spout/docs/_pages/getting-started.md
Adrien Loison 40ee386edd Add helper functions to create specific readers and writers
Removed the `ReaderEntityFactory::createReader(Type)` method and replaced it by 3 methods:
- `ReaderEntityFactory::createCSVReader()`
- `ReaderEntityFactory::createXLSXReader()`
- `ReaderEntityFactory::createODSReader()`

This has the advantage of enabling autocomplete in the IDE, as the return type is no longer the interface but the concrete type. Since readers may expose different options, this is pretty useful.

Similarly, removed the `WriterEntityFactory::createWriter(Type)` method and replaced it by 3 methods:
- `WriterEntityFactory::createCSVWriter()`
- `WriterEntityFactory::createXLSXWriter()`
- `WriterEntityFactory::createODSWriter()`

Since this is a breaking change, I also updated the Upgrade guide.
Finally, the doc is up to date too.
2019-05-17 21:22:03 +02:00

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---
layout: doc
title: Getting Started
permalink: /getting-started/
---
This guide will help you install {{ site.spout_html }} and teach you how to use it.
## Requirements
* PHP version 7.1 or higher
* PHP extension `ext-zip` enabled
* PHP extension `ext-xmlreader` enabled
## Installation
### Composer (recommended)
{{ site.spout_html }} can be installed directly from [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/).
Run the following command:
```powershell
$ composer require box/spout
```
### Manual installation
If you can't use Composer, no worries! You can still install {{ site.spout_html }} manually.
> Before starting, make sure your system meets the [requirements](#requirements).
1. Download the source code from the [Releases page](https://github.com/box/spout/releases)
2. Extract the downloaded content into your project.
3. Add this code to the top controller (e.g. index.php) or wherever it may be more appropriate:
```php
// don't forget to change the path!
require_once '[PATH/TO]/src/Spout/Autoloader/autoload.php';
```
## Basic usage
### Reader
Regardless of the file type, the interface to read a file is always the same:
```php
use Box\Spout\Reader\Common\Creator\ReaderEntityFactory;
$reader = ReaderEntityFactory::createReaderFromFile('/path/to/file.ext');
$reader->open($filePath);
foreach ($reader->getSheetIterator() as $sheet) {
foreach ($sheet->getRowIterator() as $row) {
// do stuff with the row
$cells = $row->getCells();
...
}
}
$reader->close();
```
If there are multiple sheets in the file, the reader will read all of them sequentially.
Note that {{ site.spout_html }} guesses the reader type based on the file extension. If the extension is not standard (`.csv`, `.ods`, `.xlsx` _- lower/uppercase_), a specific reader can be created directly:
```php
use Box\Spout\Reader\Common\Creator\ReaderEntityFactory;
$reader = ReaderEntityFactory::createXLSXReader();
// $reader = ReaderEntityFactory::createODSReader();
// $reader = ReaderEntityFactory::createCSVReader();
```
### Writer
As with the reader, there is one common interface to write data to a file:
```php
use Box\Spout\Writer\Common\Creator\WriterEntityFactory;
use Box\Spout\Common\Entity\Row;
$reader = ReaderEntityFactory::createReaderFromFile('/path/to/file.ext');
$writer->openToFile($filePath); // write data to a file or to a PHP stream
//$writer->openToBrowser($fileName); // stream data directly to the browser
$cells = [
WriterEntityFactory::createCell('Carl'),
WriterEntityFactory::createCell('is'),
WriterEntityFactory::createCell('great!'),
];
/** add a row at a time */
$singleRow = WriterEntityFactory::createRow($cells);
$writer->addRow($singleRow);
/** add multiple rows at a time */
$multipleRows = [
WriterEntityFactory::createRow($cells),
WriterEntityFactory::createRow($cells),
];
$writer->addRows($multipleRows);
/** Shortcut: add a row from an array of values */
$values = ['Carl', 'is', 'great!'];
$rowFromValues = WriterEntityFactory::createRowFromArray($values);
$writer->addRow($rowFromValues);
$writer->close();
```
Similar to the reader, if the file extension of the file to be written is not standard, specific writers can be created this way:
```php
use Box\Spout\Writer\Common\Creator\WriterEntityFactory;
use Box\Spout\Common\Entity\Row;
$writer = WriterEntityFactory::createXLSXWriter();
// $writer = WriterEntityFactory::createODSWriter();
// $writer = WriterEntityFactory::createCSVWriter();
```
For XLSX and ODS files, the number of rows per sheet is limited to *1,048,576*. By default, once this limit is reached, the writer will automatically create a new sheet and continue writing data into it.
## Advanced usage
You can do a lot more with {{ site.spout_html }}! Check out the [full documentation]({{ site.github.url }}/docs/) to learn about all the features.