Just get one row from PHPExcel

Question

I tried to find a way to just get a row using PHPExcel. After numerous searches on the internet, I only found a way to iterate over them, with an optional start row. This lead to the following solution:

foreach ($this->objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getRowIterator($rownumber) as $row) {
    $cellIterator = $row->getCellIterator();
    $cellIterator->setIterateOnlyExistingCells(false);

    foreach ($cellIterator as $cell) {
        echo $cell->getValue();
    }

    break;
}

but this feels a little ugly. Is there another way to do it?

Answer 1

Yes!

$row = $this->objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getRowIterator($rownumber)->current();

$cellIterator = $row->getCellIterator();
$cellIterator->setIterateOnlyExistingCells(false);

foreach ($cellIterator as $cell) {
    echo $cell->getValue();
}

I don't remember if you are supposed to use next or current. If you are getting the wrong row, use current() instead of next().

Answer 2

$myRow = 123;

$this->objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()
    ->rangeToArray(
        'A' . $myRow . 
        ':' . 
        $this->objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getHighestColumn() . $myRow
    );

will return the specified row as an array of cells