Explicitly set a cell’s datatype as text for number values

Question

I want to explicitly set a cell’s datatype as a text for number values.

I am fetching data from my MySQL database and exporting to excel file using PHPExcel Library.

Answer 1

$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()
->getStyle('A'.$i)
->getNumberFormat()
->setFormatCode(
    PHPExcel_Style_NumberFormat::FORMAT_TEXT
);