How to process excel file using php?

Question

PHP

Good afternoon! Please tell me how to be and what to do.
There is an excel file.
It has a number of columns. I only need data from 1, 2, 5.

• Tell me, is it possible to edit the file with php? Make it so that all other columns are removed?
  
• Is it possible to transfer data from excel to php without converting the file to csv?
  
• How to convert xls file to txt using php?
  

Answer 1

https://phpexcel.codeplex.com/

Answer 2

Another option is the SimpleXLSX library . The basic usage is very simple:

if ( $xlsx = SimpleXLSX::parse('book.xlsx') ) {
  print_r( $xlsx->rows() );
} else {
  echo SimpleXLSX::parseError();
}

Another example in the link