How to generate an Excel document with multiple worksheets from PHP?

Question

I want to generate an MS Excel file from PHP. I know one can do something like this:

header ( \"Content-type: application/vnd.ms-excel\" );
header ( \"Conten         


        

Answer 1

  array('sheet_title' => 'Products', 
                                   'sheet_heading' => array('Article_Number','Name'),
                                   'sheet_data' => array('1234','Pen')
                                   ),
                        //2nd Sheet Details
                        1 => array('sheet_title' => 'Categories',
                                   'sheet_heading' => array('Category Id','Name'),
                                   'sheet_data' => array(123,'Accessories')
                                  )
                   );

 $sheet_count = 0;
 $row = 1;
 $column = 0;
 while ($sheet_count <= count($sheet_details)) {
      $objWorkSheet = '';
      if ($report_file_exists == 0) {
           if ($sheet_count > 0) {
                $objWorkSheet = $objPHPExcel->createSheet($sheet_count);
           } else {
                $objWorkSheet = $objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet();
           }
           $row = 1;
           $column = 0;
           foreach ($sheet_details[$sheet_count]['sheet_heading'] as $head) {
                $objWorkSheet->setCellValue($columns[$column] . $row, $head);
                $column++;
           }
      } else {
           $objPHPExcel->setActiveSheetIndex($sheet_count);
           $objWorkSheet = $objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet($sheet_count);
      }

      $row = $objWorkSheet->getHighestRow() + 1; //row count
      foreach ($sheet_details[$sheet_count]['sheet_data'] as $report_details) {
           $column = 0;
           foreach ($report_details as $data) {
                $objWorkSheet->setCellValue($columns[$column] . $row, $data);
                $column++;
           }
           $row++;
      }

      $objWorkSheet->setTitle($sheet_details[$sheet_count]['sheet_title']);
      $sheet_count++;
 }

 $objWriter = new PHPExcel_Writer_Excel2007($objPHPExcel);

 $objWriter->save($report_file);
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