Create Excel Files With Cell Borders In PHP Using PHPSpreadSheet

Add a border line to each side of a spreadsheet cell by effortlessly coding each one of them when creating xlsx file in PhpSpreadsheet. A variation of border styles like top and bottom, left and right, top only, or bottom only, to name a few, can also be applied.

Requirements:

Composer
PHP 7.2 or newer

Step 1.

Setup dependencies.

{
    "require": {
        "phpoffice/phpspreadsheet": "^1.3"
    }
}

composer.json

Step 2.

Install phpspreadsheet.

$ composer install

command line

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 borders to A1
$sheet->getStyle('A1')->getBorders()->getTop()->setBorderStyle(\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Style\Border::BORDER_THICK);
$sheet->getStyle('A1')->getBorders()->getBottom()->setBorderStyle(\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Style\Border::BORDER_THICK);
$sheet->getStyle('A1')->getBorders()->getLeft()->setBorderStyle(\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Style\Border::BORDER_THICK);
$sheet->getStyle('A1')->getBorders()->getRight()->setBorderStyle(\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Style\Border::BORDER_THICK);

// Write a new .xlsx file
$writer = new Xlsx($spreadsheet);

// Save the new .xlsx file
$writer->save('create-xlsx-files-with-cell-borders.xlsx');

create-xlsx-files-with-cell-borders.php

Test.

Run the following codes.

$ php create-xlsx-files-with-cell-borders.php

command line

Result.

Open the generated file create-xlsx-files-with-cell-borders.xlsx.

// Set border to A1
$sheet->getStyle('A1')->getBorders()->getTop()->setBorderStyle(\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Style\Border::BORDER_THICK);
$sheet->getStyle('A1')->getBorders()->getBottom()->setBorderStyle(\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Style\Border::BORDER_THICK);
$sheet->getStyle('A1')->getBorders()->getLeft()->setBorderStyle(\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Style\Border::BORDER_THICK);
$sheet->getStyle('A1')->getBorders()->getRight()->setBorderStyle(\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Style\Border::BORDER_THICK);