Question

Running PHP v5.3.10 using the simplexls class v0.4 and after loading a spreadsheet the dimensions (i.e. rows and columns counts) are off.

The rows do contain the column headings but all of the data rows are empty even though there is data in the spreadsheet.

Following is a small sampling of output for illustrative purposes. Any ideas why I’m not getting any actual cell data?

Array
(
    [0] => cheyco.xlsx
)
Sheets count is: 7
i = 1:

Dimensions(1) returns:
Array
(
    [0] => 4
    [1] => 5
)

Rows(1) returns:
Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => Facility Code
            [1] => Site ID
            [2] => Name
            [3] => Description
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] =>
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [2] =>
        )

)
i = 2:

Dimensions(2) returns:
Array
(
    [0] => 5
    [1] => 29
)

Rows(2) returns:
Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => Unit Code
            [1] => Facility Code
            [2] => Type (I,E,O)
            [3] => Name
            [4] => Description
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] =>
            [1] =>
            [3] =>
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [0] =>
            [1] =>
            [3] =>
        )

    [3] => Array
        (
            [0] =>
            [1] =>
            [3] =>
        )

    [4] => Array
        (
            [0] =>
            [1] =>
            [3] =>
        )

    [5] => Array
        (
            [0] =>
            [1] =>
            [3] =>
        )

    [6] => Array
        (
            [0] =>
            [1] =>
            [3] =>
        )

    [7] => Array
        (
            [0] =>
            [1] =>
            [3] =>
        )

Answer 1

It turns out that SimpleXLS is not able to read the newer .xlsx format. Saving the document in the previous .xls format resolved the issue.