Spout
Read and write spreadsheet files (CSV, XLSX and ODS), in a fast and scalable way (by box)
Phpactor
Mainly a PHP Language Server with more features than you can shake a stick at (by phpactor)
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| Spout | Phpactor | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 8 | |
| 4,116 | 1,250 | |
| - | 4.7% | |
| 6.1 | 9.3 | |
| almost 2 years ago | 3 days ago | |
| PHP | PHP | |
| Apache License 2.0 | MIT License |
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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"This project has been archived and is no longer maintained.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
Phpactor
Posts with mentions or reviews of Phpactor.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-20.
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VSCode for PHP and Laravel
# Download phpactor.phar curl -Lo phpactor.phar https://github.com/phpactor/phpactor/releases/latest/download/phpactor.phar
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Sharing my Laravel language server integration progress
The other path is a pull request on https://github.com/phpactor/phpactor/pull/1991 which takes care of the lsp side of things.
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Best Neovim PHP IDE option?
Even I'm a PHPStorm user. I still have neovim installed and using there PHPActor: https://github.com/phpactor/phpactor
- What would be better VS Code or PHP Storm?
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How could I make vim generate boilerplate from my php file every time I create a new file in my project?
Or use phpactor/phpactor with a template to always get it right.
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Working on improved LSP tooling for Laravel blade bringing intellisense to all editors!
Now experimenting more by exposing public properties of a Livewire component via https://github.com/phpactor/phpactor in blade files.
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Does anyone use vim to develop in PHP with Symfony?
Im using this https://github.com/phpactor/phpactor with ncm2 with ale. Im quite happy with it.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Spout and Phpactor you can also consider the following projects:
PhpSpreadsheet - A pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files
vscode-intelephense - PHP intellisense for Visual Studio Code
PHPExcel
Rector - Instant Upgrades and Automated Refactoring of any PHP 5.3+ code
fast-excel - 🦉 Fast Excel import/export for Laravel
Laravel-Zero - A PHP framework for console artisans
local-php-security-checker - PHP security vulnerabilities checker
coc.nvim - Nodejs extension host for vim & neovim, load extensions like VSCode and host language servers.
WordPress Packagist - WordPress Packagist — manage your plugins with Composer
GrumPHP - A PHP code-quality tool
vim-like-pile - Sources of Big Pile of Vim-like