Cookbook

Composer has become the default dependency manager for PHP. It has simplified the creation of new projects thanks to its automatic download of dependencies and a thorough version control of packages.

The type of licenses of phpxlsx disallow the existence of a package in public repositories, like Packagist.

The installation of phpxlsx in a project that works with Composer can be manual or using a private repository, e.g., GitHub or Bitbucket. phpxlsx licenses allow code editing but no redistribution.

To perform a manual integration just follow these three easy steps:

• 1- Download the package with support for namespaces from the MY PHPXLSX page. Unzip the complete package in a subfolder inside vendor or the route you use for third parties libraries, e.g., vendor/phpxlsx.
• 2- Open the file composer.json and add the following classmap in the autoload section:

• 3- Go to the root of the project and update the Composer autoloader:

That's all you need to have your library fresh and ready to use it from your project, for example, creating a spreadsheet adding a content in a cell:

In order to use a private repository with GitHub or Bitbucket you have to generate and use an SSH key:

• GitHub: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40619393/how-to-add-private-github-repository-as-composer-dependency
• Bitbucket: https://dev.to/minompi/using-a-bitbucket-private-repository-in-your-projects-24j9

Advanced and Premium licenses include a sample composer.json file (plugins/sample_composer.json file in the namespaces package) that can be added in a phpxlsx private repository.