Get a cell type using PHPExcel - phpexcel

Question

Hi I have this code to read form excel file and add to database using joomla
try
{
$inputFileType = PHPExcel_IOFactory::identify($inputFileName);
$objReader = PHPExcel_IOFactory::createReader($inputFileType);
$objReader = PHPExcel_IOFactory::createReader($inputFileType);
$objPHPExcel = $objReader->load($inputFileName);
}
catch(Exception $e) {
die('Error loading file "'.pathinfo($inputFileName,PATHINFO_BASENAME).'": '.$e->getMessage());
}
$sheet = $objPHPExcel->getSheet(0);
$highestRow = $sheet->getHighestRow();
$highestColumn = $sheet->getHighestColumn();
for($i = 11; $i <= $highestRow; $i++)
{
$rowData = $sheet->rangeToArray('A' . $i . ':' . $highestColumn . $i,
NULL,
TRUE,
True
);
$row = $rowData[0];
$valeur1 = $row[8];
}
I open the file and I read it each row and for each row I read each cell
well some time the row[8] is a formated number for exemple (100100.5) some times not like (100,100.5) or something else
Well I need to know the cell type to make some change if the cell is not a number.

Answer 1

Using
$rowData = $sheet->rangeToArray(
'A' . $i . ':' . $highestColumn . $i,
NULL,
True,
False
);
will give you raw values back from the range rather than formatted values
Alternatively, for an individual cell, you can use
$sheet->getCell('A8')->getDataType();
to get the actual datatype stored in the cell. The list of datatypes is defined in Classes/PHPExcel/Cell/DataType.php
const TYPE_STRING2 = 'str';
const TYPE_STRING = 's';
const TYPE_FORMULA = 'f';
const TYPE_NUMERIC = 'n';
const TYPE_BOOL = 'b';
const TYPE_NULL = 'null';
const TYPE_INLINE = 'inlineStr'; // Rich text
const TYPE_ERROR = 'e';