Re: Excel to CSV
| From: | Micah Stevens | Date: | Sat, 11 Mar 2006 17:33:18 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Excel to CSV | ||
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I've never used it, but:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpexcelreader/
-Micah
On Saturday 11 March 2006 5:53 am, tg-php@gryffyndevelopment.com wrote:
> The other response is half correct.. I havn't seen anything to read data
> from Excel with PHP (although it's technically possible, just kind of
> complicated) so the easiest solution is to use Excel and just have it load
> the file and save it in CSV format.
>
> The part that's not entirely correct is the "PHP can't talk to Excel" part.
> It's cumbersome, but PHP can use a COM connection to control Excel (or
> Word or MapPoint or Access or Outlook..etc). This means you'd have to have
> Excel loaded on the server that was running PHP, which may not be an
> option.
>
> For an example of PHP + COM with Excel, check out:
>
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/class.com.php
>
> Look down the page for the entry posted by "flintjt at hotmail dot com"
>
> If COM doesn't work for you and you don't mind getting your hands dirty, I
> believe you can get the Excel file format spec.. maybe through the
> OpenOffice sources.. and figure out how to read XLS files that way.
>
> The Excel Object Model might help you with the proper
> properties/methods/etc:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dv_wrcore/
>html/wrgrfexcelworkbookobject.asp
>
> Good luck.
>
> -TG
>
> = = = Original message = = =
>
> Dear All,
>
> Have you any script/example how to Save As Excel file to CSV using PHP?
>
> Thanks & Regards,
>
> Anita
>
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