Re: FN-FORUM: PHP generate xls

date posted 30th October 2007 16:27



Alain Williams wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 04:34:10PM -0000, Anthony Cartmell wrote:
>
>>> I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to generate spread sheets with
>>> separate work sheets using PHP, I've read a little about using COM,
>>> but wondered if there was a way without having office (excel)
>>> installed on the server.
>>>
>> The latest Office (2007) file format is XML, so that should make it
>> possible, if not easy.
>>
>
> ROTFL!
>
> Have you look at the spec ? A 6,000 page PDF that is: incomplete; refers to
> other things that are not specified; self-contradictory; ...
> I have read about people trying to do it -- and having great problems.
>
>
I would have to agree here. Take it with a ton of salt. You also have a
major issue that not many people are upgrading to it so even if you
could produce a valid file, not many people can use it.