PHPOffice is a set of PHP libraries for working with common office file formats like Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. In this tutorial, we will see how to install PHPOffice on Clear Linux.
Before we start, make sure you have the following:
sudo privileges.First, we need to install some dependencies that PHPOffice requires:
sudo swupd bundle-add php-basic
sudo swupd bundle-add php-mbstring
sudo swupd bundle-add composer
Here's what each one does:
php-basic installs PHP and other basic PHP packages.
php-mbstring installs the PHP mbstring module, which PHPOffice requires.
composer is a dependency manager for PHP. We'll use it to install PHPOffice.
We can install PHPOffice by using composer. Composer reads the composer.json file in your project's root directory to download and install the packages and their dependencies.
Run the following command to download and install the latest version of PHPOffice:
composer require phpoffice/phpspreadsheet
Once you run this command, composer will create a new directory named vendor in your project's root directory. It will also create a composer.lock file, which contains a list of all the installed packages and their dependencies.
To verify that PHPOffice is installed, create a new PHP file named test.php and add the following code:
<?php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Spreadsheet;
use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Xlsx;
$spreadsheet = new Spreadsheet();
$sheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
$sheet->setCellValue('A1', 'Hello PHPOffice!');
$writer = new Xlsx($spreadsheet);
$writer->save('hello-phpoffice.xlsx');
This code creates a new PHPExcel spreadsheet, adds some data to it, and saves it to a file named hello-phpoffice.xlsx.
Save the file and run it using the following command:
php test.php
If everything is set up correctly, you should see a new file named hello-phpoffice.xlsx in the current directory.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and used PHPOffice on Clear Linux.
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