how to generate pCoordinates for Xlsx files

Question

I want to generate the coordinates for this

 $sheet->setCellValue($pCoordinate, $pValue);

a $pCoodrinates is a letter and then a number like A1, B1 , C1 , that is for example the first row then next row is A2, B2, C2 and the next row with 3

This is the code that I have right now

class SpreadSheetHelper
{
    private static $alphabet = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUYVWXYZ';

    public static function createSpreadSheet($data = []) {
        $spreadsheet = new Spreadsheet();
        $sheet       = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
        foreach ($data as $rowIndex => $row) {
            foreach ($row as $columnIndex => $columnValue) {
                $pCoordinate = self::getAlphabetCoordinate($rowIndex, $columnIndex);
                $pValue = $columnValue;
                $sheet->setCellValue($pCoordinate, $pValue);
            }
        }

        return $spreadsheet;
    }


    private static function getAlphabetCoordinate($rowIndex, $columnIndex) {
        $letter = strtoupper(substr(self::$alphabet, $columnIndex, 1));
        $number = $rowIndex + 1;
        return "$letter$number";
    }
}

As you can see the $alphabet is hardcoded and is limited and it reaches the last letter it should start with AA, AB, AC,AD,AE,AF , and this is what I want to generate . Any idea how to do it ?

You could write a simple function that returns the base-26 value for an integer. You would run through the number getting the mod(26), converting that to a letter, then working with the remainder to get the next digit -- rinse and repeat. — Sloan Thrasher, Apr 14 '20 at 15:09

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 14 '20 at 17:49

You could take advantage of the ASCII-table:

<?php
//Number of rows and columns
$rows = 3;
$cols = 40;

$pcoords = array();
for($current_row=1;$current_row<$rows+1;$current_row++) {
    $alpha_index = 65;
    $alpha_pref_index = 65;
    $alpha_count = 0;
    $pref_letter = '';

    for($current_col=0;$current_col<$cols;$current_col++) {
        $col_letter = chr($alpha_index);
        $pcoords[] = $pref_letter . $col_letter. $current_row;
        $alpha_count++;
        if ($alpha_count == 26) {
            $alpha_count = 0;
            $alpha_index = 65;
            $pref_letter = chr($alpha_pref_index);     
            $alpha_pref_index++;               
        }
        else {
            $alpha_index++;            
        }        
    }    
}

echo '<pre>';
print_r($pcoords);
echo '</pre>';

how to generate pCoordinates for Xlsx files

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