log('Load from Excel5 template'); $reader = \PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::createReader('Excel5'); $spreadsheet = $reader->load(__DIR__ . '/templates/30template.xls'); $helper->log('Add new data to the template'); $data = [['title' => 'Excel for dummies', 'price' => 17.99, 'quantity' => 2, ], ['title' => 'PHP for dummies', 'price' => 15.99, 'quantity' => 1, ], ['title' => 'Inside OOP', 'price' => 12.95, 'quantity' => 1, ], ]; $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue('D1', \PhpSpreadsheet\Shared\Date::PHPToExcel(time())); $baseRow = 5; foreach ($data as $r => $dataRow) { $row = $baseRow + $r; $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->insertNewRowBefore($row, 1); $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue('A' . $row, $r + 1) ->setCellValue('B' . $row, $dataRow['title']) ->setCellValue('C' . $row, $dataRow['price']) ->setCellValue('D' . $row, $dataRow['quantity']) ->setCellValue('E' . $row, '=C' . $row . '*D' . $row); } $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->removeRow($baseRow - 1, 1); // Save $helper->write($spreadsheet, __FILE__);