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@@ -17,1638 +17,71 @@ The following software is required to develop using PhpSpreadsheet:
- PHP extension php\_xml enabled
- PHP extension php\_gd2 enabled (if not compiled in)
-*Note:* PHP 5.6.29 has [a bug](https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73530) that
+**Note:** PHP 5.6.29 has [a bug](https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73530) that
prevents SQLite3 caching to work correctly. Use a newer (or older) versions of
PHP if you need SQLite3 caching.
-## Installation instructions
+## Installation
-Installation is quite easy: copy the contents of the Classes folder to
-any location within your application source directories.
+Use [composer](https://getcomposer.org/) to install PhpSpreadsheet into your project:
-*Example:*
-
-If your web root folder is /var/www/ you may want to create a subfolder
-called /var/www/Classes/ and copy the files into that folder so you end
-up with files:
-
- /var/www/Classes/PHPExcel.php
- /var/www/Classes/PHPExcel/Calculation.php
- /var/www/Classes/PHPExcel/Cell.php
- ...
-
-## Getting started
-
-A good way to get started is to run some of the tests included in the
-download. Copy the "Examples" folder next to your "Classes" folder from
-above so you end up with:
-
- /var/www/Examples/01simple.php
- /var/www/Examples/02types.php
- ...
-
-Start running the tests by pointing your browser to the test scripts:
-
-http://example.com/Tests/01simple.php
-http://example.com/Tests/02types.php ...
-
-**Note:** It may be necessary to modify the include/require statements
-at the beginning of each of the test scripts if your "Classes" folder
-from above is named differently.
-
-## Useful links and tools
-
-There are some links and tools which are very useful when developing
-using PhpSpreadsheet.
-
-### OpenXML / SpreadsheetML
-
-- [File format
- documentation](http://www.ecma-international.org/news/TC45_current_work/TC45_available_docs.htm)
-- [OpenXML Explained
- e-book](http://openxmldeveloper.org/articles/1970.aspx)
-- [Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- 2007 File
- Formats](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en)
-- [OpenXML Package Explorer](http://www.codeplex.com/PackageExplorer/)
-
-# Architecture
-
-## Schematical
-
-![01-schematic.png](./images/01-schematic.png "Basic Architecture Schematic")
-
-## AutoLoader
-
-PhpSpreadsheet relies on Composer autoloader. So before working with
-PhpSpreadsheet in standalone, be sure to run `composer install`. Or add it to a
-pre-existing project with `composer require phpoffice/phpspreadsheet`.
-
-## Spreadsheet in memory
-
-PhpSpreadsheet's architecture is built in a way that it can serve as an
-in-memory spreadsheet. This means that, if one would want to create a
-web based view of a spreadsheet which communicates with PhpSpreadsheet's
-object model, he would only have to write the front-end code.
-
-Just like desktop spreadsheet software, PhpSpreadsheet represents a
-spreadsheet containing one or more worksheets, which contain cells with
-data, formulas, images, ...
-
-## Readers and writers
-
-On its own, the `Spreadsheet` class does not provide the functionality
-to read from or write to a persisted spreadsheet (on disk or in a
-database). To provide that functionality, readers and writers can be
-used.
-
-By default, the PhpSpreadsheet package provides some readers and
-writers, including one for the Open XML spreadsheet format (a.k.a. Excel
-2007 file format). You are not limited to the default readers and
-writers, as you are free to implement the
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReader and
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\IWriter interface in a custom class.
-
-![02-readers-writers.png](./images/02-readers-writers.png "Readers/Writers")
-
-## Fluent interfaces
-
-PhpSpreadsheet supports fluent interfaces in most locations. This means
-that you can easily "chain" calls to specific methods without requiring
-a new PHP statement. For example, take the following code:
-
-``` php
-$spreadsheet->getProperties()->setCreator("Maarten Balliauw");
-$spreadsheet->getProperties()->setLastModifiedBy("Maarten Balliauw");
-$spreadsheet->getProperties()->setTitle("Office 2007 XLSX Test Document");
-$spreadsheet->getProperties()->setSubject("Office 2007 XLSX Test Document");
-$spreadsheet->getProperties()->setDescription("Test document for Office 2007 XLSX, generated using PHP classes.");
-$spreadsheet->getProperties()->setKeywords("office 2007 openxml php");
-$spreadsheet->getProperties()->setCategory("Test result file");
-```
-
-This can be rewritten as:
-
-``` php
-$spreadsheet->getProperties()
- ->setCreator("Maarten Balliauw")
- ->setLastModifiedBy("Maarten Balliauw")
- ->setTitle("Office 2007 XLSX Test Document")
- ->setSubject("Office 2007 XLSX Test Document")
- ->setDescription("Test document for Office 2007 XLSX, generated using PHP classes.")
- ->setKeywords("office 2007 openxml php")
- ->setCategory("Test result file");
-```
-
-> **Using fluent interfaces is not required** Fluent interfaces have
-> been implemented to provide a convenient programming API. Use of them
-> is not required, but can make your code easier to read and maintain.
-> It can also improve performance, as you are reducing the overall
-> number of calls to PhpSpreadsheet methods: in the above example, the
-> `getProperties()` method is being called only once rather than 7 times
-> in the non-fluent version.
-
-# Creating a spreadsheet
-
-## The `Spreadsheet` class
-
-The `Spreadsheet` class is the core of PhpSpreadsheet. It contains
-references to the contained worksheets, document security settings and
-document meta data.
-
-To simplify the PhpSpreadsheet concept: the `Spreadsheet` class
-represents your workbook.
-
-Typically, you will create a workbook in one of two ways, either by
-loading it from a spreadsheet file, or creating it manually. A third
-option, though less commonly used, is cloning an existing workbook that
-has been created using one of the previous two methods.
-
-### Loading a Workbook from a file
-
-Details of the different spreadsheet formats supported, and the options
-available to read them into a Spreadsheet object are described fully in
-the [Reading Files](./topics/reading-files.md) document.
-
-``` php
-$inputFileName = './sampleData/example1.xls';
-
-/** Load $inputFileName to a Spreadsheet object **/
-$spreadsheet = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::load($inputFileName);
-```
-
-### Creating a new workbook
-
-If you want to create a new workbook, rather than load one from file,
-then you simply need to instantiate it as a new Spreadsheet object.
-
-``` php
-/** Create a new Spreadsheet Object **/
-$spreadsheet = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Spreadsheet();
-```
-
-A new workbook will always be created with a single worksheet.
-
-## Clearing a Workbook from memory
-
-The PhpSpreadsheet object contains cyclic references (e.g. the workbook
-is linked to the worksheets, and the worksheets are linked to their
-parent workbook) which cause problems when PHP tries to clear the
-objects from memory when they are unset(), or at the end of a function
-when they are in local scope. The result of this is "memory leaks",
-which can easily use a large amount of PHP's limited memory.
-
-This can only be resolved manually: if you need to unset a workbook,
-then you also need to "break" these cyclic references before doing so.
-PhpSpreadsheet provides the disconnectWorksheets() method for this
-purpose.
-
-``` php
-$spreadsheet->disconnectWorksheets();
-unset($spreadsheet);
-```
-
-# Worksheets
-
-A worksheet is a collection of cells, formulae, images, graphs, etc. It
-holds all data necessary to represent a spreadsheet worksheet.
-
-When you load a workbook from a spreadsheet file, it will be loaded with
-all its existing worksheets (unless you specified that only certain
-sheets should be loaded). When you load from non-spreadsheet files (such
-as a CSV or HTML file) or from spreadsheet formats that don't identify
-worksheets by name (such as SYLK), then a single worksheet called
-"WorkSheet1" will be created containing the data from that file.
-
-When you instantiate a new workbook, PhpSpreadsheet will create it with
-a single worksheet called "WorkSheet1".
-
-The `getSheetCount()` method will tell you the number of worksheets in
-the workbook; while the `getSheetNames()` method will return a list of
-all worksheets in the workbook, indexed by the order in which their
-"tabs" would appear when opened in MS Excel (or other appropriate
-Spreadsheet program).
-
-Individual worksheets can be accessed by name, or by their index
-position in the workbook. The index position represents the order that
-each worksheet "tab" is shown when the workbook is opened in MS Excel
-(or other appropriate Spreadsheet program). To access a sheet by its
-index, use the `getSheet()` method.
-
-``` php
-// Get the second sheet in the workbook
-// Note that sheets are indexed from 0
-$spreadsheet->getSheet(1);
-```
-
-If you don't specify a sheet index, then the first worksheet will be
-returned.
-
-Methods also exist allowing you to reorder the worksheets in the
-workbook.
-
-To access a sheet by name, use the `getSheetByName()` method, specifying
-the name of the worksheet that you want to access.
-
-``` php
-// Retrieve the worksheet called 'Worksheet 1'
-$spreadsheet->getSheetByName('Worksheet 1');
-```
-
-Alternatively, one worksheet is always the currently active worksheet,
-and you can access that directly. The currently active worksheet is the
-one that will be active when the workbook is opened in MS Excel (or
-other appropriate Spreadsheet program).
-
-``` php
-// Retrieve the current active worksheet
-$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
-```
-
-You can change the currently active sheet by index or by name using the
-`setActiveSheetIndex()` and `setActiveSheetIndexByName()` methods.
-
-## Adding a new Worksheet
-
-You can add a new worksheet to the workbook using the `createSheet()`
-method of the `Spreadsheet` object. By default, this will be created as
-a new "last" sheet; but you can also specify an index position as an
-argument, and the worksheet will be inserted at that position, shuffling
-all subsequent worksheets in the collection down a place.
-
-``` php
-$spreadsheet->createSheet();
-```
-
-A new worksheet created using this method will be called
-"Worksheet<n>" where "<n>" is the lowest number possible to
-guarantee that the title is unique.
-
-Alternatively, you can instantiate a new worksheet (setting the title to
-whatever you choose) and then insert it into your workbook using the
-addSheet() method.
-
-``` php
-// Create a new worksheet called "My Data"
-$myWorkSheet = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Worksheet($spreadsheet, 'My Data');
-
-// Attach the "My Data" worksheet as the first worksheet in the Spreadsheet object
-$spreadsheet->addSheet($myWorkSheet, 0);
-```
-
-If you don't specify an index position as the second argument, then the
-new worksheet will be added after the last existing worksheet.
-
-## Copying Worksheets
-
-Sheets within the same workbook can be copied by creating a clone of the
-worksheet you wish to copy, and then using the addSheet() method to
-insert the clone into the workbook.
-
-``` php
-$clonedWorksheet = clone $spreadsheet->getSheetByName('Worksheet 1');
-$clonedWorksheet->setTitle('Copy of Worksheet 1')
-$spreadsheet->addSheet($clonedWorksheet);
-```
-
-You can also copy worksheets from one workbook to another, though this
-is more complex as PhpSpreadsheet also has to replicate the styling
-between the two workbooks. The addExternalSheet() method is provided for
-this purpose.
-
- $clonedWorksheet = clone $spreadsheet1->getSheetByName('Worksheet 1');
- $spreadsheet->addExternalSheet($clonedWorksheet);
-
-In both cases, it is the developer's responsibility to ensure that
-worksheet names are not duplicated. PhpSpreadsheet will throw an
-exception if you attempt to copy worksheets that will result in a
-duplicate name.
-
-## Removing a Worksheet
-
-You can delete a worksheet from a workbook, identified by its index
-position, using the removeSheetByIndex() method
-
-``` php
-$sheetIndex = $spreadsheet->getIndex(
- $spreadsheet->getSheetByName('Worksheet 1')
-);
-$spreadsheet->removeSheetByIndex($sheetIndex);
-```
-
-If the currently active worksheet is deleted, then the sheet at the
-previous index position will become the currently active sheet.
-
-# Accessing cells
-
-Accessing cells in a Spreadsheet should be pretty straightforward. This
-topic lists some of the options to access a cell.
-
-## Setting a cell value by coordinate
-
-Setting a cell value by coordinate can be done using the worksheet's
-`setCellValue()` method.
-
-``` php
-// Set cell A1 with a string value
-$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue('A1', 'PhpSpreadsheet');
-
-// Set cell A2 with a numeric value
-$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue('A2', 12345.6789);
-
-// Set cell A3 with a boolean value
-$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue('A3', TRUE);
-
-// Set cell A4 with a formula
-$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue(
- 'A4',
- '=IF(A3, CONCATENATE(A1, " ", A2), CONCATENATE(A2, " ", A1))'
-);
-```
-
-Alternatively, you can retrieve the cell object, and then call the
-cell’s setValue() method:
-
-``` php
-$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()
- ->getCell('B8')
- ->setValue('Some value');
-```
-
-**Excel DataTypes**
-
-MS Excel supports 7 basic datatypes - string - number - boolean - null -
-formula - error - Inline (or rich text) string
-
-By default, when you call the worksheet's `setCellValue()` method or the
-cell's `setValue()` method, PhpSpreadsheet will use the appropriate
-datatype for PHP nulls, booleans, floats or integers; or cast any string
-data value that you pass to the method into the most appropriate
-datatype, so numeric strings will be cast to numbers, while string
-values beginning with “=” will be converted to a formula. Strings that
-aren't numeric, or that don't begin with a leading "=" will be treated
-as genuine string values.
-
-This "conversion" is handled by a cell "value binder", and you can write
-custom "value binders" to change the behaviour of these "conversions".
-The standard PhpSpreadsheet package also provides an "advanced value
-binder" that handles a number of more complex conversions, such as
-converting strings with a fractional format like "3/4" to a number value
-(0.75 in this case) and setting an appropriate "fraction" number format
-mask. Similarly, strings like "5%" will be converted to a value of 0.05,
-and a percentage number format mask applied, and strings containing
-values that look like dates will be converted to Excel serialized
-datetimestamp values, and a corresponding mask applied. This is
-particularly useful when loading data from csv files, or setting cell
-values from a database.
-
-Formats handled by the advanced value binder include - TRUE or FALSE
-(dependent on locale settings) are converted to booleans. - Numeric
-strings identified as scientific (exponential) format are converted to
-numbers. - Fractions and vulgar fractions are converted to numbers, and
-an appropriate number format mask applied. - Percentages are converted
-to numbers, divided by 100, and an appropriate number format mask
-applied. - Dates and times are converted to Excel timestamp values
-(numbers), and an appropriate number format mask applied. - When strings
-contain a newline character ("\n"), then the cell styling is set to
-wrap.
-
-You can read more about value binders later in this section of the
-documentation.
-
-### Setting a date and/or time value in a cell
-
-Date or time values are held as timestamp in Excel (a simple floating
-point value), and a number format mask is used to show how that value
-should be formatted; so if we want to store a date in a cell, we need to
-calculate the correct Excel timestamp, and set a number format mask.
-
-``` php
-// Get the current date/time and convert to an Excel date/time
-$dateTimeNow = time();
-$excelDateValue = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Shared\Date::PHPToExcel( $dateTimeNow );
-// Set cell A6 with the Excel date/time value
-$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue(
- 'A6',
- $excelDateValue
-);
-// Set the number format mask so that the excel timestamp will be displayed as a human-readable date/time
-$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->getStyle('A6')
- ->getNumberFormat()
- ->setFormatCode(
- \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Style\NumberFormat::FORMAT_DATE_DATETIME
- );
-```
-
-### Setting a number with leading zeroes
-
-By default, PhpSpreadsheet will automatically detect the value type and
-set it to the appropriate Excel numeric datatype. This type conversion
-is handled by a value binder, as described in the section of this
-document entitled "Using value binders to facilitate data entry".
-
-Numbers don't have leading zeroes, so if you try to set a numeric value
-that does have leading zeroes (such as a telephone number) then these
-will be normally be lost as the value is cast to a number, so
-"01513789642" will be displayed as 1513789642.
-
-There are two ways you can force PhpSpreadsheet to override this
-behaviour.
-
-Firstly, you can set the datatype explicitly as a string so that it is
-not converted to a number.
-
-``` php
-// Set cell A8 with a numeric value, but tell PhpSpreadsheet it should be treated as a string
-$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValueExplicit(
- 'A8',
- "01513789642",
- \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\DataType::TYPE_STRING
-);
-```
-
-Alternatively, you can use a number format mask to display the value
-with leading zeroes.
-
-``` php
-// Set cell A9 with a numeric value
-$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue('A9', 1513789642);
-// Set a number format mask to display the value as 11 digits with leading zeroes
-$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->getStyle('A9')
- ->getNumberFormat()
- ->setFormatCode(
- '00000000000'
- );
-```
-
-With number format masking, you can even break up the digits into groups
-to make the value more easily readable.
-
-``` php
-// Set cell A10 with a numeric value
-$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue('A10', 1513789642);
-// Set a number format mask to display the value as 11 digits with leading zeroes
-$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->getStyle('A10')
- ->getNumberFormat()
- ->setFormatCode(
- '0000-000-0000'
- );
-```
-
-![07-simple-example-1.png](./images/07-simple-example-1.png)
-
-**Note** that not all complex format masks such as this one will work
-when retrieving a formatted value to display "on screen", or for certain
-writers such as HTML or PDF, but it will work with the true spreadsheet
-writers (Xlsx and Xls).
-
-## Setting a range of cells from an array
-
-It is also possible to set a range of cell values in a single call by
-passing an array of values to the `fromArray()` method.
-
-``` php
-$arrayData = array(
- array(NULL, 2010, 2011, 2012),
- array('Q1', 12, 15, 21),
- array('Q2', 56, 73, 86),
- array('Q3', 52, 61, 69),
- array('Q4', 30, 32, 0),
-);
-$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()
- ->fromArray(
- $arrayData, // The data to set
- NULL, // Array values with this value will not be set
- 'C3' // Top left coordinate of the worksheet range where
- // we want to set these values (default is A1)
- );
-```
-
-![07-simple-example-2.png](./images/07-simple-example-2.png)
-
-If you pass a 2-d array, then this will be treated as a series of rows
-and columns. A 1-d array will be treated as a single row, which is
-particularly useful if you're fetching an array of data from a database.
-
-``` php
-$rowArray = array('Value1', 'Value2', 'Value3', 'Value4');
-$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()
- ->fromArray(
- $rowArray, // The data to set
- NULL, // Array values with this value will not be set
- 'C3' // Top left coordinate of the worksheet range where
- // we want to set these values (default is A1)
- );
-```
-
-![07-simple-example-3.png](./images/07-simple-example-3.png)
-
-If you have a simple 1-d array, and want to write it as a column, then
-the following will convert it into an appropriately structured 2-d array
-that can be fed to the `fromArray()` method:
-
-``` php
-$rowArray = array('Value1', 'Value2', 'Value3', 'Value4');
-$columnArray = array_chunk($rowArray, 1);
-$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()
- ->fromArray(
- $columnArray, // The data to set
- NULL, // Array values with this value will not be set
- 'C3' // Top left coordinate of the worksheet range where
- // we want to set these values (default is A1)
- );
-```
-
-![07-simple-example-4.png](./images/07-simple-example-4.png)
-
-## Retrieving a cell value by coordinate
-
-To retrieve the value of a cell, the cell should first be retrieved from
-the worksheet using the `getCell()` method. A cell's value can be read
-using the `getValue()` method.
-
-``` php
-// Get the value fom cell A1
-$cellValue = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->getCell('A1')
- ->getValue();
-```
-
-This will retrieve the raw, unformatted value contained in the cell.
-
-If a cell contains a formula, and you need to retrieve the calculated
-value rather than the formula itself, then use the cell's
-`getCalculatedValue()` method. This is further explained in .
-
-``` php
-// Get the value fom cell A4
-$cellValue = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->getCell('A4')
- ->getCalculatedValue();
-```
-
-Alternatively, if you want to see the value with any cell formatting
-applied (e.g. for a human-readable date or time value), then you can use
-the cell's `getFormattedValue()` method.
-
-``` php
-// Get the value fom cell A6
-$cellValue = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->getCell('A6')
- ->getFormattedValue();
-```
-
-## Setting a cell value by column and row
-
-Setting a cell value by coordinate can be done using the worksheet's
-`setCellValueByColumnAndRow()` method.
-
-``` php
-// Set cell B5 with a string value
-$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValueByColumnAndRow(1, 5, 'PhpSpreadsheet');
-```
-
-**Note** that column references start with '0' for column 'A', rather
-than from '1'.
-
-## Retrieving a cell value by column and row
-
-To retrieve the value of a cell, the cell should first be retrieved from
-the worksheet using the getCellByColumnAndRow method. A cell’s value can
-be read again using the following line of code:
-
-``` php
-// Get the value fom cell B5
-$cellValue = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->getCellByColumnAndRow(1, 5)
- ->getValue();
-```
-
-If you need the calculated value of a cell, use the following code. This
-is further explained in .
-
-``` php
-// Get the value fom cell A4
-$cellValue = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->getCellByColumnAndRow(0, 4)
- ->getCalculatedValue();
-```
-
-## Retrieving a range of cell values to an array
-
-It is also possible to retrieve a range of cell values to an array in a
-single call using the `toArray()`, `rangeToArray()` or
-`namedRangeToArray()` methods.
-
-``` php
-$dataArray = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()
- ->rangeToArray(
- 'C3:E5', // The worksheet range that we want to retrieve
- NULL, // Value that should be returned for empty cells
- TRUE, // Should formulas be calculated (the equivalent of getCalculatedValue() for each cell)
- TRUE, // Should values be formatted (the equivalent of getFormattedValue() for each cell)
- TRUE // Should the array be indexed by cell row and cell column
- );
-```
-
-These methods will all return a 2-d array of rows and columns. The
-`toArray()` method will return the whole worksheet; `rangeToArray()`
-will return a specified range or cells; while `namedRangeToArray()` will
-return the cells within a defined `named range`.
-
-## Looping through cells
-
-### Looping through cells using iterators
-
-The easiest way to loop cells is by using iterators. Using iterators,
-one can use foreach to loop worksheets, rows within a worksheet, and
-cells within a row.
-
-Below is an example where we read all the values in a worksheet and
-display them in a table.
-
-``` php
-$reader = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::createReader('Xlsx');
-$reader->setReadDataOnly(TRUE);
-$spreadsheet = $reader->load("test.xlsx");
-
-$worksheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
-
-echo '
' . PHP_EOL;
-foreach ($worksheet->getRowIterator() as $row) {
- echo '' . PHP_EOL;
- $cellIterator = $row->getCellIterator();
- $cellIterator->setIterateOnlyExistingCells(FALSE); // This loops through all cells,
- // even if a cell value is not set.
- // By default, only cells that have a value
- // set will be iterated.
- foreach ($cellIterator as $cell) {
- echo '' .
- $cell->getValue() .
- ' | ' . PHP_EOL;
- }
- echo '
' . PHP_EOL;
-}
-echo '
' . PHP_EOL;
-```
-
-Note that we have set the cell iterator's
-`setIterateOnlyExistingCells()` to FALSE. This makes the iterator loop
-all cells within the worksheet range, even if they have not been set.
-
-The cell iterator will return a **NULL** as the cell value if it is not
-set in the worksheet. Setting the cell iterator's
-setIterateOnlyExistingCells() to FALSE will loop all cells in the
-worksheet that can be available at that moment. This will create new
-cells if required and increase memory usage! Only use it if it is
-intended to loop all cells that are possibly available.
-
-### Looping through cells using indexes
-
-One can use the possibility to access cell values by column and row
-index like (0,1) instead of 'A1' for reading and writing cell values in
-loops.
-
-Note: In PhpSpreadsheet column index is 0-based while row index is
-1-based. That means 'A1' \~ (0,1)
-
-Below is an example where we read all the values in a worksheet and
-display them in a table.
-
-``` php
-$reader = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::createReader('Xlsx');
-$reader->setReadDataOnly(TRUE);
-$spreadsheet = $reader->load("test.xlsx");
-
-$worksheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
-// Get the highest row and column numbers referenced in the worksheet
-$highestRow = $worksheet->getHighestRow(); // e.g. 10
-$highestColumn = $worksheet->getHighestColumn(); // e.g 'F'
-$highestColumnIndex = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell::columnIndexFromString($highestColumn); // e.g. 5
-
-echo '' . "\n";
-for ($row = 1; $row <= $highestRow; ++$row) {
- echo '' . PHP_EOL;
- for ($col = 0; $col <= $highestColumnIndex; ++$col) {
- echo '' .
- $worksheet->getCellByColumnAndRow($col, $row)
- ->getValue() .
- ' | ' . PHP_EOL;
- }
- echo '
' . PHP_EOL;
-}
-echo '
' . PHP_EOL;
-```
-
-Alternatively, you can take advantage of PHP's "Perl-style" character
-incrementors to loop through the cells by coordinate:
-
-``` php
-$reader = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::createReader('Xlsx');
-$reader->setReadDataOnly(TRUE);
-$spreadsheet = $reader->load("test.xlsx");
-
-$worksheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
-// Get the highest row number and column letter referenced in the worksheet
-$highestRow = $worksheet->getHighestRow(); // e.g. 10
-$highestColumn = $worksheet->getHighestColumn(); // e.g 'F'
-// Increment the highest column letter
-$highestColumn++;
-
-echo '' . "\n";
-for ($row = 1; $row <= $highestRow; ++$row) {
- echo '' . PHP_EOL;
- for ($col = 'A'; $col != $highestColumn; ++$col) {
- echo '' .
- $worksheet->getCell($col . $row)
- ->getValue() .
- ' | ' . PHP_EOL;
- }
- echo '
' . PHP_EOL;
-}
-echo '
' . PHP_EOL;
-```
-
-Note that we can't use a <= comparison here, because 'AA' would match
-as <= 'B', so we increment the highest column letter and then loop
-while \$col != the incremented highest column.
-
-## Using value binders to facilitate data entry
-
-Internally, PhpSpreadsheet uses a default
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\IValueBinder implementation
-(\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\DefaultValueBinder) to determine data
-types of entered data using a cell's `setValue()` method (the
-`setValueExplicit()` method bypasses this check).
-
-Optionally, the default behaviour of PhpSpreadsheet can be modified,
-allowing easier data entry. For example, a
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\AdvancedValueBinder class is available.
-It automatically converts percentages, number in scientific format, and
-dates entered as strings to the correct format, also setting the cell's
-style information. The following example demonstrates how to set the
-value binder in PhpSpreadsheet:
-
-``` php
-/** PhpSpreadsheet */
-require_once 'src/Boostrap.php';
-
-// Set value binder
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell::setValueBinder( new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\AdvancedValueBinder() );
-
-// Create new Spreadsheet object
-$spreadsheet = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Spreadsheet();
-
-// ...
-// Add some data, resembling some different data types
-$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue('A4', 'Percentage value:');
-// Converts the string value to 0.1 and sets percentage cell style
-$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue('B4', '10%');
-
-$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue('A5', 'Date/time value:');
-// Converts the string value to an Excel datestamp and sets the date format cell style
-$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue('B5', '21 December 1983');
-```
-
-**Creating your own value binder is easy.** When advanced value binding
-is required, you can implement the
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\IValueBinder interface or extend the
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\DefaultValueBinder or
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\AdvancedValueBinder classes.
-
-# Reading and writing to file
-
-As you already know from part REF \_Ref191885438 \w \h 3.3 REF
-\_Ref191885438 \h Readers and writers, reading and writing to a
-persisted storage is not possible using the base PhpSpreadsheet classes.
-For this purpose, PhpSpreadsheet provides readers and writers, which are
-implementations of \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReader and
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\IWriter.
-
-## \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory
-
-The PhpSpreadsheet API offers multiple methods to create a
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReader or
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\IWriter instance:
-
-Direct creation via \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory. All examples
-underneath demonstrate the direct creation method. Note that you can
-also use the \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory class to do this.
-
-### Creating \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReader using \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory
-
-There are 2 methods for reading in a file into PhpSpreadsheet: using
-automatic file type resolving or explicitly.
-
-Automatic file type resolving checks the different
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReader distributed with
-PhpSpreadsheet. If one of them can load the specified file name, the
-file is loaded using that \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReader.
-Explicit mode requires you to specify which
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReader should be used.
-
-You can create a \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReader instance using
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory in automatic file type resolving
-mode using the following code sample:
-
-``` php
-$spreadsheet = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::load("05featuredemo.xlsx");
-```
-
-A typical use of this feature is when you need to read files uploaded by
-your users, and you don’t know whether they are uploading xls or xlsx
-files.
-
-If you need to set some properties on the reader, (e.g. to only read
-data, see more about this later), then you may instead want to use this
-variant:
-
-``` php
-$reader = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::createReaderForFile("05featuredemo.xlsx");
-$reader->setReadDataOnly(true);
-$reader->load("05featuredemo.xlsx");
+```sh
+composer require phpoffice/phpspreadsheet
```
-You can create a \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReader instance using
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory in explicit mode using the following
-code sample:
-
-``` php
-$reader = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::createReader("Xlsx");
-$spreadsheet = $reader->load("05featuredemo.xlsx");
-```
-
-Note that automatic type resolving mode is slightly slower than explicit
-mode.
-
-### Creating \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\IWriter using \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory
-
-You can create a PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\IWriter instance using
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory:
-
-``` php
-$writer = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::createWriter($spreadsheet, "Xlsx");
-$writer->save("05featuredemo.xlsx");
-```
-
-## Excel 2007 (SpreadsheetML) file format
-
-Xlsx file format is the main file format of PhpSpreadsheet. It allows
-outputting the in-memory spreadsheet to a .xlsx file.
-
-### \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xlsx
-
-#### Reading a spreadsheet
-
-You can read an .xlsx file using the following code:
-
-``` php
-$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xlsx();
-$spreadsheet = $reader->load("05featuredemo.xlsx");
-```
-
-#### Read data only
-
-You can set the option setReadDataOnly on the reader, to instruct the
-reader to ignore styling, data validation, … and just read cell data:
-
-``` php
-$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xlsx();
-$reader->setReadDataOnly(true);
-$spreadsheet = $reader->load("05featuredemo.xlsx");
-```
-
-#### Read specific sheets only
-
-You can set the option setLoadSheetsOnly on the reader, to instruct the
-reader to only load the sheets with a given name:
-
-``` php
-$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xlsx();
-$reader->setLoadSheetsOnly( array("Sheet 1", "My special sheet") );
-$spreadsheet = $reader->load("05featuredemo.xlsx");
-```
-
-#### Read specific cells only
-
-You can set the option setReadFilter on the reader, to instruct the
-reader to only load the cells which match a given rule. A read filter
-can be any class which implements
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReadFilter. By default, all cells are
-read using the \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\DefaultReadFilter.
-
-The following code will only read row 1 and rows 20 – 30 of any sheet in
-the Excel file:
-
-``` php
-class MyReadFilter implements \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReadFilter {
-
- public function readCell($column, $row, $worksheetName = '') {
- // Read title row and rows 20 - 30
- if ($row == 1 || ($row >= 20 && $row <= 30)) {
- return true;
- }
- return false;
- }
-}
-
-$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xlsx();
-$reader->setReadFilter( new MyReadFilter() );
-$spreadsheet = $reader->load("06largescale.xlsx");
-```
-
-### \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Xlsx
-
-#### Writing a spreadsheet
-
-You can write an .xlsx file using the following code:
-
-``` php
-$writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Xlsx($spreadsheet);
-$writer->save("05featuredemo.xlsx");
-```
-
-#### Formula pre-calculation
-
-By default, this writer pre-calculates all formulas in the spreadsheet.
-This can be slow on large spreadsheets, and maybe even unwanted. You can
-however disable formula pre-calculation:
-
-``` php
-$writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Xlsx($spreadsheet);
-$writer->setPreCalculateFormulas(false);
-$writer->save("05featuredemo.xlsx");
-```
-
-#### Office 2003 compatibility pack
-
-Because of a bug in the Office2003 compatibility pack, there can be some
-small issues when opening Xlsx spreadsheets (mostly related to formula
-calculation). You can enable Office2003 compatibility with the following
-code:
-
- $writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Xlsx($spreadsheet);
- $writer->setOffice2003Compatibility(true);
- $writer->save("05featuredemo.xlsx");
-
-**Office2003 compatibility should only be used when needed** Office2003
-compatibility option should only be used when needed. This option
-disables several Office2007 file format options, resulting in a
-lower-featured Office2007 spreadsheet when this option is used.
-
-## Excel 5 (BIFF) file format
-
-Xls file format is the old Excel file format, implemented in
-PhpSpreadsheet to provide a uniform manner to create both .xlsx and .xls
-files. It is basically a modified version of [PEAR
-Spreadsheet\_Excel\_Writer](http://pear.php.net/package/Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer),
-although it has been extended and has fewer limitations and more
-features than the old PEAR library. This can read all BIFF versions that
-use OLE2: BIFF5 (introduced with office 95) through BIFF8, but cannot
-read earlier versions.
-
-Xls file format will not be developed any further, it just provides an
-additional file format for PhpSpreadsheet.
-
-**Excel5 (BIFF) limitations** Please note that BIFF file format has some
-limits regarding to styling cells and handling large spreadsheets via
-PHP.
-
-### \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xls
-
-#### Reading a spreadsheet
-
-You can read an .xls file using the following code:
-
-``` php
-$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xls();
-$spreadsheet = $reader->load("05featuredemo.xls");
-```
-
-#### Read data only
-
-You can set the option setReadDataOnly on the reader, to instruct the
-reader to ignore styling, data validation, … and just read cell data:
-
-``` php
-$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xls();
-$reader->setReadDataOnly(true);
-$spreadsheet = $reader->load("05featuredemo.xls");
-```
-
-#### Read specific sheets only
-
-You can set the option setLoadSheetsOnly on the reader, to instruct the
-reader to only load the sheets with a given name:
-
-``` php
-$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xls();
-$reader->setLoadSheetsOnly( array("Sheet 1", "My special sheet") );
-$spreadsheet = $reader->load("05featuredemo.xls");
-```
-
-#### Read specific cells only
-
-You can set the option setReadFilter on the reader, to instruct the
-reader to only load the cells which match a given rule. A read filter
-can be any class which implements
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReadFilter. By default, all cells are
-read using the \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\DefaultReadFilter.
-
-The following code will only read row 1 and rows 20 to 30 of any sheet
-in the Excel file:
-
-``` php
-class MyReadFilter implements \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReadFilter {
-
- public function readCell($column, $row, $worksheetName = '') {
- // Read title row and rows 20 - 30
- if ($row == 1 || ($row >= 20 && $row <= 30)) {
- return true;
- }
- return false;
- }
-}
-
-$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xls();
-$reader->setReadFilter( new MyReadFilter() );
-$spreadsheet = $reader->load("06largescale.xls");
-```
-
-### \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Xls
-
-#### Writing a spreadsheet
-
-You can write an .xls file using the following code:
-
-``` php
-$writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Xls($spreadsheet);
-$writer->save("05featuredemo.xls");
-```
-
-## Excel 2003 XML file format
-
-Excel 2003 XML file format is a file format which can be used in older
-versions of Microsoft Excel.
-
-**Excel 2003 XML limitations** Please note that Excel 2003 XML format
-has some limits regarding to styling cells and handling large
-spreadsheets via PHP.
-
-### \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xml
-
-#### Reading a spreadsheet
-
-You can read an Excel 2003 .xml file using the following code:
-
-``` php
-$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xml();
-$spreadsheet = $reader->load("05featuredemo.xml");
-```
-
-#### Read specific cells only
-
-You can set the option setReadFilter on the reader, to instruct the
-reader to only load the cells which match a given rule. A read filter
-can be any class which implements
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReadFilter. By default, all cells are
-read using the \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\DefaultReadFilter.
-
-The following code will only read row 1 and rows 20 to 30 of any sheet
-in the Excel file:
-
-``` php
-class MyReadFilter implements \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReadFilter {
-
- public function readCell($column, $row, $worksheetName = '') {
- // Read title row and rows 20 - 30
- if ($row == 1 || ($row >= 20 && $row <= 30)) {
- return true;
- }
- return false;
- }
-
-}
-
-$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xml();
-$reader->setReadFilter( new MyReadFilter() );
-$spreadsheet = $reader->load("06largescale.xml");
-```
-
-## Symbolic LinK (SYLK)
-
-Symbolic Link (SYLK) is a Microsoft file format typically used to
-exchange data between applications, specifically spreadsheets. SYLK
-files conventionally have a .slk suffix. Composed of only displayable
-ANSI characters, it can be easily created and processed by other
-applications, such as databases.
-
-**SYLK limitations** Please note that SYLK file format has some limits
-regarding to styling cells and handling large spreadsheets via PHP.
-
-### \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Slk
-
-#### Reading a spreadsheet
-
-You can read an .slk file using the following code:
-
-``` php
-$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Slk();
-$spreadsheet = $reader->load("05featuredemo.slk");
-```
-
-#### Read specific cells only
-
-You can set the option setReadFilter on the reader, to instruct the
-reader to only load the cells which match a given rule. A read filter
-can be any class which implements
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReadFilter. By default, all cells are
-read using the \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\DefaultReadFilter.
-
-The following code will only read row 1 and rows 20 to 30 of any sheet
-in the SYLK file:
-
-``` php
-class MyReadFilter implements \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReadFilter {
-
- public function readCell($column, $row, $worksheetName = '') {
- // Read title row and rows 20 - 30
- if ($row == 1 || ($row >= 20 && $row <= 30)) {
- return true;
- }
- return false;
- }
-
-}
-
-$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Slk();
-$reader->setReadFilter( new MyReadFilter() );
-$spreadsheet = $reader->load("06largescale.slk");
-```
-
-## Open/Libre Office (.ods)
-
-Open Office or Libre Office .ods files are the standard file format for
-Open Office or Libre Office Calc files.
-
-### \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Ods
-
-#### Reading a spreadsheet
-
-You can read an .ods file using the following code:
-
-``` php
-$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Ods();
-$spreadsheet = $reader->load("05featuredemo.ods");
-```
-
-#### Read specific cells only
-
-You can set the option setReadFilter on the reader, to instruct the
-reader to only load the cells which match a given rule. A read filter
-can be any class which implements
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReadFilter. By default, all cells are
-read using the \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\DefaultReadFilter.
-
-The following code will only read row 1 and rows 20 to 30 of any sheet
-in the Calc file:
-
-``` php
-class MyReadFilter implements \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReadFilter {
-
- public function readCell($column, $row, $worksheetName = '') {
- // Read title row and rows 20 - 30
- if ($row == 1 || ($row >= 20 && $row <= 30)) {
- return true;
- }
- return false;
- }
-
-}
-
-$reader = new PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Ods();
-$reader->setReadFilter( new MyReadFilter() );
-$spreadsheet = $reader->load("06largescale.ods");
-```
-
-## CSV (Comma Separated Values)
-
-CSV (Comma Separated Values) are often used as an import/export file
-format with other systems. PhpSpreadsheet allows reading and writing to
-CSV files.
-
-**CSV limitations** Please note that CSV file format has some limits
-regarding to styling cells, number formatting, ...
-
-### \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Csv
-
-#### Reading a CSV file
-
-You can read a .csv file using the following code:
-
-``` php
-$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Csv();
-$spreadsheet = $reader->load("sample.csv");
-```
-
-#### Setting CSV options
-
-Often, CSV files are not really “comma separated”, or use semicolon (;)
-as a separator. You can instruct
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Csv some options before reading a CSV
-file.
-
-Note that \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Csv by default assumes that
-the loaded CSV file is UTF-8 encoded. If you are reading CSV files that
-were created in Microsoft Office Excel the correct input encoding may
-rather be Windows-1252 (CP1252). Always make sure that the input
-encoding is set appropriately.
-
-``` php
-$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Csv();
-$reader->setInputEncoding('CP1252');
-$reader->setDelimiter(';');
-$reader->setEnclosure('');
-$reader->setLineEnding("\r\n");
-$reader->setSheetIndex(0);
-
-$spreadsheet = $reader->load("sample.csv");
-```
-
-#### Read a specific worksheet
-
-CSV files can only contain one worksheet. Therefore, you can specify
-which sheet to read from CSV:
-
-``` php
-$reader->setSheetIndex(0);
-```
-
-#### Read into existing spreadsheet
-
-When working with CSV files, it might occur that you want to import CSV
-data into an existing `Spreadsheet` object. The following code loads a
-CSV file into an existing \$spreadsheet containing some sheets, and
-imports onto the 6th sheet:
-
-``` php
-$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Csv();
-$reader->setDelimiter(';');
-$reader->setEnclosure('');
-$reader->setLineEnding("\r\n");
-$reader->setSheetIndex(5);
-
-$reader->loadIntoExisting("05featuredemo.csv", $spreadsheet);
-```
-
-### \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Csv
-
-#### Writing a CSV file
-
-You can write a .csv file using the following code:
-
-``` php
-$writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Csv($spreadsheet);
-$writer->save("05featuredemo.csv");
-```
-
-#### Setting CSV options
-
-Often, CSV files are not really “comma separated”, or use semicolon (;)
-as a separator. You can instruct
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Csv some options before writing a CSV
-file:
-
-``` php
-$writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Csv($spreadsheet);
-$writer->setDelimiter(';');
-$writer->setEnclosure('');
-$writer->setLineEnding("\r\n");
-$writer->setSheetIndex(0);
-
-$writer->save("05featuredemo.csv");
-```
-
-#### Write a specific worksheet
-
-CSV files can only contain one worksheet. Therefore, you can specify
-which sheet to write to CSV:
-
-``` php
-$writer->setSheetIndex(0);
-```
-
-#### Formula pre-calculation
-
-By default, this writer pre-calculates all formulas in the spreadsheet.
-This can be slow on large spreadsheets, and maybe even unwanted. You can
-however disable formula pre-calculation:
-
-``` php
-$writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Csv($spreadsheet);
-$writer->setPreCalculateFormulas(false);
-$writer->save("05featuredemo.csv");
-```
-
-#### Writing UTF-8 CSV files
-
-A CSV file can be marked as UTF-8 by writing a BOM file header. This can
-be enabled by using the following code:
-
-``` php
-$writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Csv($spreadsheet);
-$writer->setUseBOM(true);
-$writer->save("05featuredemo.csv");
-```
-
-#### Decimal and thousands separators
-
-If the worksheet you are exporting contains numbers with decimal or
-thousands separators then you should think about what characters you
-want to use for those before doing the export.
-
-By default PhpSpreadsheet looks up in the server's locale settings to
-decide what characters to use. But to avoid problems it is recommended
-to set the characters explicitly as shown below.
-
-English users will want to use this before doing the export:
-
-``` php
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Shared\StringHelper::setDecimalSeparator('.');
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Shared\StringHelper::setThousandsSeparator(',');
-```
-
-German users will want to use the opposite values.
-
-``` php
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Shared\StringHelper::setDecimalSeparator(',');
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Shared\StringHelper::setThousandsSeparator('.');
-```
-
-Note that the above code sets decimal and thousand separators as global
-options. This also affects how HTML and PDF is exported.
-
-## HTML
-
-PhpSpreadsheet allows you to read or write a spreadsheet as HTML format,
-for quick representation of the data in it to anyone who does not have a
-spreadsheet application on their PC, or loading files saved by other
-scripts that simply create HTML markup and give it a .xls file
-extension.
-
-**HTML limitations** Please note that HTML file format has some limits
-regarding to styling cells, number formatting, ...
-
-### \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Html
-
-#### Reading a spreadsheet
-
-You can read an .html or .htm file using the following code:
-
-``` php
-$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Html();
-
-$spreadsheet = $reader->load("05featuredemo.html");
-```
-
-**HTML limitations** Please note that HTML reader is still experimental
-and does not yet support merged cells or nested tables cleanly
-
-### \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Html
-
-Please note that \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Html only outputs the
-first worksheet by default.
-
-#### Writing a spreadsheet
-
-You can write a .htm file using the following code:
-
-``` php
-$writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Html($spreadsheet);
-
-$writer->save("05featuredemo.htm");
-```
-
-#### Write all worksheets
-
-HTML files can contain one or more worksheets. If you want to write all
-sheets into a single HTML file, use the following code:
-
-``` php
-$writer->writeAllSheets();
-```
-
-#### Write a specific worksheet
-
-HTML files can contain one or more worksheets. Therefore, you can
-specify which sheet to write to HTML:
-
-``` php
-$writer->setSheetIndex(0);
-```
-
-#### Setting the images root of the HTML file
-
-There might be situations where you want to explicitly set the included
-images root. For example, one might want to see
-
-``` html
-
-```
-
-instead of
-
-``` html
-.
-```
-
-You can use the following code to achieve this result:
-
-``` php
-$writer->setImagesRoot('http://www.example.com');
-```
-
-#### Formula pre-calculation
-
-By default, this writer pre-calculates all formulas in the spreadsheet.
-This can be slow on large spreadsheets, and maybe even unwanted. You can
-however disable formula pre-calculation:
-
-``` php
-$writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Html($spreadsheet);
-$writer->setPreCalculateFormulas(false);
-
-$writer->save("05featuredemo.htm");
-```
-
-#### Embedding generated HTML in a web page
-
-There might be a situation where you want to embed the generated HTML in
-an existing website. \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Html provides
-support to generate only specific parts of the HTML code, which allows
-you to use these parts in your website.
-
-Supported methods:
+**Note:** If you want the unreleased, unstable development version use
+`phpoffice/phpspreadsheet:dev-develop` instead.
-- generateHTMLHeader()
-- generateStyles()
-- generateSheetData()
-- generateHTMLFooter()
+## Hello World
-Here's an example which retrieves all parts independently and merges
-them into a resulting HTML page:
+This would be the simplest way to write a spreadsheet:
-``` php
+```php
generateHTMLHeader();
-?>
-
-?>
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Spreadsheet;
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Xlsx;
--->
-
+$spreadsheet = new Spreadsheet();
+$sheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
+$sheet->setCellValue('A1', 'Hello World !');
-generateSheetData();
-echo $writer->generateHTMLFooter();
-?>
+$writer = new Xlsx($spreadsheet);
+$writer->save('hello world.xlsx');
```
-#### Writing UTF-8 HTML files
+## Learn by example
-A HTML file can be marked as UTF-8 by writing a BOM file header. This
-can be enabled by using the following code:
+A good way to get started is to run some of the samples. Serve the sample via
+PHP built-in webserver;
-``` php
-$writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Html($spreadsheet);
-$writer->setUseBOM(true);
-
-$writer->save("05featuredemo.htm");
+```sh
+php -S localhost:8000 -t vendor/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/samples
```
-#### Decimal and thousands separators
+Then point your browser to:
-See section \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Csv how to control the
-appearance of these.
+> http://localhost:8000/
-## PDF
+The samples may also be run directly from the command line, for example:
-PhpSpreadsheet allows you to write a spreadsheet into PDF format, for
-fast distribution of represented data.
-
-**PDF limitations** Please note that PDF file format has some limits
-regarding to styling cells, number formatting, ...
-
-### \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Pdf
-
-PhpSpreadsheet’s PDF Writer is a wrapper for a 3rd-Party PDF Rendering
-library such as tcPDF, mPDF or DomPDF. You must now install a PDF
-rendering library yourself; but PhpSpreadsheet will work with a number
-of different libraries.
-
-Currently, the following libraries are supported:
-
-Library | Downloadable from | PhpSpreadsheet Internal Constant
---------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------
-tcPDF | https://github.com/tecnickcom/tcpdf | PDF_RENDERER_TCPDF
-mPDF | https://github.com/mpdf/mpdf | PDF_RENDERER_MPDF
-domPDF | https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf | PDF_RENDERER_DOMPDF
-
-The different libraries have different strengths and weaknesses. Some
-generate better formatted output than others, some are faster or use
-less memory than others, while some generate smaller .pdf files. It is
-the developers choice which one they wish to use, appropriate to their
-own circumstances.
-
-Before instantiating a Writer to generate PDF output, you will need to
-indicate which Rendering library you are using.
-
-``` php
-$rendererName = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Settings::PDF_RENDERER_MPDF;
-\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Settings::setPdfRendererName($rendererName);
+```sh
+php vendor/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/samples/01_Simple.php
```
-#### Writing a spreadsheet
+## Learn by documentation
-Once you have identified the Renderer that you wish to use for PDF
-generation, you can write a .pdf file using the following code:
-
-``` php
-$writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Pdf($spreadsheet);
-$writer->save("05featuredemo.pdf");
-```
-
-Please note that \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Pdf only outputs the
-first worksheet by default.
-
-#### Write all worksheets
-
-PDF files can contain one or more worksheets. If you want to write all
-sheets into a single PDF file, use the following code:
-
-``` php
-$writer->writeAllSheets();
-```
-
-#### Write a specific worksheet
-
-PDF files can contain one or more worksheets. Therefore, you can specify
-which sheet to write to PDF:
-
-``` php
-$writer->setSheetIndex(0);
-```
-
-#### Formula pre-calculation
-
-By default, this writer pre-calculates all formulas in the spreadsheet.
-This can be slow on large spreadsheets, and maybe even unwanted. You can
-however disable formula pre-calculation:
-
-``` php
-$writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Pdf($spreadsheet);
-$writer->setPreCalculateFormulas(false);
-
-$writer->save("05featuredemo.pdf");
-```
-
-#### Decimal and thousands separators
-
-See section \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Csv how to control the
-appearance of these.
-
-## Generating Excel files from templates (read, modify, write)
-
-Readers and writers are the tools that allow you to generate Excel files
-from templates. This requires less coding effort than generating the
-Excel file from scratch, especially if your template has many styles,
-page setup properties, headers etc.
-
-Here is an example how to open a template file, fill in a couple of
-fields and save it again:
-
-``` php
-$spreadsheet = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::load('template.xlsx');
-
-$worksheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
-
-$worksheet->getCell('A1')->setValue('John');
-$worksheet->getCell('A2')->setValue('Smith');
-
-$writer = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::createWriter($spreadsheet, 'Xls');
-$writer->save('write.xls');
-```
-
-Notice that it is ok to load an xlsx file and generate an xls file.
+For more in-depth documentation, you may read about an [overview of the
+architecture](./topics/architecture.md),
+[creating a spreadsheet](./topics/creating-spreadsheet.md),
+[worksheets](./topics/worksheets.md),
+[accessing cells](./topics/accessing-cells.md) and
+[reading and writing to files](./topics/reading-and-writing-to-file.md).
# Credits
-Please refer to the internet page [contributor
+Please refer to the [contributor
list](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/graphs/contributors)
for up-to-date credits.
diff --git a/docs/topics/accessing-cells.md b/docs/topics/accessing-cells.md
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+# Accessing cells
+
+Accessing cells in a Spreadsheet should be pretty straightforward. This
+topic lists some of the options to access a cell.
+
+## Setting a cell value by coordinate
+
+Setting a cell value by coordinate can be done using the worksheet's
+`setCellValue()` method.
+
+``` php
+// Set cell A1 with a string value
+$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue('A1', 'PhpSpreadsheet');
+
+// Set cell A2 with a numeric value
+$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue('A2', 12345.6789);
+
+// Set cell A3 with a boolean value
+$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue('A3', TRUE);
+
+// Set cell A4 with a formula
+$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue(
+ 'A4',
+ '=IF(A3, CONCATENATE(A1, " ", A2), CONCATENATE(A2, " ", A1))'
+);
+```
+
+Alternatively, you can retrieve the cell object, and then call the
+cell’s setValue() method:
+
+``` php
+$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()
+ ->getCell('B8')
+ ->setValue('Some value');
+```
+
+## Excel DataTypes
+
+MS Excel supports 7 basic datatypes:
+
+- string
+- number
+- boolean
+- null
+- formula
+- error
+- Inline (or rich text) string
+
+By default, when you call the worksheet's `setCellValue()` method or the
+cell's `setValue()` method, PhpSpreadsheet will use the appropriate
+datatype for PHP nulls, booleans, floats or integers; or cast any string
+data value that you pass to the method into the most appropriate
+datatype, so numeric strings will be cast to numbers, while string
+values beginning with `=` will be converted to a formula. Strings that
+aren't numeric, or that don't begin with a leading `=` will be treated
+as genuine string values.
+
+This "conversion" is handled by a cell "value binder", and you can write
+custom "value binders" to change the behaviour of these "conversions".
+The standard PhpSpreadsheet package also provides an "advanced value
+binder" that handles a number of more complex conversions, such as
+converting strings with a fractional format like "3/4" to a number value
+(0.75 in this case) and setting an appropriate "fraction" number format
+mask. Similarly, strings like "5%" will be converted to a value of 0.05,
+and a percentage number format mask applied, and strings containing
+values that look like dates will be converted to Excel serialized
+datetimestamp values, and a corresponding mask applied. This is
+particularly useful when loading data from csv files, or setting cell
+values from a database.
+
+Formats handled by the advanced value binder include:
+
+- TRUE or FALSE (dependent on locale settings) are converted to booleans.
+- Numeric strings identified as scientific (exponential) format are
+ converted to numbers.
+- Fractions and vulgar fractions are converted to numbers, and
+ an appropriate number format mask applied.
+- Percentages are converted
+ to numbers, divided by 100, and an appropriate number format mask
+ applied.
+- Dates and times are converted to Excel timestamp values
+ (numbers), and an appropriate number format mask applied.
+- When strings contain a newline character (`\n`), then the cell styling is
+ set to wrap.
+
+You can read more about value binders later in this section of the
+documentation.
+
+### Setting a date and/or time value in a cell
+
+Date or time values are held as timestamp in Excel (a simple floating
+point value), and a number format mask is used to show how that value
+should be formatted; so if we want to store a date in a cell, we need to
+calculate the correct Excel timestamp, and set a number format mask.
+
+``` php
+// Get the current date/time and convert to an Excel date/time
+$dateTimeNow = time();
+$excelDateValue = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Shared\Date::PHPToExcel( $dateTimeNow );
+// Set cell A6 with the Excel date/time value
+$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue(
+ 'A6',
+ $excelDateValue
+);
+// Set the number format mask so that the excel timestamp will be displayed as a human-readable date/time
+$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->getStyle('A6')
+ ->getNumberFormat()
+ ->setFormatCode(
+ \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Style\NumberFormat::FORMAT_DATE_DATETIME
+ );
+```
+
+### Setting a number with leading zeroes
+
+By default, PhpSpreadsheet will automatically detect the value type and
+set it to the appropriate Excel numeric datatype. This type conversion
+is handled by a value binder, as described in the section of this
+document entitled "Using value binders to facilitate data entry".
+
+Numbers don't have leading zeroes, so if you try to set a numeric value
+that does have leading zeroes (such as a telephone number) then these
+will be normally be lost as the value is cast to a number, so
+"01513789642" will be displayed as 1513789642.
+
+There are two ways you can force PhpSpreadsheet to override this
+behaviour.
+
+Firstly, you can set the datatype explicitly as a string so that it is
+not converted to a number.
+
+``` php
+// Set cell A8 with a numeric value, but tell PhpSpreadsheet it should be treated as a string
+$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValueExplicit(
+ 'A8',
+ "01513789642",
+ \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\DataType::TYPE_STRING
+);
+```
+
+Alternatively, you can use a number format mask to display the value
+with leading zeroes.
+
+``` php
+// Set cell A9 with a numeric value
+$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue('A9', 1513789642);
+// Set a number format mask to display the value as 11 digits with leading zeroes
+$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->getStyle('A9')
+ ->getNumberFormat()
+ ->setFormatCode(
+ '00000000000'
+ );
+```
+
+With number format masking, you can even break up the digits into groups
+to make the value more easily readable.
+
+``` php
+// Set cell A10 with a numeric value
+$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue('A10', 1513789642);
+// Set a number format mask to display the value as 11 digits with leading zeroes
+$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->getStyle('A10')
+ ->getNumberFormat()
+ ->setFormatCode(
+ '0000-000-0000'
+ );
+```
+
+![07-simple-example-1.png](./images/07-simple-example-1.png)
+
+**Note** that not all complex format masks such as this one will work
+when retrieving a formatted value to display "on screen", or for certain
+writers such as HTML or PDF, but it will work with the true spreadsheet
+writers (Xlsx and Xls).
+
+## Setting a range of cells from an array
+
+It is also possible to set a range of cell values in a single call by
+passing an array of values to the `fromArray()` method.
+
+``` php
+$arrayData = array(
+ array(NULL, 2010, 2011, 2012),
+ array('Q1', 12, 15, 21),
+ array('Q2', 56, 73, 86),
+ array('Q3', 52, 61, 69),
+ array('Q4', 30, 32, 0),
+);
+$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()
+ ->fromArray(
+ $arrayData, // The data to set
+ NULL, // Array values with this value will not be set
+ 'C3' // Top left coordinate of the worksheet range where
+ // we want to set these values (default is A1)
+ );
+```
+
+![07-simple-example-2.png](./images/07-simple-example-2.png)
+
+If you pass a 2-d array, then this will be treated as a series of rows
+and columns. A 1-d array will be treated as a single row, which is
+particularly useful if you're fetching an array of data from a database.
+
+``` php
+$rowArray = array('Value1', 'Value2', 'Value3', 'Value4');
+$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()
+ ->fromArray(
+ $rowArray, // The data to set
+ NULL, // Array values with this value will not be set
+ 'C3' // Top left coordinate of the worksheet range where
+ // we want to set these values (default is A1)
+ );
+```
+
+![07-simple-example-3.png](./images/07-simple-example-3.png)
+
+If you have a simple 1-d array, and want to write it as a column, then
+the following will convert it into an appropriately structured 2-d array
+that can be fed to the `fromArray()` method:
+
+``` php
+$rowArray = array('Value1', 'Value2', 'Value3', 'Value4');
+$columnArray = array_chunk($rowArray, 1);
+$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()
+ ->fromArray(
+ $columnArray, // The data to set
+ NULL, // Array values with this value will not be set
+ 'C3' // Top left coordinate of the worksheet range where
+ // we want to set these values (default is A1)
+ );
+```
+
+![07-simple-example-4.png](./images/07-simple-example-4.png)
+
+## Retrieving a cell value by coordinate
+
+To retrieve the value of a cell, the cell should first be retrieved from
+the worksheet using the `getCell()` method. A cell's value can be read
+using the `getValue()` method.
+
+``` php
+// Get the value fom cell A1
+$cellValue = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->getCell('A1')
+ ->getValue();
+```
+
+This will retrieve the raw, unformatted value contained in the cell.
+
+If a cell contains a formula, and you need to retrieve the calculated
+value rather than the formula itself, then use the cell's
+`getCalculatedValue()` method. This is further explained in .
+
+``` php
+// Get the value fom cell A4
+$cellValue = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->getCell('A4')
+ ->getCalculatedValue();
+```
+
+Alternatively, if you want to see the value with any cell formatting
+applied (e.g. for a human-readable date or time value), then you can use
+the cell's `getFormattedValue()` method.
+
+``` php
+// Get the value fom cell A6
+$cellValue = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->getCell('A6')
+ ->getFormattedValue();
+```
+
+## Setting a cell value by column and row
+
+Setting a cell value by coordinate can be done using the worksheet's
+`setCellValueByColumnAndRow()` method.
+
+``` php
+// Set cell B5 with a string value
+$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValueByColumnAndRow(1, 5, 'PhpSpreadsheet');
+```
+
+**Note** that column references start with '0' for column 'A', rather
+than from '1'.
+
+## Retrieving a cell value by column and row
+
+To retrieve the value of a cell, the cell should first be retrieved from
+the worksheet using the getCellByColumnAndRow method. A cell’s value can
+be read again using the following line of code:
+
+``` php
+// Get the value fom cell B5
+$cellValue = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->getCellByColumnAndRow(1, 5)
+ ->getValue();
+```
+
+If you need the calculated value of a cell, use the following code. This
+is further explained in .
+
+``` php
+// Get the value fom cell A4
+$cellValue = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->getCellByColumnAndRow(0, 4)
+ ->getCalculatedValue();
+```
+
+## Retrieving a range of cell values to an array
+
+It is also possible to retrieve a range of cell values to an array in a
+single call using the `toArray()`, `rangeToArray()` or
+`namedRangeToArray()` methods.
+
+``` php
+$dataArray = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()
+ ->rangeToArray(
+ 'C3:E5', // The worksheet range that we want to retrieve
+ NULL, // Value that should be returned for empty cells
+ TRUE, // Should formulas be calculated (the equivalent of getCalculatedValue() for each cell)
+ TRUE, // Should values be formatted (the equivalent of getFormattedValue() for each cell)
+ TRUE // Should the array be indexed by cell row and cell column
+ );
+```
+
+These methods will all return a 2-d array of rows and columns. The
+`toArray()` method will return the whole worksheet; `rangeToArray()`
+will return a specified range or cells; while `namedRangeToArray()` will
+return the cells within a defined `named range`.
+
+## Looping through cells
+
+### Looping through cells using iterators
+
+The easiest way to loop cells is by using iterators. Using iterators,
+one can use foreach to loop worksheets, rows within a worksheet, and
+cells within a row.
+
+Below is an example where we read all the values in a worksheet and
+display them in a table.
+
+``` php
+$reader = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::createReader('Xlsx');
+$reader->setReadDataOnly(TRUE);
+$spreadsheet = $reader->load("test.xlsx");
+
+$worksheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
+
+echo '' . PHP_EOL;
+foreach ($worksheet->getRowIterator() as $row) {
+ echo '' . PHP_EOL;
+ $cellIterator = $row->getCellIterator();
+ $cellIterator->setIterateOnlyExistingCells(FALSE); // This loops through all cells,
+ // even if a cell value is not set.
+ // By default, only cells that have a value
+ // set will be iterated.
+ foreach ($cellIterator as $cell) {
+ echo '' .
+ $cell->getValue() .
+ ' | ' . PHP_EOL;
+ }
+ echo '
' . PHP_EOL;
+}
+echo '
' . PHP_EOL;
+```
+
+Note that we have set the cell iterator's
+`setIterateOnlyExistingCells()` to FALSE. This makes the iterator loop
+all cells within the worksheet range, even if they have not been set.
+
+The cell iterator will return a **NULL** as the cell value if it is not
+set in the worksheet. Setting the cell iterator's
+setIterateOnlyExistingCells() to FALSE will loop all cells in the
+worksheet that can be available at that moment. This will create new
+cells if required and increase memory usage! Only use it if it is
+intended to loop all cells that are possibly available.
+
+### Looping through cells using indexes
+
+One can use the possibility to access cell values by column and row
+index like (0,1) instead of 'A1' for reading and writing cell values in
+loops.
+
+Note: In PhpSpreadsheet column index is 0-based while row index is
+1-based. That means 'A1' \~ (0,1)
+
+Below is an example where we read all the values in a worksheet and
+display them in a table.
+
+``` php
+$reader = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::createReader('Xlsx');
+$reader->setReadDataOnly(TRUE);
+$spreadsheet = $reader->load("test.xlsx");
+
+$worksheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
+// Get the highest row and column numbers referenced in the worksheet
+$highestRow = $worksheet->getHighestRow(); // e.g. 10
+$highestColumn = $worksheet->getHighestColumn(); // e.g 'F'
+$highestColumnIndex = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell::columnIndexFromString($highestColumn); // e.g. 5
+
+echo '' . "\n";
+for ($row = 1; $row <= $highestRow; ++$row) {
+ echo '' . PHP_EOL;
+ for ($col = 0; $col <= $highestColumnIndex; ++$col) {
+ echo '' .
+ $worksheet->getCellByColumnAndRow($col, $row)
+ ->getValue() .
+ ' | ' . PHP_EOL;
+ }
+ echo '
' . PHP_EOL;
+}
+echo '
' . PHP_EOL;
+```
+
+Alternatively, you can take advantage of PHP's "Perl-style" character
+incrementors to loop through the cells by coordinate:
+
+``` php
+$reader = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::createReader('Xlsx');
+$reader->setReadDataOnly(TRUE);
+$spreadsheet = $reader->load("test.xlsx");
+
+$worksheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
+// Get the highest row number and column letter referenced in the worksheet
+$highestRow = $worksheet->getHighestRow(); // e.g. 10
+$highestColumn = $worksheet->getHighestColumn(); // e.g 'F'
+// Increment the highest column letter
+$highestColumn++;
+
+echo '' . "\n";
+for ($row = 1; $row <= $highestRow; ++$row) {
+ echo '' . PHP_EOL;
+ for ($col = 'A'; $col != $highestColumn; ++$col) {
+ echo '' .
+ $worksheet->getCell($col . $row)
+ ->getValue() .
+ ' | ' . PHP_EOL;
+ }
+ echo '
' . PHP_EOL;
+}
+echo '
' . PHP_EOL;
+```
+
+Note that we can't use a <= comparison here, because 'AA' would match
+as <= 'B', so we increment the highest column letter and then loop
+while \$col != the incremented highest column.
+
+## Using value binders to facilitate data entry
+
+Internally, PhpSpreadsheet uses a default
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\IValueBinder implementation
+(\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\DefaultValueBinder) to determine data
+types of entered data using a cell's `setValue()` method (the
+`setValueExplicit()` method bypasses this check).
+
+Optionally, the default behaviour of PhpSpreadsheet can be modified,
+allowing easier data entry. For example, a
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\AdvancedValueBinder class is available.
+It automatically converts percentages, number in scientific format, and
+dates entered as strings to the correct format, also setting the cell's
+style information. The following example demonstrates how to set the
+value binder in PhpSpreadsheet:
+
+``` php
+/** PhpSpreadsheet */
+require_once 'src/Boostrap.php';
+
+// Set value binder
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell::setValueBinder( new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\AdvancedValueBinder() );
+
+// Create new Spreadsheet object
+$spreadsheet = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Spreadsheet();
+
+// ...
+// Add some data, resembling some different data types
+$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue('A4', 'Percentage value:');
+// Converts the string value to 0.1 and sets percentage cell style
+$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue('B4', '10%');
+
+$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue('A5', 'Date/time value:');
+// Converts the string value to an Excel datestamp and sets the date format cell style
+$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue('B5', '21 December 1983');
+```
+
+**Creating your own value binder is easy.** When advanced value binding
+is required, you can implement the
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\IValueBinder interface or extend the
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\DefaultValueBinder or
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\AdvancedValueBinder classes.
diff --git a/docs/topics/architecture.md b/docs/topics/architecture.md
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+# Architecture
+
+## Schematical
+
+![01-schematic.png](./images/01-schematic.png "Basic Architecture Schematic")
+
+## AutoLoader
+
+PhpSpreadsheet relies on Composer autoloader. So before working with
+PhpSpreadsheet in standalone, be sure to run `composer install`. Or add it to a
+pre-existing project with `composer require phpoffice/phpspreadsheet`.
+
+## Spreadsheet in memory
+
+PhpSpreadsheet's architecture is built in a way that it can serve as an
+in-memory spreadsheet. This means that, if one would want to create a
+web based view of a spreadsheet which communicates with PhpSpreadsheet's
+object model, he would only have to write the front-end code.
+
+Just like desktop spreadsheet software, PhpSpreadsheet represents a
+spreadsheet containing one or more worksheets, which contain cells with
+data, formulas, images, ...
+
+## Readers and writers
+
+On its own, the `Spreadsheet` class does not provide the functionality
+to read from or write to a persisted spreadsheet (on disk or in a
+database). To provide that functionality, readers and writers can be
+used.
+
+By default, the PhpSpreadsheet package provides some readers and
+writers, including one for the Open XML spreadsheet format (a.k.a. Excel
+2007 file format). You are not limited to the default readers and
+writers, as you are free to implement the
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReader and
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\IWriter interface in a custom class.
+
+![02-readers-writers.png](./images/02-readers-writers.png "Readers/Writers")
+
+## Fluent interfaces
+
+PhpSpreadsheet supports fluent interfaces in most locations. This means
+that you can easily "chain" calls to specific methods without requiring
+a new PHP statement. For example, take the following code:
+
+``` php
+$spreadsheet->getProperties()->setCreator("Maarten Balliauw");
+$spreadsheet->getProperties()->setLastModifiedBy("Maarten Balliauw");
+$spreadsheet->getProperties()->setTitle("Office 2007 XLSX Test Document");
+$spreadsheet->getProperties()->setSubject("Office 2007 XLSX Test Document");
+$spreadsheet->getProperties()->setDescription("Test document for Office 2007 XLSX, generated using PHP classes.");
+$spreadsheet->getProperties()->setKeywords("office 2007 openxml php");
+$spreadsheet->getProperties()->setCategory("Test result file");
+```
+
+This can be rewritten as:
+
+``` php
+$spreadsheet->getProperties()
+ ->setCreator("Maarten Balliauw")
+ ->setLastModifiedBy("Maarten Balliauw")
+ ->setTitle("Office 2007 XLSX Test Document")
+ ->setSubject("Office 2007 XLSX Test Document")
+ ->setDescription("Test document for Office 2007 XLSX, generated using PHP classes.")
+ ->setKeywords("office 2007 openxml php")
+ ->setCategory("Test result file");
+```
+
+> **Using fluent interfaces is not required** Fluent interfaces have
+> been implemented to provide a convenient programming API. Use of them
+> is not required, but can make your code easier to read and maintain.
+> It can also improve performance, as you are reducing the overall
+> number of calls to PhpSpreadsheet methods: in the above example, the
+> `getProperties()` method is being called only once rather than 7 times
+> in the non-fluent version.
diff --git a/docs/topics/calculation-engine.md b/docs/topics/calculation-engine.md
index 650e0847..8ff1791e 100644
--- a/docs/topics/calculation-engine.md
+++ b/docs/topics/calculation-engine.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
As PhpSpreadsheet represents an in-memory spreadsheet, it also offers
formula calculation capabilities. A cell can be of a value type
(containing a number or text), or a formula type (containing a formula
-which can be evaluated). For example, the formula "=SUM(A1:A10)"
+which can be evaluated). For example, the formula `=SUM(A1:A10)`
evaluates to the sum of values in A1, A2, ..., A10.
To calculate a formula, you can call the cell containing the formula’s
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ Reference for operator precedence in PHP:
#### Formulas involving numbers and text
Formulas involving numbers and text may produce unexpected results or
-even unreadable file contents. For example, the formula '=3+"Hello "' is
+even unreadable file contents. For example, the formula `=3+"Hello "` is
expected to produce an error in Excel (\#VALUE!). Due to the fact that
-PHP converts “Hello” to a numeric value (zero), the result of this
+PHP converts `"Hello "` to a numeric value (zero), the result of this
formula is evaluated as 3 instead of evaluating as an error. This also
causes the Excel document being generated as containing unreadable
content.
diff --git a/docs/topics/creating-spreadsheet.md b/docs/topics/creating-spreadsheet.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Creating a spreadsheet
+
+## The `Spreadsheet` class
+
+The `Spreadsheet` class is the core of PhpSpreadsheet. It contains
+references to the contained worksheets, document security settings and
+document meta data.
+
+To simplify the PhpSpreadsheet concept: the `Spreadsheet` class
+represents your workbook.
+
+Typically, you will create a workbook in one of two ways, either by
+loading it from a spreadsheet file, or creating it manually. A third
+option, though less commonly used, is cloning an existing workbook that
+has been created using one of the previous two methods.
+
+### Loading a Workbook from a file
+
+Details of the different spreadsheet formats supported, and the options
+available to read them into a Spreadsheet object are described fully in
+the [Reading Files](./reading-files.md) document.
+
+``` php
+$inputFileName = './sampleData/example1.xls';
+
+/** Load $inputFileName to a Spreadsheet object **/
+$spreadsheet = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::load($inputFileName);
+```
+
+### Creating a new workbook
+
+If you want to create a new workbook, rather than load one from file,
+then you simply need to instantiate it as a new Spreadsheet object.
+
+``` php
+/** Create a new Spreadsheet Object **/
+$spreadsheet = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Spreadsheet();
+```
+
+A new workbook will always be created with a single worksheet.
+
+## Clearing a Workbook from memory
+
+The PhpSpreadsheet object contains cyclic references (e.g. the workbook
+is linked to the worksheets, and the worksheets are linked to their
+parent workbook) which cause problems when PHP tries to clear the
+objects from memory when they are unset(), or at the end of a function
+when they are in local scope. The result of this is "memory leaks",
+which can easily use a large amount of PHP's limited memory.
+
+This can only be resolved manually: if you need to unset a workbook,
+then you also need to "break" these cyclic references before doing so.
+PhpSpreadsheet provides the disconnectWorksheets() method for this
+purpose.
+
+``` php
+$spreadsheet->disconnectWorksheets();
+unset($spreadsheet);
+```
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diff --git a/docs/topics/links-and-tools.md b/docs/topics/links-and-tools.md
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+# Useful links and tools
+
+There are some links and tools which are very useful when developing
+using PhpSpreadsheet.
+
+## OpenXML / SpreadsheetML
+
+- [File format
+ documentation](http://www.ecma-international.org/news/TC45_current_work/TC45_available_docs.htm)
+- [OpenXML Explained
+ e-book](http://openxmldeveloper.org/articles/1970.aspx)
+- [Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
+ 2007 File
+ Formats](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en)
+- [OpenXML Package Explorer](http://www.codeplex.com/PackageExplorer/)
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+# Reading and writing to file
+
+As you already know from the [architecture](./architecture.md#readers-and-writers),
+reading and writing to a
+persisted storage is not possible using the base PhpSpreadsheet classes.
+For this purpose, PhpSpreadsheet provides readers and writers, which are
+implementations of \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReader and
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\IWriter.
+
+## \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory
+
+The PhpSpreadsheet API offers multiple methods to create a
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReader or
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\IWriter instance:
+
+Direct creation via \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory. All examples
+underneath demonstrate the direct creation method. Note that you can
+also use the \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory class to do this.
+
+### Creating \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReader using \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory
+
+There are 2 methods for reading in a file into PhpSpreadsheet: using
+automatic file type resolving or explicitly.
+
+Automatic file type resolving checks the different
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReader distributed with
+PhpSpreadsheet. If one of them can load the specified file name, the
+file is loaded using that \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReader.
+Explicit mode requires you to specify which
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReader should be used.
+
+You can create a \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReader instance using
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory in automatic file type resolving
+mode using the following code sample:
+
+``` php
+$spreadsheet = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::load("05featuredemo.xlsx");
+```
+
+A typical use of this feature is when you need to read files uploaded by
+your users, and you don’t know whether they are uploading xls or xlsx
+files.
+
+If you need to set some properties on the reader, (e.g. to only read
+data, see more about this later), then you may instead want to use this
+variant:
+
+``` php
+$reader = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::createReaderForFile("05featuredemo.xlsx");
+$reader->setReadDataOnly(true);
+$reader->load("05featuredemo.xlsx");
+```
+
+You can create a \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReader instance using
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory in explicit mode using the following
+code sample:
+
+``` php
+$reader = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::createReader("Xlsx");
+$spreadsheet = $reader->load("05featuredemo.xlsx");
+```
+
+Note that automatic type resolving mode is slightly slower than explicit
+mode.
+
+### Creating \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\IWriter using \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory
+
+You can create a PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\IWriter instance using
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory:
+
+``` php
+$writer = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::createWriter($spreadsheet, "Xlsx");
+$writer->save("05featuredemo.xlsx");
+```
+
+## Excel 2007 (SpreadsheetML) file format
+
+Xlsx file format is the main file format of PhpSpreadsheet. It allows
+outputting the in-memory spreadsheet to a .xlsx file.
+
+### \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xlsx
+
+#### Reading a spreadsheet
+
+You can read an .xlsx file using the following code:
+
+``` php
+$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xlsx();
+$spreadsheet = $reader->load("05featuredemo.xlsx");
+```
+
+#### Read data only
+
+You can set the option setReadDataOnly on the reader, to instruct the
+reader to ignore styling, data validation, … and just read cell data:
+
+``` php
+$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xlsx();
+$reader->setReadDataOnly(true);
+$spreadsheet = $reader->load("05featuredemo.xlsx");
+```
+
+#### Read specific sheets only
+
+You can set the option setLoadSheetsOnly on the reader, to instruct the
+reader to only load the sheets with a given name:
+
+``` php
+$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xlsx();
+$reader->setLoadSheetsOnly( array("Sheet 1", "My special sheet") );
+$spreadsheet = $reader->load("05featuredemo.xlsx");
+```
+
+#### Read specific cells only
+
+You can set the option setReadFilter on the reader, to instruct the
+reader to only load the cells which match a given rule. A read filter
+can be any class which implements
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReadFilter. By default, all cells are
+read using the \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\DefaultReadFilter.
+
+The following code will only read row 1 and rows 20 – 30 of any sheet in
+the Excel file:
+
+``` php
+class MyReadFilter implements \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReadFilter {
+
+ public function readCell($column, $row, $worksheetName = '') {
+ // Read title row and rows 20 - 30
+ if ($row == 1 || ($row >= 20 && $row <= 30)) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ return false;
+ }
+}
+
+$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xlsx();
+$reader->setReadFilter( new MyReadFilter() );
+$spreadsheet = $reader->load("06largescale.xlsx");
+```
+
+### \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Xlsx
+
+#### Writing a spreadsheet
+
+You can write an .xlsx file using the following code:
+
+``` php
+$writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Xlsx($spreadsheet);
+$writer->save("05featuredemo.xlsx");
+```
+
+#### Formula pre-calculation
+
+By default, this writer pre-calculates all formulas in the spreadsheet.
+This can be slow on large spreadsheets, and maybe even unwanted. You can
+however disable formula pre-calculation:
+
+``` php
+$writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Xlsx($spreadsheet);
+$writer->setPreCalculateFormulas(false);
+$writer->save("05featuredemo.xlsx");
+```
+
+#### Office 2003 compatibility pack
+
+Because of a bug in the Office2003 compatibility pack, there can be some
+small issues when opening Xlsx spreadsheets (mostly related to formula
+calculation). You can enable Office2003 compatibility with the following
+code:
+
+ $writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Xlsx($spreadsheet);
+ $writer->setOffice2003Compatibility(true);
+ $writer->save("05featuredemo.xlsx");
+
+**Office2003 compatibility should only be used when needed** Office2003
+compatibility option should only be used when needed. This option
+disables several Office2007 file format options, resulting in a
+lower-featured Office2007 spreadsheet when this option is used.
+
+## Excel 5 (BIFF) file format
+
+Xls file format is the old Excel file format, implemented in
+PhpSpreadsheet to provide a uniform manner to create both .xlsx and .xls
+files. It is basically a modified version of [PEAR
+Spreadsheet\_Excel\_Writer](http://pear.php.net/package/Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer),
+although it has been extended and has fewer limitations and more
+features than the old PEAR library. This can read all BIFF versions that
+use OLE2: BIFF5 (introduced with office 95) through BIFF8, but cannot
+read earlier versions.
+
+Xls file format will not be developed any further, it just provides an
+additional file format for PhpSpreadsheet.
+
+**Excel5 (BIFF) limitations** Please note that BIFF file format has some
+limits regarding to styling cells and handling large spreadsheets via
+PHP.
+
+### \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xls
+
+#### Reading a spreadsheet
+
+You can read an .xls file using the following code:
+
+``` php
+$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xls();
+$spreadsheet = $reader->load("05featuredemo.xls");
+```
+
+#### Read data only
+
+You can set the option setReadDataOnly on the reader, to instruct the
+reader to ignore styling, data validation, … and just read cell data:
+
+``` php
+$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xls();
+$reader->setReadDataOnly(true);
+$spreadsheet = $reader->load("05featuredemo.xls");
+```
+
+#### Read specific sheets only
+
+You can set the option setLoadSheetsOnly on the reader, to instruct the
+reader to only load the sheets with a given name:
+
+``` php
+$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xls();
+$reader->setLoadSheetsOnly( array("Sheet 1", "My special sheet") );
+$spreadsheet = $reader->load("05featuredemo.xls");
+```
+
+#### Read specific cells only
+
+You can set the option setReadFilter on the reader, to instruct the
+reader to only load the cells which match a given rule. A read filter
+can be any class which implements
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReadFilter. By default, all cells are
+read using the \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\DefaultReadFilter.
+
+The following code will only read row 1 and rows 20 to 30 of any sheet
+in the Excel file:
+
+``` php
+class MyReadFilter implements \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReadFilter {
+
+ public function readCell($column, $row, $worksheetName = '') {
+ // Read title row and rows 20 - 30
+ if ($row == 1 || ($row >= 20 && $row <= 30)) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ return false;
+ }
+}
+
+$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xls();
+$reader->setReadFilter( new MyReadFilter() );
+$spreadsheet = $reader->load("06largescale.xls");
+```
+
+### \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Xls
+
+#### Writing a spreadsheet
+
+You can write an .xls file using the following code:
+
+``` php
+$writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Xls($spreadsheet);
+$writer->save("05featuredemo.xls");
+```
+
+## Excel 2003 XML file format
+
+Excel 2003 XML file format is a file format which can be used in older
+versions of Microsoft Excel.
+
+**Excel 2003 XML limitations** Please note that Excel 2003 XML format
+has some limits regarding to styling cells and handling large
+spreadsheets via PHP.
+
+### \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xml
+
+#### Reading a spreadsheet
+
+You can read an Excel 2003 .xml file using the following code:
+
+``` php
+$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xml();
+$spreadsheet = $reader->load("05featuredemo.xml");
+```
+
+#### Read specific cells only
+
+You can set the option setReadFilter on the reader, to instruct the
+reader to only load the cells which match a given rule. A read filter
+can be any class which implements
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReadFilter. By default, all cells are
+read using the \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\DefaultReadFilter.
+
+The following code will only read row 1 and rows 20 to 30 of any sheet
+in the Excel file:
+
+``` php
+class MyReadFilter implements \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReadFilter {
+
+ public function readCell($column, $row, $worksheetName = '') {
+ // Read title row and rows 20 - 30
+ if ($row == 1 || ($row >= 20 && $row <= 30)) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ return false;
+ }
+
+}
+
+$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xml();
+$reader->setReadFilter( new MyReadFilter() );
+$spreadsheet = $reader->load("06largescale.xml");
+```
+
+## Symbolic LinK (SYLK)
+
+Symbolic Link (SYLK) is a Microsoft file format typically used to
+exchange data between applications, specifically spreadsheets. SYLK
+files conventionally have a .slk suffix. Composed of only displayable
+ANSI characters, it can be easily created and processed by other
+applications, such as databases.
+
+**SYLK limitations** Please note that SYLK file format has some limits
+regarding to styling cells and handling large spreadsheets via PHP.
+
+### \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Slk
+
+#### Reading a spreadsheet
+
+You can read an .slk file using the following code:
+
+``` php
+$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Slk();
+$spreadsheet = $reader->load("05featuredemo.slk");
+```
+
+#### Read specific cells only
+
+You can set the option setReadFilter on the reader, to instruct the
+reader to only load the cells which match a given rule. A read filter
+can be any class which implements
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReadFilter. By default, all cells are
+read using the \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\DefaultReadFilter.
+
+The following code will only read row 1 and rows 20 to 30 of any sheet
+in the SYLK file:
+
+``` php
+class MyReadFilter implements \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReadFilter {
+
+ public function readCell($column, $row, $worksheetName = '') {
+ // Read title row and rows 20 - 30
+ if ($row == 1 || ($row >= 20 && $row <= 30)) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ return false;
+ }
+
+}
+
+$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Slk();
+$reader->setReadFilter( new MyReadFilter() );
+$spreadsheet = $reader->load("06largescale.slk");
+```
+
+## Open/Libre Office (.ods)
+
+Open Office or Libre Office .ods files are the standard file format for
+Open Office or Libre Office Calc files.
+
+### \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Ods
+
+#### Reading a spreadsheet
+
+You can read an .ods file using the following code:
+
+``` php
+$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Ods();
+$spreadsheet = $reader->load("05featuredemo.ods");
+```
+
+#### Read specific cells only
+
+You can set the option setReadFilter on the reader, to instruct the
+reader to only load the cells which match a given rule. A read filter
+can be any class which implements
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReadFilter. By default, all cells are
+read using the \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\DefaultReadFilter.
+
+The following code will only read row 1 and rows 20 to 30 of any sheet
+in the Calc file:
+
+``` php
+class MyReadFilter implements \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReadFilter {
+
+ public function readCell($column, $row, $worksheetName = '') {
+ // Read title row and rows 20 - 30
+ if ($row == 1 || ($row >= 20 && $row <= 30)) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ return false;
+ }
+
+}
+
+$reader = new PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Ods();
+$reader->setReadFilter( new MyReadFilter() );
+$spreadsheet = $reader->load("06largescale.ods");
+```
+
+## CSV (Comma Separated Values)
+
+CSV (Comma Separated Values) are often used as an import/export file
+format with other systems. PhpSpreadsheet allows reading and writing to
+CSV files.
+
+**CSV limitations** Please note that CSV file format has some limits
+regarding to styling cells, number formatting, ...
+
+### \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Csv
+
+#### Reading a CSV file
+
+You can read a .csv file using the following code:
+
+``` php
+$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Csv();
+$spreadsheet = $reader->load("sample.csv");
+```
+
+#### Setting CSV options
+
+Often, CSV files are not really “comma separated”, or use semicolon (;)
+as a separator. You can instruct
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Csv some options before reading a CSV
+file.
+
+Note that \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Csv by default assumes that
+the loaded CSV file is UTF-8 encoded. If you are reading CSV files that
+were created in Microsoft Office Excel the correct input encoding may
+rather be Windows-1252 (CP1252). Always make sure that the input
+encoding is set appropriately.
+
+``` php
+$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Csv();
+$reader->setInputEncoding('CP1252');
+$reader->setDelimiter(';');
+$reader->setEnclosure('');
+$reader->setLineEnding("\r\n");
+$reader->setSheetIndex(0);
+
+$spreadsheet = $reader->load("sample.csv");
+```
+
+#### Read a specific worksheet
+
+CSV files can only contain one worksheet. Therefore, you can specify
+which sheet to read from CSV:
+
+``` php
+$reader->setSheetIndex(0);
+```
+
+#### Read into existing spreadsheet
+
+When working with CSV files, it might occur that you want to import CSV
+data into an existing `Spreadsheet` object. The following code loads a
+CSV file into an existing \$spreadsheet containing some sheets, and
+imports onto the 6th sheet:
+
+``` php
+$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Csv();
+$reader->setDelimiter(';');
+$reader->setEnclosure('');
+$reader->setLineEnding("\r\n");
+$reader->setSheetIndex(5);
+
+$reader->loadIntoExisting("05featuredemo.csv", $spreadsheet);
+```
+
+### \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Csv
+
+#### Writing a CSV file
+
+You can write a .csv file using the following code:
+
+``` php
+$writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Csv($spreadsheet);
+$writer->save("05featuredemo.csv");
+```
+
+#### Setting CSV options
+
+Often, CSV files are not really “comma separated”, or use semicolon (;)
+as a separator. You can instruct
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Csv some options before writing a CSV
+file:
+
+``` php
+$writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Csv($spreadsheet);
+$writer->setDelimiter(';');
+$writer->setEnclosure('');
+$writer->setLineEnding("\r\n");
+$writer->setSheetIndex(0);
+
+$writer->save("05featuredemo.csv");
+```
+
+#### Write a specific worksheet
+
+CSV files can only contain one worksheet. Therefore, you can specify
+which sheet to write to CSV:
+
+``` php
+$writer->setSheetIndex(0);
+```
+
+#### Formula pre-calculation
+
+By default, this writer pre-calculates all formulas in the spreadsheet.
+This can be slow on large spreadsheets, and maybe even unwanted. You can
+however disable formula pre-calculation:
+
+``` php
+$writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Csv($spreadsheet);
+$writer->setPreCalculateFormulas(false);
+$writer->save("05featuredemo.csv");
+```
+
+#### Writing UTF-8 CSV files
+
+A CSV file can be marked as UTF-8 by writing a BOM file header. This can
+be enabled by using the following code:
+
+``` php
+$writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Csv($spreadsheet);
+$writer->setUseBOM(true);
+$writer->save("05featuredemo.csv");
+```
+
+#### Decimal and thousands separators
+
+If the worksheet you are exporting contains numbers with decimal or
+thousands separators then you should think about what characters you
+want to use for those before doing the export.
+
+By default PhpSpreadsheet looks up in the server's locale settings to
+decide what characters to use. But to avoid problems it is recommended
+to set the characters explicitly as shown below.
+
+English users will want to use this before doing the export:
+
+``` php
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Shared\StringHelper::setDecimalSeparator('.');
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Shared\StringHelper::setThousandsSeparator(',');
+```
+
+German users will want to use the opposite values.
+
+``` php
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Shared\StringHelper::setDecimalSeparator(',');
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Shared\StringHelper::setThousandsSeparator('.');
+```
+
+Note that the above code sets decimal and thousand separators as global
+options. This also affects how HTML and PDF is exported.
+
+## HTML
+
+PhpSpreadsheet allows you to read or write a spreadsheet as HTML format,
+for quick representation of the data in it to anyone who does not have a
+spreadsheet application on their PC, or loading files saved by other
+scripts that simply create HTML markup and give it a .xls file
+extension.
+
+**HTML limitations** Please note that HTML file format has some limits
+regarding to styling cells, number formatting, ...
+
+### \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Html
+
+#### Reading a spreadsheet
+
+You can read an .html or .htm file using the following code:
+
+``` php
+$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Html();
+
+$spreadsheet = $reader->load("05featuredemo.html");
+```
+
+**HTML limitations** Please note that HTML reader is still experimental
+and does not yet support merged cells or nested tables cleanly
+
+### \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Html
+
+Please note that \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Html only outputs the
+first worksheet by default.
+
+#### Writing a spreadsheet
+
+You can write a .htm file using the following code:
+
+``` php
+$writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Html($spreadsheet);
+
+$writer->save("05featuredemo.htm");
+```
+
+#### Write all worksheets
+
+HTML files can contain one or more worksheets. If you want to write all
+sheets into a single HTML file, use the following code:
+
+``` php
+$writer->writeAllSheets();
+```
+
+#### Write a specific worksheet
+
+HTML files can contain one or more worksheets. Therefore, you can
+specify which sheet to write to HTML:
+
+``` php
+$writer->setSheetIndex(0);
+```
+
+#### Setting the images root of the HTML file
+
+There might be situations where you want to explicitly set the included
+images root. For example, one might want to see
+
+``` html
+
+```
+
+instead of
+
+``` html
+.
+```
+
+You can use the following code to achieve this result:
+
+``` php
+$writer->setImagesRoot('http://www.example.com');
+```
+
+#### Formula pre-calculation
+
+By default, this writer pre-calculates all formulas in the spreadsheet.
+This can be slow on large spreadsheets, and maybe even unwanted. You can
+however disable formula pre-calculation:
+
+``` php
+$writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Html($spreadsheet);
+$writer->setPreCalculateFormulas(false);
+
+$writer->save("05featuredemo.htm");
+```
+
+#### Embedding generated HTML in a web page
+
+There might be a situation where you want to embed the generated HTML in
+an existing website. \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Html provides
+support to generate only specific parts of the HTML code, which allows
+you to use these parts in your website.
+
+Supported methods:
+
+- generateHTMLHeader()
+- generateStyles()
+- generateSheetData()
+- generateHTMLFooter()
+
+Here's an example which retrieves all parts independently and merges
+them into a resulting HTML page:
+
+``` php
+generateHTMLHeader();
+?>
+
+
+?>
+
+-->
+
+
+generateSheetData();
+echo $writer->generateHTMLFooter();
+?>
+```
+
+#### Writing UTF-8 HTML files
+
+A HTML file can be marked as UTF-8 by writing a BOM file header. This
+can be enabled by using the following code:
+
+``` php
+$writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Html($spreadsheet);
+$writer->setUseBOM(true);
+
+$writer->save("05featuredemo.htm");
+```
+
+#### Decimal and thousands separators
+
+See section \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Csv how to control the
+appearance of these.
+
+## PDF
+
+PhpSpreadsheet allows you to write a spreadsheet into PDF format, for
+fast distribution of represented data.
+
+**PDF limitations** Please note that PDF file format has some limits
+regarding to styling cells, number formatting, ...
+
+### \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Pdf
+
+PhpSpreadsheet’s PDF Writer is a wrapper for a 3rd-Party PDF Rendering
+library such as tcPDF, mPDF or DomPDF. You must now install a PDF
+rendering library yourself; but PhpSpreadsheet will work with a number
+of different libraries.
+
+Currently, the following libraries are supported:
+
+Library | Downloadable from | PhpSpreadsheet Internal Constant
+--------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------
+tcPDF | https://github.com/tecnickcom/tcpdf | PDF_RENDERER_TCPDF
+mPDF | https://github.com/mpdf/mpdf | PDF_RENDERER_MPDF
+domPDF | https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf | PDF_RENDERER_DOMPDF
+
+The different libraries have different strengths and weaknesses. Some
+generate better formatted output than others, some are faster or use
+less memory than others, while some generate smaller .pdf files. It is
+the developers choice which one they wish to use, appropriate to their
+own circumstances.
+
+Before instantiating a Writer to generate PDF output, you will need to
+indicate which Rendering library you are using.
+
+``` php
+$rendererName = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Settings::PDF_RENDERER_MPDF;
+\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Settings::setPdfRendererName($rendererName);
+```
+
+#### Writing a spreadsheet
+
+Once you have identified the Renderer that you wish to use for PDF
+generation, you can write a .pdf file using the following code:
+
+``` php
+$writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Pdf($spreadsheet);
+$writer->save("05featuredemo.pdf");
+```
+
+Please note that \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Pdf only outputs the
+first worksheet by default.
+
+#### Write all worksheets
+
+PDF files can contain one or more worksheets. If you want to write all
+sheets into a single PDF file, use the following code:
+
+``` php
+$writer->writeAllSheets();
+```
+
+#### Write a specific worksheet
+
+PDF files can contain one or more worksheets. Therefore, you can specify
+which sheet to write to PDF:
+
+``` php
+$writer->setSheetIndex(0);
+```
+
+#### Formula pre-calculation
+
+By default, this writer pre-calculates all formulas in the spreadsheet.
+This can be slow on large spreadsheets, and maybe even unwanted. You can
+however disable formula pre-calculation:
+
+``` php
+$writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Pdf($spreadsheet);
+$writer->setPreCalculateFormulas(false);
+
+$writer->save("05featuredemo.pdf");
+```
+
+#### Decimal and thousands separators
+
+See section \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Csv how to control the
+appearance of these.
+
+## Generating Excel files from templates (read, modify, write)
+
+Readers and writers are the tools that allow you to generate Excel files
+from templates. This requires less coding effort than generating the
+Excel file from scratch, especially if your template has many styles,
+page setup properties, headers etc.
+
+Here is an example how to open a template file, fill in a couple of
+fields and save it again:
+
+``` php
+$spreadsheet = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::load('template.xlsx');
+
+$worksheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
+
+$worksheet->getCell('A1')->setValue('John');
+$worksheet->getCell('A2')->setValue('Smith');
+
+$writer = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::createWriter($spreadsheet, 'Xls');
+$writer->save('write.xls');
+```
+
+Notice that it is ok to load an xlsx file and generate an xls file.
diff --git a/docs/topics/reading-files.md b/docs/topics/reading-files.md
index f7120253..7d103118 100644
--- a/docs/topics/reading-files.md
+++ b/docs/topics/reading-files.md
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ by available disk space. This means that we wouldn’t ordinarily be able
to read all the rows from a very large CSV file that exceeded those
limits, and save it as an Xls or Xlsx file. However, by using Read
Filters to read the CSV file in “chunks” (using the chunkReadFilter
-Class that we defined in section REF \_Ref275604563 \r \p 5.3 above),
+Class that we defined in [the above section](#reading-only-specific-columns-and-rows-from-a-file-read-filters),
and the setSheetIndex() method of the \$reader, we can split the CSV
file across several individual worksheets.
diff --git a/docs/topics/recipes.md b/docs/topics/recipes.md
index 167893d9..20fd2a46 100644
--- a/docs/topics/recipes.md
+++ b/docs/topics/recipes.md
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ Please note that these do NOT offer complete documentation on specific
PhpSpreadsheet API functions, but just a bump to get you started. If you
need specific API functions, please refer to the API documentation.
-For example, REF \_Ref191885321 \w \h 4.4.7 REF \_Ref191885321
-\h Setting a worksheet's page orientation and size covers setting a page
+For example, [setting a worksheet's page orientation and size
+](#setting-a-worksheets-page-orientation-and-size) covers setting a page
orientation to A4. Other paper formats, like US Letter, are not covered
in this document, but in the PhpSpreadsheet API documentation.
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ in an English version of Microsoft Office Excel, and PhpSpreadsheet
handles all formulae internally in this format. This means that the
following rules hold:
-- Decimal separator is '.' (period)
-- Function argument separator is ',' (comma)
-- Matrix row separator is ';' (semicolon)
+- Decimal separator is `.` (period)
+- Function argument separator is `,` (comma)
+- Matrix row separator is `;` (semicolon)
- English function names must be used
This is regardless of which language version of Microsoft Office Excel
@@ -132,15 +132,15 @@ will take care of displaying the formula according the applications
language. Translation is taken care of by the application!
The following line of code writes the formula
-'=IF(C4>500,"profit","loss")' into the cell B8. Note that the
-formula must start with "=" to make PhpSpreadsheet recognise this as a
+`=IF(C4>500,"profit","loss")` into the cell B8. Note that the
+formula must start with `=` to make PhpSpreadsheet recognise this as a
formula.
``` php
$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue('B8','=IF(C4>500,"profit","loss")');
```
-If you want to write a string beginning with an "=" character to a
+If you want to write a string beginning with an `=` character to a
cell, then you should use the setCellValueExplicit() method.
``` php
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ $formula = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->getCell('B8')->getValue();
```
If you need the calculated value of a cell, use the following code. This
-is further explained in REF \_Ref191885372 \w \h \* MERGEFORMAT 4.4.35.
+is further explained in [the calculation engine](./calculation-engine.md).
``` php
$value = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->getCell('B8')->getCalculatedValue();
diff --git a/docs/topics/worksheets.md b/docs/topics/worksheets.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60453d9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/topics/worksheets.md
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+# Worksheets
+
+A worksheet is a collection of cells, formulae, images, graphs, etc. It
+holds all data necessary to represent a spreadsheet worksheet.
+
+When you load a workbook from a spreadsheet file, it will be loaded with
+all its existing worksheets (unless you specified that only certain
+sheets should be loaded). When you load from non-spreadsheet files (such
+as a CSV or HTML file) or from spreadsheet formats that don't identify
+worksheets by name (such as SYLK), then a single worksheet called
+"WorkSheet1" will be created containing the data from that file.
+
+When you instantiate a new workbook, PhpSpreadsheet will create it with
+a single worksheet called "WorkSheet1".
+
+The `getSheetCount()` method will tell you the number of worksheets in
+the workbook; while the `getSheetNames()` method will return a list of
+all worksheets in the workbook, indexed by the order in which their
+"tabs" would appear when opened in MS Excel (or other appropriate
+Spreadsheet program).
+
+Individual worksheets can be accessed by name, or by their index
+position in the workbook. The index position represents the order that
+each worksheet "tab" is shown when the workbook is opened in MS Excel
+(or other appropriate Spreadsheet program). To access a sheet by its
+index, use the `getSheet()` method.
+
+``` php
+// Get the second sheet in the workbook
+// Note that sheets are indexed from 0
+$spreadsheet->getSheet(1);
+```
+
+If you don't specify a sheet index, then the first worksheet will be
+returned.
+
+Methods also exist allowing you to reorder the worksheets in the
+workbook.
+
+To access a sheet by name, use the `getSheetByName()` method, specifying
+the name of the worksheet that you want to access.
+
+``` php
+// Retrieve the worksheet called 'Worksheet 1'
+$spreadsheet->getSheetByName('Worksheet 1');
+```
+
+Alternatively, one worksheet is always the currently active worksheet,
+and you can access that directly. The currently active worksheet is the
+one that will be active when the workbook is opened in MS Excel (or
+other appropriate Spreadsheet program).
+
+``` php
+// Retrieve the current active worksheet
+$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
+```
+
+You can change the currently active sheet by index or by name using the
+`setActiveSheetIndex()` and `setActiveSheetIndexByName()` methods.
+
+## Adding a new Worksheet
+
+You can add a new worksheet to the workbook using the `createSheet()`
+method of the `Spreadsheet` object. By default, this will be created as
+a new "last" sheet; but you can also specify an index position as an
+argument, and the worksheet will be inserted at that position, shuffling
+all subsequent worksheets in the collection down a place.
+
+``` php
+$spreadsheet->createSheet();
+```
+
+A new worksheet created using this method will be called
+"Worksheet<n>" where "<n>" is the lowest number possible to
+guarantee that the title is unique.
+
+Alternatively, you can instantiate a new worksheet (setting the title to
+whatever you choose) and then insert it into your workbook using the
+addSheet() method.
+
+``` php
+// Create a new worksheet called "My Data"
+$myWorkSheet = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Worksheet($spreadsheet, 'My Data');
+
+// Attach the "My Data" worksheet as the first worksheet in the Spreadsheet object
+$spreadsheet->addSheet($myWorkSheet, 0);
+```
+
+If you don't specify an index position as the second argument, then the
+new worksheet will be added after the last existing worksheet.
+
+## Copying Worksheets
+
+Sheets within the same workbook can be copied by creating a clone of the
+worksheet you wish to copy, and then using the addSheet() method to
+insert the clone into the workbook.
+
+``` php
+$clonedWorksheet = clone $spreadsheet->getSheetByName('Worksheet 1');
+$clonedWorksheet->setTitle('Copy of Worksheet 1')
+$spreadsheet->addSheet($clonedWorksheet);
+```
+
+You can also copy worksheets from one workbook to another, though this
+is more complex as PhpSpreadsheet also has to replicate the styling
+between the two workbooks. The addExternalSheet() method is provided for
+this purpose.
+
+ $clonedWorksheet = clone $spreadsheet1->getSheetByName('Worksheet 1');
+ $spreadsheet->addExternalSheet($clonedWorksheet);
+
+In both cases, it is the developer's responsibility to ensure that
+worksheet names are not duplicated. PhpSpreadsheet will throw an
+exception if you attempt to copy worksheets that will result in a
+duplicate name.
+
+## Removing a Worksheet
+
+You can delete a worksheet from a workbook, identified by its index
+position, using the removeSheetByIndex() method
+
+``` php
+$sheetIndex = $spreadsheet->getIndex(
+ $spreadsheet->getSheetByName('Worksheet 1')
+);
+$spreadsheet->removeSheetByIndex($sheetIndex);
+```
+
+If the currently active worksheet is deleted, then the sheet at the
+previous index position will become the currently active sheet.