PHPOffice is a popular PHP library that consists of various tools for handling different file formats like Excel, Word, PDF, and PowerPoint. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install PHPOffice on POP! OS Latest.
Before we begin with the installation of PHPOffice, ensure that your system meets the following prerequisites:
Composer is a popular package manager for PHP that you will need to install PHPOffice. Open your terminal and type the following command to install Composer:
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install composer
To install PHPOffice on your system, you need to follow the below steps.
First, create a new project directory and navigate to it using the following command:
$ mkdir myphpproject
$ cd myphpproject
Now, you need to require PHPOffice using the following Composer command:
$ composer require phpoffice/phpspreadsheet
After installing PHPOffice, you can create a new PHP file and test it using 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 World !');
$writer = new Xlsx($spreadsheet);
$writer->save('hello.xlsx');
Finally, you can run the above script to produce an Excel file named "hello.xlsx" in your project directory.
PHPOffice is a powerful tool that can handle different file formats like Excel, Word, PDF, and PowerPoint. In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install PHPOffice on POP! OS Latest. If you want to learn more about PHPOffice, you can check the official documentation at https://phpoffice.github.io/PhpSpreadsheet/.
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