How to use PHPExcel correctly with Symfony 2

Question

I need to use PHPExcel with a Symfony2 project. Anyone know how to set up the project correctly to use the library? Should i put it in the vendor directory? Wha

Answer 1

If you are using composer to manage your project, you can just change the composer.json file:

"autoload": {
    "psr-4": {
        "": "src/",
        "": "vendor/phpoffice/phpexcel/Classes/"
    },
    "classmap": [
        "app/AppKernel.php",
        "app/AppCache.php"
    ]
},

Then add

use PHPExcel;
use PHPExcel_IOFactory;

to your controller file, and you can use the PHPExcel like this:

$objPHPExcel = new PHPExcel();

Hope it helps.