PHPExcel setvalues slow

[Andy-H]

I have a class that wraps the functionality I need from PHPExcel for a project, here is a function for setting values ans styles:

 

 

   public function setValues()
   {
      $values = func_get_args();
      $width  = count($values);
      $cells  = array_slice($this->_cells, 0, $width);
      $row    = $this->_currentRow[$this->_currentSheet];
      $this->setCurrentRowHeight(18);
      while ( count($values) )
      {
         $val  = array_shift($values);
         $cell = array_shift($cells) . $row;
         $this->_sheet()->getStyle($cell)->getAlignment()->setIndent(1);
         $value = explode('~', $val);
         $value = array_filter($value);
         $this->_sheet()->setCellValue($cell, $value[0]);
         if ( isset($value[1]) )
            $this->_sheet()->getStyle($cell)->getFont()->getColor()->setRGB($value[1]);
         if ( isset($value[2]) )
         {
            $this->_sheet()->getStyle($cell)->getFill()->getStartColor()->setRGB($value[2]);
            $this->_sheet()->getStyle($cell)->getFill()->setFillType(PHPExcel_Style_Fill::FILL_SOLID);
         }
         if ( isset($value[3]) )
         {
            $align = PHPExcel_Style_Alignment::HORIZONTAL_LEFT;
            if ( $value[3] == 'right' ) $align  = PHPExcel_Style_Alignment::HORIZONTAL_RIGHT;
            if ( $value[3] == 'center' ) $align = PHPExcel_Style_Alignment::HORIZONTAL_CENTER;
            
            $this->_sheet()->getStyle($cell)->getAlignment()->setHorizontal($align);
         }
      }
      $this->_nextRow();
      return $this;
   }

With this code my script takes about 15 seconds to execute, but when I comment out:

 

 

   public function setValues()
   {
      $values = func_get_args();
      $width  = count($values);
      $cells  = array_slice($this->_cells, 0, $width);
      $row    = $this->_currentRow[$this->_currentSheet];
      $this->setCurrentRowHeight(18);
      while ( count($values) )
      {
         $val  = array_shift($values);
         $cell = array_shift($cells) . $row;
         $this->_sheet()->getStyle($cell)->getAlignment()->setIndent(1);
         $value = explode('~', $val);
         $value = array_filter($value);
         $this->_sheet()->setCellValue($cell, $value[0]);
         /*if ( isset($value[1]) )
            $this->_sheet()->getStyle($cell)->getFont()->getColor()->setRGB($value[1]);
         if ( isset($value[2]) )
         {
            $this->_sheet()->getStyle($cell)->getFill()->getStartColor()->setRGB($value[2]);
            $this->_sheet()->getStyle($cell)->getFill()->setFillType(PHPExcel_Style_Fill::FILL_SOLID);
         }
         if ( isset($value[3]) )
         {
            $align = PHPExcel_Style_Alignment::HORIZONTAL_LEFT;
            if ( $value[3] == 'right' ) $align  = PHPExcel_Style_Alignment::HORIZONTAL_RIGHT;
            if ( $value[3] == 'center' ) $align = PHPExcel_Style_Alignment::HORIZONTAL_CENTER;
            
            $this->_sheet()->getStyle($cell)->getAlignment()->setHorizontal($align);
         }*/
      }
      $this->_nextRow();
      return $this;
   }

It takes 8 seconds, does anyone know of a faster way to style cells using PHPExcel or can think of a better way to do this?

[Andy-H]

Used applyFromArray()