Setting width of spreadsheet cell using PHPExcel

Question

I'm trying to set the width of a cell in an Excel document generated with PHPExcel with:

$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getColumnDimensionByColumn('C')->setWidth('10');
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getColumnDimensionByColumn('C')->setAutoSize(false);

but that does not works.

What is the method that I need to call here?

Answer 1

It's a subtle difference, but this works fine for me:

$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getColumnDimension('A')->setWidth(10);

Notice, the difference between getColumnDimensionByColumn and getColumnDimension

Also, I'm not even setting AutoSize and it works fine.

Answer 2

setAutoSize method must come before setWidth:

$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getColumnDimensionByColumn('C')->setAutoSize(false);
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getColumnDimensionByColumn('C')->setWidth('10');

Answer 3

hi i got the same problem.. add 0.71 to excel cell width value and give that value to the

$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getColumnDimension('A')->setWidth(10);

eg: A Column width = 3.71 (excel value)

give column width = 4.42

will give the output file with same cell width.

$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getColumnDimension('A')->setWidth(4.42);

hope this help

Answer 4

Tha is because getColumnDimensionByColumn receives the column index (an integer starting from 0), not a string.

The same goes for setCellValueByColumnAndRow

Answer 5

autoSize for column width set as bellow. It works for me.

$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->getColumnDimension('A')->setAutoSize(true);

Answer 6

The correct way to set the column width is by using the line as posted by Jahmic, however it is important to note that additionally, you have to apply styling after adding the data, and not before, otherwise on some configurations, the column width is not applied

Answer 7

This worked for me:

$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getColumnDimension('C')->setAutoSize(false);
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getColumnDimension('C')->setWidth(10);

be sure to add setAuzoSize(false), before the setWidth(); as Rolland mentioned