--- title: Excel2007 in PHP - Project status | daily.dev description: A month into development, a PHP library for generating Excel2007 (Open XML) files has gained traction after being picked up by several websites and downloaded... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/excel2007-in-php---project-status-5vj7l1vnv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Excel2007 in PHP - Project status | daily.dev og:description: A month into development, a PHP library for generating Excel2007 (Open XML) files has gained traction after being picked up by several websites and downloaded... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/excel2007-in-php---project-status-5vj7l1vnv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5VJ7l1VNv.png og:image:alt: Excel2007 in PHP - Project status 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. # Excel2007 in PHP - Project status **[Maarten Balliauw](https://daily.dev/sources/maartenballiauw)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A month into development, a PHP library for generating Excel2007 (Open XML) files has gained traction after being picked up by several websites and downloaded many times. The project started as a test of PHP5's capability to produce Excel files and has grown into a more full-featured set of classes. The latest version is hosted on CodePlex, with more features planned. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Formula Length](https://daily.dev/posts/formula-length-arflqz5um) · The Daily WTF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/excel2007-in-php---project-status-5vj7l1vnv) ```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":"Excel2007 in PHP - Project status","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/excel2007-in-php---project-status-5vj7l1vnv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/excel2007-in-php---project-status-5vj7l1vnv"},"datePublished":"2026-10-04T13:06:29.580Z","dateModified":"2026-10-04T13:13:50.670Z","description":"A month into development, a PHP library for generating Excel2007 (Open XML) files has gained traction after being picked up by several websites and downloaded...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/80512e32775f2553afe2301eb9ca509e?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/80512e32775f2553afe2301eb9ca509e?_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/excel2007-in-php---project-status-5vj7l1vnv","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"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":"Excel2007 in PHP - Project status"}]} ```