csv to excel conversion

Question

Is there a way to convert csv file to excel file upon request through apache/.htaccess

Answer 1

Using PHPExcel

include 'PHPExcel/IOFactory.php';

$objReader = PHPExcel_IOFactory::createReader('CSV');

// If the files uses a delimiter other than a comma (e.g. a tab), then tell the reader
$objReader->setDelimiter("\t");
// If the files uses an encoding other than UTF-8 or ASCII, then tell the reader
$objReader->setInputEncoding('UTF-16LE');

$objPHPExcel = $objReader->load('MyCSVFile.csv');
$objWriter = PHPExcel_IOFactory::createWriter($objPHPExcel, 'Excel5');
$objWriter->save('MyExcelFile.xls');

Answer 2

Using PhpSpreadheet:

require '../../vendor/autoload.php';

use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Spreadsheet;
use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Xlsx;

$spreadsheet = new Spreadsheet();
$reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Csv();

/* Set CSV parsing options */

$reader->setDelimiter(',');
$reader->setEnclosure('"');
$reader->setSheetIndex(0);

/* Load a CSV file and save as a XLS */

$spreadsheet = $reader->load('../../uploads/test.csv');
$writer = new Xlsx($spreadsheet);
$writer->save('test.xlsx');

$spreadsheet->disconnectWorksheets();
unset($spreadsheet);

This one worked for me like a charm ! Cheers !!!

Answer 3

Note: PHPExcel is now listed as DEPRECATED.

Users are directed to PhpSpreadsheet.

Answer 4

Yes, since apache is open-source, you can modify the .htaccess parser to call a library to convert your CSV files into excel files. But I don't think this is what you're looking for. :-).

I think really what you need is a dynamic web site. Then you can use PHP or any supported language to do what you need to do.

something like this: http://www.westwideweb.com/wp/2009/01/12/convert-csv-to-xls-excel-in-php/

Answer 5

There is a project in sourceforge that does this conversion:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/py-csv2xls/

But for the conversion you need to make a dynamic page in apache (in python, php...)

Answer 6

PHPExcel is deprecated. You must use PhpSpreadsheet.

With PhpSpreadsheet, you can convert csv to xlsx by the following code:

$reader = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::createReader('Csv');

// If the files uses a delimiter other than a comma (e.g. a tab), then tell the reader
// $reader->setDelimiter("\t");
// If the files uses an encoding other than UTF-8 or ASCII, then tell the reader
// $reader->setInputEncoding('UTF-16LE');

$objPHPExcel = $reader->load('/home/superman/projects/test/csv-app/file.csv');
$objWriter = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::createWriter($objPHPExcel, 'Xlsx');
$objWriter->save('excel_file.xlsx');