[phpexcel] Set Background cell color in PHPExcel

How to set specific color to active cell when creating XLS document in PHPExcel?

function cellColor($cells,$color){
    global $objPHPExcel;

    $objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getStyle($cells)->getFill()->applyFromArray(array(
        'type' => PHPExcel_Style_Fill::FILL_SOLID,
        'startcolor' => array(
             'rgb' => $color
        )
    ));
}

cellColor('B5', 'F28A8C');
cellColor('G5', 'F28A8C');
cellColor('A7:I7', 'F28A8C');
cellColor('A17:I17', 'F28A8C');
cellColor('A30:Z30', 'F28A8C');

This always running!

$sheet->getActiveSheet()->getStyle('A1')->getFill()->getStartColor()->setRGB('FF0000');

Here is how you do it in PHPSpreadsheet, the newest version of PHPExcel

$spreadsheet = new Spreadsheet();

$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->getStyle('A1:F1')->applyFromArray([
    'fill' => [
            'fillType' => Fill::FILL_SOLID,
            'startColor' => [
                'argb' => 'FFDBE2F1',
            ]           
    ],
]);

alternative approach:

$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()
    ->getStyle('A1:F1')
    ->getFill()
    ->setFillType(Fill::FILL_SOLID)
    ->getStartColor()->setARGB('FFDBE2F1');

$objPHPExcel
    ->getActiveSheet()
    ->getStyle('A1')
    ->getFill()
    ->getStartColor()
    ->getRGB();

You can easily apply colours on cell and rows.

$sheet->cell(1, function($row) 
{ 
  $row->setBackground('#CCCCCC'); 
});

$sheet->row(1, ['Col 1', 'Col 2', 'Col 3']); 
$sheet->row(1, function($row) 
{ 
  $row->setBackground('#CCCCCC'); 
});

$objPHPExcel
->getActiveSheet()
->getStyle('A1')
->getFill()
->setFillType(PHPExcel_Style_Fill::FILL_SOLID)
->getStartColor()
->setRGB('colorcode'); //i.e,colorcode=D3D3D3

Seems like there's a bug with applyFromArray right now that won't accept color, but this worked for me:

$objPHPExcel
    ->getActiveSheet()
    ->getStyle('A1')
    ->getFill()
    ->getStartColor()
    ->setRGB('FF0000');

  $objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getStyle('B3:B7')->getFill()
->setFillType(PHPExcel_Style_Fill::FILL_SOLID)
->getStartColor()->setARGB('FFFF0000');

It's in the documentation, located here: https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPExcel/wiki/User-Documentation-Overview-and-Quickstart-Guide

This code should work for you:

 $PHPExcel->getActiveSheet()
        ->getStyle('A1')
        ->getFill()
        ->setFillType(PHPExcel_Style_Fill::FILL_SOLID)
        ->getStartColor()
        ->setRGB('FF0000')

But if you bother using this over and over again, I recommend using applyFromArray.