Question

In my project I use symfony2 PHPExcel wrapper https://github.com/liuggio/ExcelBundle

With the example from the link above I can create new excel files. However this file has no style or markup at all. So I created a excel template where I want to input some data.

I know how to load an excel file:

$excelObj = $this->get('xls.load_xls2007')
                 ->load($this->get('kernel')
                 ->getRootDir() . '/../web/excel-template.xlsx');

//custom modifications on excel file

Now I need to create a response. But in the doc of ExcelBundle there is no information on how to do that. They just show how response work for a excel file that is created by code.

I tried:

 $excelService->setExcelObj($excelObj);
 $response = $excelService->getResponse();
 //the rest is equal to the code in the doc

but it gives me a blank excel document.

Any ideas how to make a response with a loaded excel file?

Answer 1

you can do this by

// Read the file
    $objReader = PHPExcel_IOFactory::createReader($fileType);
    $objPHPExcel = $objReader->load($fileName);

    // Change the file
    $objPHPExcel->setActiveSheetIndex(0)
                ->setCellValue('A1', 'Hello')
                ->setCellValue('B1', 'World!');

    // Write the file
    $objWriter = PHPExcel_IOFactory::createWriter($objPHPExcel, $fileType);
    $objWriter->save($fileName);

if you dont understand please comment..