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76 lines
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# Architecture
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## Schematical
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## AutoLoader
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PhpSpreadsheet relies on Composer autoloader. So before working with
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PhpSpreadsheet in standalone, be sure to run `composer install`. Or add it to a
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pre-existing project with `composer require phpoffice/phpspreadsheet`.
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## Spreadsheet in memory
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PhpSpreadsheet's architecture is built in a way that it can serve as an
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in-memory spreadsheet. This means that, if one would want to create a
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web based view of a spreadsheet which communicates with PhpSpreadsheet's
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object model, he would only have to write the front-end code.
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Just like desktop spreadsheet software, PhpSpreadsheet represents a
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spreadsheet containing one or more worksheets, which contain cells with
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data, formulas, images, ...
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## Readers and writers
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On its own, the `Spreadsheet` class does not provide the functionality
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to read from or write to a persisted spreadsheet (on disk or in a
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database). To provide that functionality, readers and writers can be
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used.
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By default, the PhpSpreadsheet package provides some readers and
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writers, including one for the Open XML spreadsheet format (a.k.a. Excel
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2007 file format). You are not limited to the default readers and
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writers, as you are free to implement the
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`\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReader` and
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`\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\IWriter` interface in a custom class.
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## Fluent interfaces
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PhpSpreadsheet supports fluent interfaces in most locations. This means
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that you can easily "chain" calls to specific methods without requiring
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a new PHP statement. For example, take the following code:
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``` php
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$spreadsheet->getProperties()->setCreator("Maarten Balliauw");
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$spreadsheet->getProperties()->setLastModifiedBy("Maarten Balliauw");
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$spreadsheet->getProperties()->setTitle("Office 2007 XLSX Test Document");
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$spreadsheet->getProperties()->setSubject("Office 2007 XLSX Test Document");
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$spreadsheet->getProperties()->setDescription("Test document for Office 2007 XLSX, generated using PHP classes.");
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$spreadsheet->getProperties()->setKeywords("office 2007 openxml php");
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$spreadsheet->getProperties()->setCategory("Test result file");
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```
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This can be rewritten as:
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``` php
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$spreadsheet->getProperties()
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->setCreator("Maarten Balliauw")
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->setLastModifiedBy("Maarten Balliauw")
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->setTitle("Office 2007 XLSX Test Document")
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->setSubject("Office 2007 XLSX Test Document")
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->setDescription("Test document for Office 2007 XLSX, generated using PHP classes.")
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->setKeywords("office 2007 openxml php")
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->setCategory("Test result file");
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```
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> **Using fluent interfaces is not required** Fluent interfaces have
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> been implemented to provide a convenient programming API. Use of them
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> is not required, but can make your code easier to read and maintain.
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> It can also improve performance, as you are reducing the overall
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> number of calls to PhpSpreadsheet methods: in the above example, the
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> `getProperties()` method is being called only once rather than 7 times
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> in the non-fluent version.
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