Adjust a selected column width when creating an xlsx file using PhpSpreadsheet, estimate the maximum number of characters from a given column and code the value of it’s width to fit the data on it’s designated cell.
Requirements:
- Composer
- PHP 7.2 or newer
Step 1.
Setup dependencies.
{
"require": {
"phpoffice/phpspreadsheet": "^1.3"
}
}Step 2.
Install phpspreadsheet.
$ composer install
Step 3.
Create a new PHP file, and start coding.
<?php // Autoload dependencies require 'vendor/autoload.php'; // Import the core class of PhpSpreadsheet use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Spreadsheet; // Import the Xlsx writer class use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Xlsx; // Create a new Spreadsheet object $spreadsheet = new Spreadsheet(); // Retrieve the current active worksheet $sheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet(); // Set cell A1 with the "Hello World !" string value $sheet->setCellValue('A1', 'Hello World !'); // Set column A width to 20 character units $sheet->getColumnDimension('A')->setWidth(20); // Write a new .xlsx file $writer = new Xlsx($spreadsheet); // Save the new .xlsx file $writer->save('create-xlsx-files-with-column-width-settings.xlsx');
Test.
Run the following codes.
$ php create-xlsx-files-with-column-width-settings.php
Result.
Open the generated file create-xlsx-files-with-column-width-settings.xlsx.
// Set column A width to 20 character units
$sheet->getColumnDimension('A')->setWidth(20);
Default.
