How do I read sheet two of an xlsx file with PHPExcel?

Question

I know how to read my xlsx spreadsheet and loop through the first sheet.

It has 5 sheets and I am having trouble getting to any other than the first.

Here is

Answer 1

I know it's been too late for the answer. But I find solution as below.

//load library - EXCEL
$this->load->library('excel');
$objPHPExcel = PHPExcel_IOFactory::load('./folder/exceldata.xls');

//Get How Many Sheets in your Excel file.
echo $objPHPExcel->getSheetCount();

Then, to access a sheet by its index, use the getSheet() method. Note that sheets are indexed from 0. e.g.

//Retrieve the **1st 'tab' worksheet** e.g. called 'Sheet 1'
$worksheet = $objPHPExcel->getSheet(0);

So in your case, if you want to read only Sheet-2 then,

$worksheet = $objPHPExcel->getSheet(1);

OR to read all Sheets from your Excel file, you have to use foreach loop as below.

    foreach($objPHPExcel->getWorksheetIterator() as $worksheet)
    {
      $highestRow = $worksheet->getHighestRow();
      $highestColumn = $worksheet->getHighestColumn();
      //echo $highestRow;
      //echo $highestColumn;
      //die();
      for($row=2; $row<=$highestRow; $row++)
      {
        $column1 = $worksheet->getCellByColumnAndRow(0, $row)->getValue();
        $column2= $worksheet->getCellByColumnAndRow(1, $row)->getValue();

        $finaldata[] = array(
            'data1'   =>    trim($column1),
            'data2'   =>    trim($column2),
          );
      }
    }
    /*echo "
";
    echo count($finaldata);
    print_r($finaldata);
    die();*/