PHPOffice is a PHP library that allows developers to read, write, and create MS Office documents like Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install PHPOffice on Debian Latest system.
Before we start installing PHPOffice, we need to make sure that our Debian system is up-to-date and we have Apache, PHP, and Composer installed. To update your Debian system, run the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
To install Apache, PHP, and Composer, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install apache2 php libapache2-mod-php composer
Follow these steps to install PHPOffice on your Debian system:
sudo apt-get install git
cd /var/www/html
sudo git clone https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet.git
PHPOffice requires some dependencies to work properly. To install these dependencies, run the following command:
sudo composer install
Next, we need to configure Apache to serve our PHPOffice website. Create a new virtual host by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/phpoffice.conf
Add the following lines to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/PhpSpreadsheet/samples
ServerName phpoffice.local
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file.
Then, enable the new virtual host by running the following command:
sudo a2ensite phpoffice.conf
Finally, restart Apache to take the changes into effect:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Now, we can test our PHPOffice installation by visiting http://localhost or http://phpoffice.local in a web browser. If everything is fine, you should see a list of PHPOffice samples.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed PHPOffice on your Debian system. Now, you can use it to read, write, and create MS Office documents.
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