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Asked: 2026-05-25T15:11:21+00:00

I’m using cakephp XLS helper to generate Excel report in my project. But the

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I’m using cakephp XLS helper to generate Excel report in my project.
But the generated file is giving warning message in windows system as below.
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Similarly the same file displays the entire xml mark-up in open-office on linux as below.enter image description here
Part of the view file code is as below.

$xls->setHeader('Report_'.date('Y_m_d'));
$xls->addXmlHeader();
$xls->setWorkSheetName('Enrollment Report');

//1st row for columns name
$xls->openRow();
$xls->writeString('ID');
$xls->writeString('Zipcode');

My Client wants a proper excel report with-out any warnings in windows.
Please suggest me any excel helper for cakephp which will generate proper excel file on all the platform and different application.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Your problem is that you are using a helper that puts your data in xml format. Excel can read XML and HTML but with a warning. You should use the one that Ivo suggested in the comments. LINK
    This helper really makes an xls valid format, that complys with open office and office. Also, this helper relies on PHPExcel class that is constantly updated here so your code will be easy to upgrade if needed.

    Remember to follow instructions given in the helper page.

    I’ve tried a lot of this xls helper for cakephp, but neither one work as expected, either outdated or create xml o html tables or didn’t work at all, haven’t tried this one though… still creating a helper using PHPExcel shouldn’t give you much trouble, you may use this tutorial as a how to base to modify the helper.

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