# PHPExcel - OpenXML - Read, Write and Create spreadsheet documents in PHP - Spreadsheet engine
PHPExcel is a library written in pure PHP and providing a set of classes that allow you to write to and read from different spreadsheet file formats, like Excel (BIFF) .xls, Excel 2007 (OfficeOpenXML) .xlsx, CSV, Libre/OpenOffice Calc .ods, Gnumeric, PDF, HTML, ... This project is built around Microsoft's OpenXML standard and PHP.
## File Formats supported
### Reading
* BIFF 5-8 (.xls) Excel 95 and above
* Office Open XML (.xlsx) Excel 2007 and above
* SpreadsheetML (.xml) Excel 2003
* Open Document Format/OASIS (.ods)
* Gnumeric
* HTML
* SYLK
* CSV
### Writing
* BIFF 8 (.xls) Excel 95 and above
* Office Open XML (.xlsx) Excel 2007 and above
* HTML
* CSV
* PDF (using either the tcPDF, DomPDF or mPDF libraries, which need to be installed separately)
## Requirements
* PHP version 5.2.0 or higher
* PHP extension php_zip enabled (required if you need PHPExcel to handle .xlsx .ods or .gnumeric files)
* PHP extension php_xml enabled
* PHP extension php_gd2 enabled (optional, but required for exact column width autocalculation)
