setValueExplicit( (float) $value, PHPExcel_Cell_DataType::TYPE_NUMERIC); return true; } // Check for percentage if (preg_match('/^\-?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]*\s?\%$/', $value)) { // Convert value to number $cell->setValueExplicit( (float)str_replace('%', '', $value) / 100, PHPExcel_Cell_DataType::TYPE_NUMERIC); // Set style $cell->getParent()->getStyle( $cell->getCoordinate() )->getNumberFormat()->setFormatCode( PHPExcel_Style_NumberFormat::FORMAT_PERCENTAGE ); return true; } // Check for time without seconds e.g. '9:45', '09:45' if (preg_match('/^(\d|[0-1]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d$/', $value)) { list($h, $m) = explode(':', $value); $days = $h / 24 + $m / 1440; // Convert value to number $cell->setValueExplicit($days, PHPExcel_Cell_DataType::TYPE_NUMERIC); // Set style $cell->getParent()->getStyle( $cell->getCoordinate() )->getNumberFormat()->setFormatCode( PHPExcel_Style_NumberFormat::FORMAT_DATE_TIME3 ); return true; } // Check for time with seconds '9:45:59', '09:45:59' if (preg_match('/^(\d|[0-1]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d:[0-5]\d$/', $value)) { list($h, $m, $s) = explode(':', $value); $days = $h / 24 + $m / 1440 + $s / 86400; // Convert value to number $cell->setValueExplicit($days, PHPExcel_Cell_DataType::TYPE_NUMERIC); // Set style $cell->getParent()->getStyle( $cell->getCoordinate() )->getNumberFormat()->setFormatCode( PHPExcel_Style_NumberFormat::FORMAT_DATE_TIME4 ); return true; } // Check for datetime, e.g. '2008-12-31', '2008-12-31 15:59', '2008-12-31 15:59:10' if (($d = PHPExcel_Shared_Date::stringToExcel($value)) !== false) { // Convert value to number $cell->setValueExplicit($d, PHPExcel_Cell_DataType::TYPE_NUMERIC); // Determine style. Either there is a time part or not. Look for ':' if (strpos($value, ':') !== false) { $formatCode = 'yyyy-mm-dd h:mm'; } else { $formatCode = 'yyyy-mm-dd'; } $cell->getParent()->getStyle( $cell->getCoordinate() )->getNumberFormat()->setFormatCode($formatCode); return true; } // Check for newline character "\n" if (strpos($value, "\n") !== false) { $value = PHPExcel_Shared_String::SanitizeUTF8($value); $cell->setValueExplicit($value, PHPExcel_Cell_DataType::TYPE_STRING); // Set style $cell->getParent()->getStyle( $cell->getCoordinate() )->getAlignment()->setWrapText(true); return true; } } // Not bound yet? Use parent... return parent::bindValue($cell, $value); } }