--- title: Excel, OpenXML and PHP | daily.dev description: An announcement that an author's article on Excel, OpenXML, and PHP was published in php|architect magazine. The article covers the history and politics behind... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/excel-openxml-and-php-54bqpybnm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Excel, OpenXML and PHP | daily.dev og:description: An announcement that an author's article on Excel, OpenXML, and PHP was published in php|architect magazine. The article covers the history and politics behind... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/excel-openxml-and-php-54bqpybnm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/54bqpYBNm.png og:image:alt: Excel, OpenXML and PHP og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Excel, OpenXML and PHP **[Maarten Balliauw](https://daily.dev/sources/maartenballiauw)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An announcement that an author's article on Excel, OpenXML, and PHP was published in php|architect magazine. The article covers the history and politics behind Office 2007's shift to open document formats and introduces PHPExcel, an early project using Microsoft's OpenXML API to generate Excel 2007 spreadsheets from PHP. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [LibreOffice once again slams Microsoft for using "lock-in" with Office files](https://daily.dev/posts/libreoffice-once-again-slams-microsoft-for-using-lock-in-with-office-files-crgws2lzt) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [How proprietary formats have become Microsoft’s main tool for lock-in](https://daily.dev/posts/how-proprietary-formats-have-become-microsoft-s-main-tool-for-lock-in-7v96hniud) · Hacker News · 2 upvotes · 2 comments --- Tags: [#microsoft](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft), [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/excel-openxml-and-php-54bqpybnm) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Excel, OpenXML and PHP","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/excel-openxml-and-php-54bqpybnm","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/excel-openxml-and-php-54bqpybnm"},"datePublished":"2026-10-04T13:06:06.894Z","dateModified":"2026-10-04T13:08:55.880Z","description":"An announcement that an author's article on Excel, OpenXML, and PHP was published in php|architect magazine. The article covers the history and politics behind...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/137b258ca2478e13dba086672e8e60f1?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/137b258ca2478e13dba086672e8e60f1?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Maarten Balliauw","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Maarten Balliauw","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--rOTg3VYO--/f_auto,q_auto/v1791119043/logos/maartenballiauw?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/maartenballiauw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/excel-openxml-and-php-54bqpybnm","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"microsoft,php","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Maarten Balliauw","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/maartenballiauw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Excel, OpenXML and PHP"}]} ```