[php] PHPExcel Make first row bold

I am trying to make cells in first row are bold.

This is the method I have created for that purpose.

function ExportToExcel($tittles,$excel_name)
 {
  $objPHPExcel = new PHPExcel();
  $objRichText = new PHPExcel_RichText();
  // Set properties
  $objPHPExcel->getProperties()->setCreator("SAMPLE1");
  $objPHPExcel->getProperties()->setLastModifiedBy("SAMPLE1");
  $objPHPExcel->getProperties()->setTitle("SAMPLE1");
  $objPHPExcel->getProperties()->setSubject("SAMPLE1");
  $objPHPExcel->getProperties()->setDescription("SAMPLE1");


  // Add some data
  $objPHPExcel->setActiveSheetIndex(0);

  $letters = range('A','Z');
  $count =0;
  $cell_name="";
  foreach($tittles as $tittle)
  {
   $cell_name = $letters[$count]."1";
   $count++;
   $value = $tittle;
   $objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->SetCellValue($cell_name, $value);
   // Make bold cells
   $objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getStyle($cell_name)->getFont()->setBold(true);
  }
  // Save Excel 2007 file
  $objWriter = new PHPExcel_Writer_Excel2007($objPHPExcel);
  //$objWriter->save(str_replace('.php', '.xlsx', __FILE__));
  $objWriter->save($excel_name.".xlsx");
 }

The problem is in output excel file the cells are not bold.

These are some tips to make your cells Bold, Big font, Italic

Let's say I have columns from A to L

A1 - is your starting cell

L1 - is your last cell

$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getStyle('A1:L1')->getFont()->setBold(true);
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getStyle('A1:L1')->getFont()->setSize(16);
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getStyle('A1:L1')->getFont()->setItalic(true);

You can try

$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getStyle(1)->getFont()->setBold(true);

Try this

$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getStyle('A1:D1')->getFont()->setBold(true);

This iterates through a variable number of columns of a particular row, which in this case is the 1st row:

$rownumber = 1;
$row = $this->objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getRowIterator($rownumber)->current();

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

foreach ($cellIterator as $cell) {
    $cell->getStyle()->getFont()->setBold(true);
}

$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getStyle('1:1')->getFont()->setBold(true);

That way you get the complete first row

Use this:

$sheet->getStyle('A1:'.$sheet->getHighestColumn().'1')->getFont()->setBold(true);

Try this

    $objPHPExcel = new PHPExcel();
    $objPHPExcel->getProperties()->setCreator("Maarten Balliauw")
                                 ->setLastModifiedBy("Maarten Balliauw")
                                 ->setTitle("Office 2007 XLSX Test Document")
                                 ->setSubject("Office 2007 XLSX Test Document")
                                 ->setDescription("Test document for Office 2007 XLSX, generated using PHP classes.")
                                 ->setKeywords("office 2007 openxml php")
                                 ->setCategory("Test result file");
    $objPHPExcel->setActiveSheetIndex(0);
    $sheet = $objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet();
    $sheet->setCellValue('A1', 'No');
    $sheet->setCellValue('B1', 'Job ID');
    $sheet->setCellValue('C1', 'Job completed Date');
    $sheet->setCellValue('D1', 'Job Archived Date');
    $styleArray = array(
        'font' => array(
        'bold' => true
        )
    );
    $sheet->getStyle('A1')->applyFromArray($styleArray);
    $sheet->getStyle('B1')->applyFromArray($styleArray);
    $sheet->getStyle('C1')->applyFromArray($styleArray);
    $sheet->getStyle('D1')->applyFromArray($styleArray);
    $sheet->getPageSetup()->setRowsToRepeatAtTopByStartAndEnd(1, 1);
    

This is give me output like below link.(https://www.screencast.com/t/ZkKFHbDq1le)

Try this for range of cells:

$from = "A1"; // or any value
$to = "B5"; // or any value
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getStyle("$from:$to")->getFont()->setBold( true );

or single cell

$cell_name = "A1";
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getStyle( $cell_name )->getFont()->setBold( true );

hope that helps

Assuming headers are on the first row of the sheet starting at A1, and you know how many of them there are, this was my solution:

$header = array(
    'Header 1',
    'Header 2'
);

$objPHPExcel = new PHPExcel();
$objPHPExcelSheet = $objPHPExcel->getSheet(0);
$objPHPExcelSheet->fromArray($header, NULL);
$first_letter = PHPExcel_Cell::stringFromColumnIndex(0);
$last_letter = PHPExcel_Cell::stringFromColumnIndex(count($header)-1);
$header_range = "{$first_letter}1:{$last_letter}1";
$objPHPExcelSheet->getStyle($header_range)->getFont()->setBold(true);

The simple way to make bold headers:

$row = 1;
foreach($tittles as $index => $tittle) {
    $worksheet->getStyleByColumnAndRow($index + 1, $row)->getFont()->setBold(true);
    $worksheet->setCellValueByColumnAndRow($index + 1, $row, $tittle);
}

$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getStyle("A1:".$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getHighestDataColumn()."1")->getFont()->setBold(true);

I found this to be a working solution, you can replace the two instances of 1 with the row number. The HighestDataColumn function returns for example C or Z, it gives you the last/highest column that's in the sheet containing any data. There is also getHighestColumn(), that one would include cells that are empty but have styling or are part of other functionality.