Re: fgetcsv() excel data missing
| From: | Bret Hughes | Date: | Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:21:35 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: fgetcsv() excel data missing | ||
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On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 09:12, M. Sokolewicz wrote:
> Binoy AV wrote:
>
> > Thanks Jay.
> >
> > Could anybody please tell me how to read the data from an excel
file ? It should work independent of the operating system. I don't want
the csv format.
> excel files aren't independent of the OS, csv files are. Excel files
> need to be parsed, because they contain heaps of formatting data. If
> you're using php on a windows OS, then you can use COM or .NET to read
> it in. On other systems however, you'll likely run into problems pretty
> quickly, and will most probably need to write your own parser routine
> >
Not to mention the different versions of excel that alter the format.
Bret