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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 5.6.0 or higher
* PHP extension `php_zip` enabled
* PHP extension `php_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\EntityFactory as ReaderFactory;
use Box\Spout\Common\Type;
$reader = ReaderFactory::create(Type::XLSX); // for XLSX files
//$reader = ReaderFactory::create(Type::CSV); // for CSV files
//$reader = ReaderFactory::create(Type::ODS); // for ODS files
$reader->open($filePath);
/** @var $sheet Spout/Reader/XLSX/Sheet */
foreach ($reader->getSheetIterator() as $sheet) {
/** @var $row Spout/Common/Entity/Row */
foreach ($sheet->getRowIterator() as $row) {
// do stuff with the row
}
}
$reader->close();
```
If there are multiple sheets in the file, the reader will read all of them sequentially.
### Writer
As with the reader, there is one common interface to write data to a file:
```php
use Box\Spout\Writer\Common\Creator\EntityFactory as WriterFactory;
use Box\Spout\Common\Type;
$writer = WriterFactory::createWriter(Type::XLSX); // for XLSX files
//$writer = WriterFactory::create(Type::CSV); // for CSV files
//$writer = WriterFactory::create(Type::ODS); // for ODS files
$writer->openToFile($filePath); // write data to a file or to a PHP stream
//$writer->openToBrowser($fileName); // stream data directly to the browser
/** @var $row Spout/Common/Entity/Row */
$row = WriterFactory::createRow();
$row->addCell(WriterFactory::createCell('I am a cell text'));
$writer->addRow($row); // add a row at a time
$writer->addRows([$row]); // add multiple rows at a time
$writer->close();
```
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.