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I am using phpexcel class to read .xls, .ods and .xlsx files, I need to ignore blank cells, even, if these cells have format.
I have used setReadDataOnly method to get it, and it’s working fine with .xls and .ods files but it’s not working with .xlxs files.
What exactly do you mean by “not working”.
The setReadDataOnly(TRUE) option on read doesn’t prevent blank cells from being read if the cell actually exists in the spreadsheet file, it simply means that it doesn’t read the formatting for any of the cells… a blank cell is still a blank cell, and unless you create a read filter to prevent certain cells from being read, then they will still be loaded.
This behaviour is identical for xls, ods and for xlsx.
The only facility provided in PHPExcel to “skip” blank cells is within the Cell Iterator.