Lightweight Excel(xls/xlsx) php library needed

php excel xls xlsx
CoderRoller picture CoderRoller · Dec 19, 2011 · Viewed 16.4k times · Source

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Alternative for PHP_excel

A friend would like to use a Php Excel library to read/write files on formats xls and xlsx, he knows about the one called "PhpExcel" but apparently is way too big of a library for him.

I would like you to suggest if there is any other phplib you could recommend him.

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user420095 picture user420095 · Dec 19, 2011

Reading only: http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpexcelreader/ 21.5kb Create your own very simply: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-phpexcel/

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