Group rows of xlsx files in PhpSpreadsheet, a quick process to outline a cluster of related rows.
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(); /** * Loop through 'Column A - D'. */ foreach (range('A', 'D') as $letter) { // Set some data to 'Column A - D' of 'Row 5' $sheet->setCellValue($letter . '5', 'Column ' . $letter); } // Group/outline rows 4-6 $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->getRowDimension('4')->setOutlineLevel(1); $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->getRowDimension('5')->setOutlineLevel(1); $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->getRowDimension('6')->setOutlineLevel(1); // Write a new .xlsx file $writer = new Xlsx($spreadsheet); // Save the new .xlsx file $writer->save('create-xlsx-files-with-grouped-or-outlined-rows.xlsx');
Test.
Run the following codes.
$ php create-xlsx-files-with-grouped-or-outlined-rows.php
Result.
Open the generated file create-xlsx-files-with-grouped-or-outlined-rows.xlsx.

Check grouped rows.
- 1. Click the ‘minus/plus’ signs or the number ‘one(1)/two(2)’ buttons.

