Question

How to set cell/column value dynamically using PHPExcel library?

I am fetching result set from MySQL database and I want to write data in excel format using PHPExcel library. Looking at example

$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue('A1', 'cell value here');

indicates that we have to hard code cell/column reference As ‘A1’, then it writes to cell/column A1. How I can increment cell/column and/or row reference based on rows and corresponding column values from result set?

Please guide.

Answer 1

I asume you have connected to your database already.

$sql = "SELECT * FROM my_table";
$result = mysql_query($sql);

$row = 1; // 1-based index
while($row_data = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
    $col = 0;
    foreach($row_data as $key=>$value) {
        $objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->setCellValueByColumnAndRow($col, $row, $value);
        $col++;
    }
    $row++;
}