Title: Excel Export doesn’t work
Last modified: October 14, 2022

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# Excel Export doesn’t work

 *  [effekt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/effekt/)
 * (@effekt)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excel-export-doesnt-work/)
 * Hi,
    if i will export the data of a form in excel format i get a lot of deprecated
   notices and warnings. I use WordPress 6.0.2 on a Server with PHP 7.4
 * This export does not work i can only export to csv file.
 * Thanks

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 *  [mathiasmadsen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mathiasmadsen/)
 * (@mathiasmadsen)
 * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excel-export-doesnt-work/#post-16176042)
 * This could probably be fixed by replacing the curly brackets with square brackets
   in this file: advanced-cf7-db/admin/class/PHPExcel/Shared/String.php (line 529-
   537)
 * Alternatively, the author of the plugin should consider migrating to [PhpSpreadsheet](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet),
   since PHPExcel [has been dead since 2017](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPExcel).
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by [mathiasmadsen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mathiasmadsen/).
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by [mathiasmadsen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mathiasmadsen/).
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by [mathiasmadsen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mathiasmadsen/).
 *  [Machtnix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hillyfov/)
 * (@hillyfov)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excel-export-doesnt-work/#post-16377308)
 * Hey [@mathiasmadsen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mathiasmadsen/),
 * I just tried changing the curly braces to square brackets as you suggested. Thank
   you for that!
 * Warning for everyone who wants to try this: After fixing the advanced-cf7-db/
   admin/class/PHPExcel/Shared/String.php file the error will persist because there
   are a couple of other files with the same curly brackets in them. If you want
   to fix it yourself, you will have to edit many files manually.
 * It would be great if this plugin worked with PhpSpreadsheet rather than PHPExcel
   in the future!

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 * Last reply from: [Machtnix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hillyfov/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excel-export-doesnt-work/#post-16377308)
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