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Asked: 2026-05-31T01:08:38+00:00

Here’s the code i’m using right now to set the cell values. It works

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Here’s the code i’m using right now to set the cell values. It works alright if the number has separators like . or / but when there’s no separator it gets saved as int and the leading 0 is stripped 

$sheet->setCellValue($letter[$j].$row_nr,$entity['Phone'], PHPExcel_Cell_DataType::TYPE_STRING);
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  1. Editorial Team

    Either:

    // Set the value explicitly as a string
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->setCellValueExplicit('A1', '0029', PHPExcel_Cell_DataType::TYPE_STRING);

    or

    // Set the value as a number formatted with leading zeroes
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue('A3', 29);
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getStyle('A3')->getNumberFormat()->setFormatCode('0000');

    Note that in the first case I’m calling the setCellValueExplicit() method, not the setCellValue() method. In your code, passing PHPExcel_Cell_DataType::TYPE_STRING to setCellValue() has no meaning, and the argument is simply ignored.

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