Xezilaires is a PHP library which helps to iterate structured Excel spreadsheets, normalize rows into value objects, validate, serialize into CSV, JSON, XML.

1. we create a PHP class which will hold our Excel row data
2. we next create spreadsheet iterator instance
   1. passing the path to the Excel file we wish to read
   2. passing the configuration mapping the Excel columns into PHP properties
3. as we're iterating, we are getting an value object (instance of the defined class) for each row

Think of it as an "ORM" (Object Relation Manager) for an Excel file. An OEM (Object Excel Manager), if you will.

class Product
{
    private $name;
}

$symfonySerializer = new \Symfony\Component\Serializer\Serializer([
    new \Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\PropertyNormalizer(),
]);
$normalizer = new \Xezilaires\Bridge\Symfony\Serializer\ObjectSerializer($symfonySerializer);
$iteratorFactory = new \Xezilaires\SpreadsheetIteratorFactory($normalizer, [
    \Xezilaires\Bridge\PhpSpreadsheet\Spreadsheet::class,
]);

$iterator = $iteratorFactory->fromFile(
    // https://github.com/sigwinhq/xezilaires-dev/raw/master/src/Xezilaires/Test/resources/fixtures/products.xlsx
    new \SplFileObject(__DIR__.'/../../src/Xezilaires/Test/resources/fixtures/products.xlsx'),
    new \Xezilaires\Metadata\Mapping(
        Model\Product::class,
        [
            'name' => new \Xezilaires\Metadata\ColumnReference('A'),
        ],
        [
            // options
            'start' => 2,
        ]
    )
);

use Xezilaires\Attribute as XLS;


#[XLS\Options(header=1, start=2)]
class Product
{
    #[@XLS\HeaderReference(header="Name")]
    private $name;
}

$symfonySerializer = new \Symfony\Component\Serializer\Serializer([
    new \Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\PropertyNormalizer(),
]);
$normalizer = new \Xezilaires\Bridge\Symfony\Serializer\ObjectSerializer($symfonySerializer);
$iteratorFactory = new \Xezilaires\SpreadsheetIteratorFactory($normalizer, [
    \Xezilaires\Bridge\PhpSpreadsheet\Spreadsheet::class,
]);
$attributeDriver = new \Xezilaires\Metadata\Attribute\AttributeDriver();

$iterator = $iteratorFactory->fromFile(
    // https://github.com/sigwinhq/xezilaires-dev/raw/master/src/Xezilaires/Test/resources/fixtures/products.xlsx
    new \SplFileObject(__DIR__.'/../../src/Xezilaires/Test/resources/fixtures/products.xlsx'),
    $attributeDriver->getMetadataMapping(Product::class, ['reverse' => true])
);

See more examples in the docs/examples/ folder.

• start, which row do we start on
  (integer, optional, default: 1)
• header, which row contains the header labels
  (integer, optional if not using HeaderReference, default: null)
• reverse, do we iterate the rows in reverse, from end to start
  (boolean, optional, default: false)
• sequential, is the key sequential (0, 1, 2) or represents current row?
  (boolean, optional, default: false)

Features included:

• Reading Excel files
  (using either phpoffice/PhpSpreadsheet or openspout/openspout)
• Denormalization / normalization support
  (using symfony/serializer, from / to all supported formats)
• Attributes support
• mapping via column names or header labels
  (saying "Map header label PrdctEN to property product")
• A Symfony bundle
  (for easy integration into existing apps)
• CLI (command-line interface) tool

You can use your own normalizers / validators by passing your own Symfony bundle which registers them to the Xezilaires commands via --bundle, like so:

vendor/bin/xezilaires validate --bundle Xezilaires\\Test\\ExampleBundle\\XezilairesExampleBundle Xezilaires\\Test\\Model\\Product src/Xezilaires/Test/resources/fixtures/products.xlsx 

See example bundle in src/Xezilaires/Test/ExampleBundle/.

xezilaires is serializex backwards.

We added the X so the name so we can shorten it as XLS. As a side-effect, we made reading Excel files with this library cool.