How to Export data in Excel including images in php

Question

i am exporting data from database (MySQL) in excel sheet. i also want to export images in Excel using PHP.if any demo link is available, please share it here

Answer 1

You have to use one of the followig library to do that.

URLS:

https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPExcel

https://phpexcel.codeplex.com/

https://code.google.com/p/php-excel/

Answer 2

What you're looking for is PHPExcel .

Here are some examples .

Answer 3

This is how I solved mine. Hope this helps!

 public function export_items_to_excel(){ $items = $this->transaction->view_all_items(); $output = ''; $output .= "<table class='table' border='1'> <thead> <th style='background-color:#c7c7c7;'>NAME</th> <th style='background-color:#c7c7c7;'>DESCRIPTION</th> <th style='background-color:#c7c7c7;'>QUANTITY</th> <th style='background-color:#c7c7c7;'>WEIGHT (KG)</th> <th style='background-color:#c7c7c7;'>HS CODE</th> <th style='background-color:#c7c7c7;'>SERIAL NO.</th> <th style='background-color:#c7c7c7;'>UNIT VALUE</th> <th style='background-color:#c7c7c7;'>CURRENCY</th> <th style='width:220px !important;background-color:#c7c7c7;'>PICTURE</th> </thead> <tbody> "; foreach($items as $item){ $output .= " <tr> <td style='text-align:center;'>".$item->item_name."</td> <td style='text-align:center;'>".$item->item_description."</td> <td style='text-align:center;'>".$item->item_quantity."</td> <td style='text-align:center;'>".number_format($item->item_weight, 2)."</td> <td style='text-align:center;'>".$item->item_hs_code."</td> <td style='text-align:center;'>".$item->item_serial_number."</td> <td style='text-align:center;'>".number_format($item->item_unit_value, 2)."</td> <td style='text-align:center;'>".$item->item_currency."</td> <td style='text-align:center;width:220px !important;height:220px !important;'><img src='".base_url()."assets/uploads/".$item->item_picture."' style='width:200px !important;height:152px !important;'> </td> </tr> "; } $output .= "</tbody> </table> "; header("Content-Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet"); header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=items.xls"); header("Cache-Control: max-age=0"); echo $output; }