On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 09:12, M. Sokolewicz wrote: > Binoy AV wrote: > > > Thanks Jay. > > > > Could anybody please tell me how to read the data from an excel file ? It should work independent of the operating system. I don't want the csv format. > excel files aren't independent of the OS, csv files are. Excel files > need to be parsed, because they contain heaps of formatting data. If > you're using php on a windows OS, then you can use COM or .NET to read > it in. On other systems however, you'll likely run into problems pretty > quickly, and will most probably need to write your own parser routine > > Not to mention the different versions of excel that alter the format. Bret -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
