PHP | Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer | setFontFamily() Function

Difficulty Level : Medium
Last Updated : 21 Dec, 2018

The setFontFamily() function is an inbuilt function in PHP | Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer which is used to set the font family.

Syntax:

void Format::setFontFamily( $font_family )

Parameters: This function accepts single parameter $font_family . The font family name which can be ‘Times New Roman’, ‘Arial’, ‘Courier’.

Return Value: This function returns TRUE on success and PEAR_ERROR on failure.

Example 1:

<?php 
  
require_once 'Spreadsheet/Excel/Writer.php'; 
  
// Add Workbook 
$workbook = new Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer(); 
  
// Add Format to spreadsheet 
$format_border =& $workbook->addFormat(); 
  
// Add Worksheet to Sprerdsheet 
$worksheet =& $workbook->addWorksheet(); 
  
// Add Format to variable 
$format_times =& $workbook->addFormat(); 
  
// Set Font Family Times New Roman  
$format_times->setFontFamily('Times New Roman'); 
  
// Add Format to variable 
$format_courier =& $workbook->addFormat(); 
  
// Set Font Family Courier 
$format_courier->setFontFamily('Courier'); 
  
// Write to Worksheet 
$worksheet->write(0, 0, "Details of GeeksforGeeks Contributors"); 
$worksheet->write(1, 0, "Author", $format_times); 
$worksheet->write(1, 1, "User Handle", $format_courier); 
$worksheet->write(2, 0, "Sarthak"); 
$worksheet->write(2, 1, "sarthak_ishu11"); 
  
// Send .xlsx file to header 
$workbook->send('test.xls'); 
  
// Close Workbook Object 
$workbook->close(); 
?> 

Output:

Example 2:

<?php 
  
require_once 'Spreadsheet/Excel/Writer.php'; 
  
$workbook = new Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer(); 
$worksheet =& $workbook->addWorksheet(); 
  
// put text at the top 
$format_top =& $workbook->addFormat(); 
$format_top->setHAlign('top'); 
$format_top->setTextWrap(1); 
  
// center the text horizontally 
$format_center =& $workbook->addFormat(); 
$format_center->setHAlign('center'); 
  
// Set Font Family Times New Roman  
$format_times =& $workbook->addFormat(); 
$format_times->setFontFamily('Times New Roman'); 
  
// Write to Worksheet 
$worksheet->write(0, 0, "Information", $format_center); 
$worksheet->write(1, 0, "Website Name", $format_times); 
$worksheet->write(1, 1, "Address", $format_times); 
$worksheet->write(2, 0, "GeeksforGeeks"); 
$worksheet->write(2, 1, "https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/"); 
  
$workbook->send('test.xls'); 
$workbook->close(); 
?> 

Output:

Reference: https://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.fileformats.spreadsheet-excel-writer.spreadsheet-excel-writer-format.setfontfamily.php

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