PhpExcel helper for generating excel files

PhpExcel consists only from one helper class that uses PHPExcel project (located in vendors) to generate excel files.

PHPExcel is a great library that can create XLS files. For more information see PHPExcel project homepage.

I added method for setting font and for easy table data adding (see example).

This plugin is for CakePHP 2.x

Short example: ` //Controller: public$helpers=array(‘PhpExcel.PhpExcel’); `

` //View: $this->PhpExcel->createWorksheet(); $this->PhpExcel->setDefaultFont(‘Calibri’,12);

//definetablecells $table=array( array(‘label’=>__(‘User’),’width’=>’auto’,’filter’=>true), array(‘label’=>__(‘Type’),’width’=>’auto’,’filter’=>true), array(‘label’=>__(‘Date’),’width’=>’auto’), array(‘label’=>__(‘Description’),’width’=>50,’wrap’=>true), array(‘label’=>__(‘Modified’),’width’=>’auto’) );

//heading $this->PhpExcel->addTableHeader($table,array(‘name’=>’Cambria’,’bold’= >true));

//data foreach($dataas$d){ $this->PhpExcel->addTableRow(array( $d[‘User’][‘name’], $d[‘Type’][‘name’], $d[‘User’][‘date’], $d[‘User’][‘description’], $d[‘User’][‘modified’] )); }

$this->PhpExcel->addTableFooter(); $this->PhpExcel->output(); ` Download the code from https://github.com/segy/PhpExcel