New Post: Export data with PHPexcel in an organized table.

Hi everyone,

I am quite new to PHPExcel and learning PHP as I go. I managed to get PHPexcel to export my data from SQL via the code below. Right now its just outputting in basic style, meaning its just serialized the data from SQL and next record would show up in the next row. I added an image of what I would like to accomplish, is this something possible with PHPexcel or am I dreaming.

If anyone could send me a quick example of how to accomplish this it would be greatly appreciated.


http://postimg.org/image/m3n60hn25/

Below is a working sample of a simple serialized export.

<?php

// connection with the database 
$dbhost = "localhost"; 
$dbuser = "IMC_COE2"; 
$dbpass = "XXX"; 
$dbname = "IMC_COE2"; 

mysql_connect($dbhost,$dbuser,$dbpass); 
mysql_select_db($dbname); 

// require the PHPExcel file 
require '/Excelphp/Classes/PHPExcel.php'; 

// simple query 

$query = 'SELECT client, team_name,support_team_prime,prime_comments,support_team_backup,backup_comments,escalation1,escalation1_comments,escalation2,escalation2_comments,escalation3,escalation3_comments,escalation4,escalation4_comments,note FROM tbl_address ORDER by team_name DESC'; 
$headings = array('Client Name','Team Name','Prime Contact','Comments','Backup Contacts','Comments','Escalation 1','Comments','Escalation 2','Comments','Escalation 3','Comments','Escalation 4','Comments','Additional notes'); 

if ($result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error())) { 
    // Create a new PHPExcel object 
    $objPHPExcel = new PHPExcel(); 
    $objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->setTitle('List of Users'); 

    $rowNumber = 1; 
    $col = 'A'; 
    foreach($headings as $heading) { 
       $objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue($col.$rowNumber,$heading); 
       $col++; 
    } 

    // Loop through the result set 
    $rowNumber = 2; 
    while ($row = mysql_fetch_row($result)) { 
       $col = 'A'; 
       foreach($row as $cell) { 
          $objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue($col.$rowNumber,$cell); 
          $col++; 
       } 
       $rowNumber++; 
    } 

    // Freeze pane so that the heading line won't scroll 
    $objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->freezePane('A2'); 

    // Save as an Excel BIFF (xls) file 
    $objWriter = PHPExcel_IOFactory::createWriter($objPHPExcel, 'Excel5'); 

   header('Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel'); 
   header('Content-Disposition: attachment;filename="userList.xls"'); 
   header('Cache-Control: max-age=0'); 

   $objWriter->save('php://output'); 
   exit(); 
} 
echo 'a problem has occurred... no data retrieved from the database';