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-# 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.
+# PHPExcel - DEPRECATED
 
-Master: [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/PHPOffice/PHPExcel.png?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/PHPOffice/PHPExcel)
+PHPExcel last version, 1.8.1, was released in 2015. The project is no longer maintained and 
+should not be used anymore.
 
-Develop: [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/PHPOffice/PHPExcel.png?branch=develop)](http://travis-ci.org/PHPOffice/PHPExcel)
-
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-
-## 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)
-
-*Note:* PHP 5.6.29 has [a bug](https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73530) that
-prevents SQLite3 caching to work correctly. Use a newer (or older) versions of
-PHP if you need SQLite3 caching.
-
-## Want to contribute?
-
-PHPExcel developement for next version has moved under its new name PhpSpreadsheet. So please head over to [PhpSpreadsheet](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet#want-to-contribute) to contribute patches and features.
+All **users should migrate** to its direct successor [PhpSpreadsheet](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet), or another alternative.
 
+In a few months, the GitHub project will be marked as archived, so everything will be read-only.
 
 ## License
+
 PHPExcel is licensed under [LGPL (GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE)](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPExcel/blob/master/license.md)