Merging cells in Excel by rows and columns together using PHPExcel

Question

I need to merge cells in Excel (xlsx) by rows and again by columns using PHPExcel. I tried the following.

$sheet->mergeCells(\"G\".($row_count+1).\":G\".($row         


        

Answer 1

There is one more method for cell merging

    /**
 * Set merge on a cell range by using numeric cell coordinates
 *
 * @param   int $pColumn1   Numeric column coordinate of the first cell
 * @param   int $pRow1      Numeric row coordinate of the first cell
 * @param   int $pColumn2   Numeric column coordinate of the last cell
 * @param   int $pRow2      Numeric row coordinate of the last cell
 * @throws  Exception
 * @return PHPExcel_Worksheet
 */
     public function mergeCellsByColumnAndRow($pColumn1 = 0, $pRow1 = 1, $pColumn2 = 0, $pRow2 = 1)

Answer 2

Merging simply requires a valid range of cells like A1:B2, so your

$sheet->mergeCells("G".($row_count+1).":I".($row_count+1));

should work without any problem.

Can you please experiment with a simple test case to prove that this is causing you a problem, and not something else in your script

EDIT

After rereading your question: Your problem may be that you're trying to merge cells that are already part of a merge range, rather than merging each row, then trying to merge by column, try merging the full rangein one go.

$sheet->mergeCells("G".($row_count+1).":I".($row_count+4));              

Answer 3

function cellsToMergeByColsRow($start = -1, $end = -1, $row = -1){
    $merge = 'A1:A1';
    if($start>=0 && $end>=0 && $row>=0){
        $start = PHPExcel_Cell::stringFromColumnIndex($start);
        $end = PHPExcel_Cell::stringFromColumnIndex($end);
        $merge = "$start{$row}:$end{$row}";
    }
    return $merge;
}

Addition to the case:

$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->mergeCells(cellsToMergeByColsRow(0,2,3))

Answer 4

$sheet -> mergeCellsByColumnAndRow($col1, $row1, col2, row2);

is the function.

Answer 5

I make a simple function to calc cells to merge by cols and row.

function cellsToMergeByColsRow($start = NULL, $end = NULL, $row = NULL){
    $merge = 'A1:A1';
    if($start && $end && $row){
        $start = PHPExcel_Cell::stringFromColumnIndex($start);
        $end = PHPExcel_Cell::stringFromColumnIndex($end);
        $merge = "$start{$row}:$end{$row}";

    }

    return $merge;
}

And call

$sheet->mergeCells(cellsToMergeByColsRow($col, $col+5, $row));

Thanks @Mark Baker

Answer 6

I was also looking solution for this question. where i want to merge cell and put content (value) on that. After few search i got some solution on this. but did not checked because i am using Maatawebsite for get Excel file.

But any one can try thing.. Solution is based on PHPExcel nit sure ,it will work on Maatawebsite.

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Merge from column A row 1 to column E row 1

$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->mergeCells('A1:E1');

// add some text
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue('A1','The quick brown fox.'); 

Merge from column A row 1 to column E row 3

$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->mergeCells('A1:E3');

// add some text
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->setCellValue('A1','The quick brown fox.');

I checked maatawebsite document and they have same method mergeCells. so i think i would be work.

This Solution from Maatawebste.

$sheet->cells('A1:C1', function($cells) {
    $cells->setBorder('thin', 'thin', 'thin', 'thin');
});
$sheet->mergeCells('A1:C1');

Solution 2nd

$sheet->setMergeColumn(array(
'columns' => array('A','B','C','D'),
'rows' => array(
array(2,3),
array(5,11),
)
));