PHPOffice is a collection of libraries for working with various file formats in PHP. It is available on GitHub at https://github.com/PHPOffice. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install PHPOffice on Manjaro.
Before installing PHPOffice, you should have the following prerequisites:
Follow these steps to install PHPOffice on Manjaro:
If you do not have Composer installed, you can download it from the official website at https://getcomposer.org/download/.
Once downloaded, execute the following command on the terminal to install Composer globally on your system:
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
Create a new directory where you can create your PHP project. You can do this using the following command:
mkdir my-php-project
Navigate into the newly created directory:
cd my-php-project
Next, execute the following command to initialize a new PHP project:
composer init
This command will prompt you to enter various details about your PHP project, such as its name, description, author, and so on. Once you have filled in all the required information, a composer.json file will be created in your project directory.
To install PHPOffice, execute the following command in your project directory:
composer require phpoffice/phpspreadsheet
This command will download and install the phpoffice/phpspreadsheet library, which is a part of the PHPOffice collection.
To verify that PHPOffice has been installed correctly, create a new PHP file in your project directory and add the following code to it:
<?php
require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';
use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Spreadsheet;
use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Xlsx;
$spreadsheet = new Spreadsheet();
$sheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
$sheet->setCellValue('A1', 'Hello, World!');
$writer = new Xlsx($spreadsheet);
$writer->save('hello-world.xlsx');
Save the file as hello-world.php and execute the following command in your terminal:
php hello-world.php
This will generate a new Excel file named hello-world.xlsx in your project directory.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed PHPOffice on Manjaro and created a simple PHP script using the phpoffice/phpspreadsheet library.
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