Yes, instantiate your Writer
set the Writer object setPreCalculateFormulas to false
save
though if you have autofit width columns, the writer needs to calculate that width, which requires recalculation, so don't use autofit width columns if you want to do this
set the Writer object setPreCalculateFormulas to false
save
$objWriter = PHPExcel_IOFactory::createWriter($objPHPExcel, "Excel2007"); $objWriter->setPreCalculateFormulas(false) $objWriter->save("myFileName.xlsx");