PHPExcel - Incorrect data population during excel report generation

Question

I am working on a project in Symfony 2.1.PHPExcel version is 1.8.0. I use Doctrine to retrieve the data from Db and filter if required.

    $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
    $guardquery = $em->createQueryBuilder()
            ->select('g.attendancePopupTime', 'd.atmName', 'd.region', 'd.zone', 'd.state')
            ->from('ATMMonitorAPIBundle:GuardMonitor', 'g')
            ->innerJoin('ATMMonitorAPIBundle:DeviceAtmInfo', 'd', Join::WITH, 'd.deviceId = g.deviceId');

    if ($userZones[0]['userZones'] != '0') {
        $guardquery->innerJoin('ATMMonitorAPIBundle:RegisteredDevices', 'r', Join::WITH, 'r.deviceId = g.deviceId')
                ->where('r.deviceZone IN (:devicezone)')
                ->setParameter('devicezone', $zone_array);
    }

    if (isset($dateLow)) {
        $guardquery->andWhere('g.attendancePopupTime BETWEEN :date_low and :date_high')
                ->setParameter('date_low', $dateLow)
                ->setParameter('date_high', $dateHigh);
    }

    $finalAttendanceQuery = $guardquery->getQuery();
    $attendanceResult = $finalAttendanceQuery->getArrayResult();

This is my query and by giving variables as 2014-12-1 as $dateLow and 2014-12-8 as $dateHigh, the query returns 122 rows. There are 579 rows in the database. The data returned after filtering is proper and I am able insert it into Excel using the following code.

    $phpExcelObject = $this->get('phpexcel')->createPHPExcelObject();
      $phpExcelObject->getProperties()->setCreator("")
      ->setLastModifiedBy("Administrator")
      ->setTitle("ATTENDANCE DETAILS XLSX")
      ->setSubject("ATTENDANCE DETAILS  XLSX")
      ->setDescription("EXCEL document for Attendance Details");
      $phpExcelObject->setActiveSheetIndex(0);
      $phpExcelObject->getActiveSheet()->setTitle('GUARD_ATTENDANCE - DETAILS');
      $phpExcelObject->getActiveSheet()
      ->SetCellValue('A3', "STATE")
      ->SetCellValue('B3', "ZONE")
      ->SetCellValue('C3', "REGION")
     ->SetCellValue('D3', "DATE")

     ->SetCellValue('A1', "GUARD ATTENDANCE RECORDS");
    $count = count($attendanceResult);
    $rowCount = 4;

    for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) {
     $phpExcelObject->getActiveSheet()->SetCellValue('A' . $rowCount, $attendanceResult[$i]['state']);
     $phpExcelObject->getActiveSheet()->SetCellValue('B' . $rowCount, $attendanceResult[$i]['zone']);
     $phpExcelObject->getActiveSheet()->SetCellValue('C' . $rowCount, $attendanceResult[$i]['region']);
     if ($attendanceResult[$i]['attendancePopupTime'] instanceof \DateTime) {
           $attendanceDate = $attendanceResult[$i]['attendancePopupTime']->format('d-m-Y');
        }
     $phpExcelObject->getActiveSheet()->SetCellValue('D' . $rowCount, $punchTime);                 
     $phpExcelObject->getActiveSheet()->SetCellValue('E' . $rowCount, count($attendanceResult));
     $rowCount++
    }

    $writer = $this->get('phpexcel')->createWriter($phpExcelObject, 'Excel5');
    $response = $this->get('phpexcel')->createStreamedResponse($writer); 

    $response->headers->set('Content-Type', 'application/vnd.ms-excel; charset=utf-8');
    $response->headers->set('Content-Disposition', 'attachment;filename=AttendanceDetails.xls'); 

    $response->headers->set('Pragma', 'public');
    $response->headers->set('Cache-Control', 'maxage=1');
    return $response;

The variable $count has the value 122 before entering the for loop. In the excel generated there are 579 rows(entire data available in DB ) of data instead of 122 rows obtained after filtration. The column E of the excel also shows the values 579 instead of 122. The for loop also gets executed 579 times instead of 122 times. Some how, the array $attendanceResult changes while inserting data in phpExcel.

I tried saving contents of $attendanceResult into another array and using that array to insert data into the excel. The same issue exists there too. Please help as I couldn't find anything wrong with the code.Thanks in Advance

Answer 1

$phpExcelObject->getActiveSheet()->setCellValueExplicit('A'.$row_count,$row['Value'], PHPExcel_Cell_DataType::TYPE_STRING);

Try above code to wrong population row and also change your excel format into .xlsx. You can do that using phpExcel.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

"The data is filtered properly and I got the filtered array,but the array changes when it gets exported to phpexcel –"

Don't assume it is properly filtered until you debug or var_dump it. Making assumptions will not help you or us, it is just impossible what you are saying. PS : This question has already been answered by the post owner.