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# PHPExcel Developer Documentation
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## Creating a spreadsheet
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### The PHPExcel class
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The PHPExcel class is the core of PHPExcel. It contains references to the contained worksheets, document security settings and document meta data.
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To simplify the PHPExcel concept: the PHPExcel class represents your workbook.
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Typically, you will create a workbook in one of two ways, either by loading it from a spreadsheet file, or creating it manually. A third option, though less commonly used, is cloning an existing workbook that has been created using one of the previous two methods.
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#### Loading a Workbook from a file
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Details of the different spreadsheet formats supported, and the options available to read them into a PHPExcel object are described fully in the PHPExcel User Documentation - Reading Spreadsheet Files document.
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```php
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$inputFileName = './sampleData/example1.xls';
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/** Load $inputFileName to a PHPExcel Object **/
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$objPHPExcel = PHPExcel_IOFactory::load($inputFileName);
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```
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#### Creating a new workbook
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If you want to create a new workbook, rather than load one from file, then you simply need to instantiate it as a new PHPExcel object.
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```php
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/** Create a new PHPExcel Object **/
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$objPHPExcel = new PHPExcel();
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```
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A new workbook will always be created with a single worksheet.
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