PHP Hacks: Create Excel Spreadsheets Dynamically

Word processing documents aren't the only things one might want to generate dynamically. One also can create spreadsheets dynamically. With the new XML features of Microsoft Office 2004, one can build spreadsheets by simply using XML. Start by creating a document in Excel, use the Save As command to save the spreadsheet in XML format. Then use the XML that's exported by Excel as the basis of the PHP file.