Reading numbers as text format with PHPExcel

Question

I have an array that can store numbers in such as 01, 01A, 01B, 02, 2, and When I get this value using PHPExcel, it\'s being removed the \'0\'s in case of 01, 02, for exampl

Answer 1

$objPHPExcel
   ->getActiveSheet()
   ->getCellByColumnAndRow($col, $row)
   ->setValueExplicit($value, PHPExcel_Cell_DataType::TYPE_STRING);