Description of PhpSpreadsheet import into Moodle Last release package can be found in https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/releases NOTICE: * Before running composer command, make sure you have the composer version updated. * Composer version 2.2.4 2022-01-08 12:30:42 STEPS: * Create a temporary folder outside your moodle installation * Create a composer.json file with the following content (you will need to replace X.YY to the proper version to be upgraded): { "require": { "phpoffice/phpspreadsheet": "^X.YY" }, "replace": { "ezyang/htmlpurifier": "*", "maennchen/zipstream-php": "*", "myclabs/php-enum": "*", "symfony/polyfill-mbstring": "*" } } * Execute `composer require phpoffice/phpspreadsheet` * Check to make sure the following directories haven't been created - /vendor/ezyang/htmlpurifier - /vendor/maennchen/* - /vendor/myclabs/* - /vendor/symfony/polyfill-mbstring * If it has pulled these through, remove them from the required packages and run composer again. * Check any new libraries that have been added and make sure they do not exist in Moodle already. * If the following exist, remove the following folders (and their content): - vendor/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/bin - vendor/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/docs - vendor/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/samples * Remove all the hidden folders and files in vendor/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/ (find . -name ".*"): - .DS_Store - .gitattributes - .gitignore - .php_cs.dist - .sami.php - .scrutinizer.yml - .travis.yml - .phpcs.xml.dist - .php-cs-fixer.dist.php - vendor/psr/simple-cache/.editorconfig - vendor/psr/http-factory/.gitignore - vendor/psr/http-factory/.pullapprove.yml - vendor/markbaker/matrix/.github - vendor/markbaker/complex/.github * Remove the next files in related to external testing/analysis that we don't need matrix/: - vendor/markbaker/matrix/infection.json.dist (PHP mutation testing framework configuration file) - vendor/markbaker/matrix/phpstan.neon (PHP static analyzer configuration file) - vendor/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/phpstan-baseline.neon - vendor/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/phpstan-conditional.php - vendor/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/phpstan.neon.dist * Shared/OLE has been removed because OLE is not DFSG compliant and is not being used in core code. Remove the files/folders (placed in vendor/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/src/): - PhpSpreadsheet/Shared/OLE.php - PhpSpreadsheet/Shared/OLERead.php - PhpSpreadsheet/Shared/OLE/* * Xsl files have been removed. These files are for Excel version 5 (created in 1993) and are not used in core code. Remove the files/folders (placed in vendor/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/src/): - PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Xls.php - PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Xls/* - PhpSpreadsheet/Shared/Xls.php - PhpSpreadsheet/Writer/Xls.php - PhpSpreadsheet/Writer/Xls/* * Remove the old 'vendor' directory in lib/phpspreadsheet/ * Copy contents of 'vendor' directory * Create a commit with only the library changes * Update lib/thirdpartylibs.xml * Apply the modifications described in the CHANGES section * Create another commit with the previous two steps of changes * Go to http://localhost/lib/tests/other/spreadsheettestpage.php and test the generated files CHANGES: * Add the next Moodle hack at the beginning of the function sysGetTempDir() located in lib/phpspreadsheet/vendor/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Shared/File.php // Moodle hack! if (function_exists('make_temp_directory')) { $temp = make_temp_directory('phpspreadsheet'); return realpath(dirname($temp)); } This hack is needed because it can not be guaranteed that sysGetTempDir() works everywhere.