The setBgColor() function is an inbuilt function in PHP | Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer which is used to set the background color of the cell of the spreadsheet. In order to use this function use the setPattern function.
Syntax:
void Format::setBgColor( $color )
Parameters: This function accepts single parameter $color which takes the value of color as string like ‘red’, ‘green’ and another method is by specifying the color value between 8 to 63.
Return Value: This function returns TRUE on success and PEAR_ERROR on failure.
Example 1:
<?php   require_once 'Spreadsheet/Excel/Writer.php';   // Create Spreadsheet Excel Writer Object $workbook = new Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer();   // Add Worksheet $worksheet =& $workbook->addWorksheet('testing bg color');   // Specify the height of the cell by using setRow function $worksheet->setRow(1, 20);   // Add Format to the cell $format_BgColor =& $workbook->addFormat();   // Set the background color $format_BgColor->setBgColor('red');   // Add Italic Font to the text $format_BgColor->setItalic();   // Set the pattern $format_BgColor->setPattern(4);   // Add data to the cell $worksheet->write(1, 2, 'sarthak _ishu11', $format_BgColor); $worksheet->write(2, 2, 'GeekforGeeks!', $format_BgColor); $worksheet->write(3, 2, 'GfG', $format_BgColor);   // Send file to the browser $workbook->send('test.xls');   // Close the file $workbook->close(); ?> |
Output:
Example 2:
<?php require_once 'Spreadsheet/Excel/Writer.php';   // Create Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer Object $workbook = new Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer();   // Add Worksheet $worksheet =& $workbook->addWorksheet();   // Set Font Family Times New Roman $format_setBgColor =& $workbook->addFormat(); $format_setBgColor->setFontFamily('Times New Roman');   // Set Italic Property $format_setBgColor->setItalic();   // Set Shadow to text $format_setBgColor->setShadow();   // Set the background color $format_setBgColor->setBgColor('yellow');   // Set the pattern $format_setBgColor->setPattern(4);   // Write to Worksheet $worksheet->write(0, 0, "Information", $format_setBgColor); $worksheet->write(1, 0, "Website Name", $format_setBgColor); $worksheet->write(1, 1, "Address", $format_setBgColor); $worksheet->write(2, 0, "neveropen", $format_setItalic);                                       $format_setItalic); $workbook->send('test.xls');   $workbook->close(); ?> |
Output:
