Typical usage scheme
The following example shows how to handle uploaded Excel files.
Please note that this is just an example to show you advantages of using ExcelExplorer.
Range of applications is not limited by this particular task.
Without ExcelExplorer
With ExcelExplorer
- You (or your customers) must opens file in MS Excel and save each sheet using CSV format before upload.
- You have to upload each CSV file individually as many times as many sheets need to be uploaded.
- Using this method you will be unable to read any information about cells format, font, color, merged cells, rows and columns sizes, and many others.
- You can make process of uploading and using data from Excel files fully automated.
- Saves a lot of time (epecially for multi-worksheets files).
- You can read information about cells formats, fonts, colors, merged cells, rows and columns sizes, and many others.
Benefits of using ExcelExplorer
- Reads multi-worksheets files at-once;
- Can read data from Excel files created in Windows and MacOS enviroments;
- OS-independent - it works on any platform with installed PHP (Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, Novell NetWare, OS/2, RISC OS, SGI IRIX 6.5.x, etc. - see supported platforms on www.php.net);
- No configurations needed;
- No other libraries or classes are required;
- Only basic PHP programming skills are required to use this package;
- Free updates to the newest version will be provided for 1 year after purchasing;
- New versions intensively tested before released;
- New features added and new versions released on a regular basis.
