csv files
I've also had good experiences with https://github.com/box/spout
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How to test CSV in Drupal without losing your mind
to add to this, this library is really good when wanting to parse CSV files https://github.com/box/spout
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Robo and Spout you can also consider the following projects:
PHP Cron Scheduler - PHP cron job scheduler
PhpSpreadsheet - A pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files
Jobby - Manage all your cron jobs without modifying crontab. Handles locking, logging, error emails, and more.
PHPExcel
Task - Pure PHP task runner
fast-excel - 🦉 Fast Excel import/export for Laravel
Bldr - Awesome Task Runner
local-php-security-checker - PHP security vulnerabilities checker
Composer - Dependency Manager for PHP
WordPress Packagist - WordPress Packagist — manage your plugins with Composer
psalm-plugin-phpunit - A PHPUnit plugin for Psalm
GrumPHP - A PHP code-quality tool