Spout
Read and write spreadsheet files (CSV, XLSX and ODS), in a fast and scalable way (by box)
PHPExcel
By PHPOffice
| Spout | PHPExcel | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 2 | |
| 4,116 | 11,365 | |
| - | - | |
| 6.1 | 0.0 | |
| over 3 years ago | over 6 years ago | |
| PHP | PHP | |
| Apache License 2.0 | GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only |
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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.
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"This project has been archived and is no longer maintained.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
PHPExcel
Posts with mentions or reviews of PHPExcel.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-18.
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Automated CSV and Excel Data Import to MySQL and PostgreSQL Databases Using PHP
Download the PHPExcel library and include it in your project directory.
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Best Excel creation lib for PHP
https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPExcel is unmaintained / archived
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Spout and PHPExcel you can also consider the following projects:
PhpSpreadsheet - A pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files
openspout - Read and write spreadsheet files (CSV, XLSX and ODS), in a fast and scalable way
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ExcelAnt - Simple yet powerful Excel manipulation library for PHP 5.4+