PHPExcel - set cell type before writing a value in it

Question

Do you know how can I set the cell type before writing a value in it? I would like to be able to set types like \"General\", \"Text\" and \"Number\".

Thank you.

Answer 1

For Numbers with leading zeroes and comma separated:

You can put 'A' to affect the entire column'.

$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getStyle('A1')->getNumberFormat()->setFormatCode(PHPExcel_Style_NumberFormat::FORMAT_NUMBER_COMMA_SEPARATED1);

Then you can write to the cell as you normally would.