Protecting Worksheets in PHP

Aspose.Cells - Protecting Worksheets

To protect a worksheet using Aspose.Cells for Java in PHP, call the protect_worksheet method of the protection module.

PHP Code

 //Instantiating an Excel object by Excel file path

$excel = new Workbook($dataDir . "book1.xls");

//Accessing the first worksheet in the Excel file

$worksheets = $excel->getWorksheets();

$worksheet = $worksheets->get(0);

$protection = $worksheet->getProtection();

//The following 3 methods are only for Excel 2000 and earlier formats

$protection->setAllowEditingContent(false);

$protection->setAllowEditingObject(false);

$protection->setAllowEditingScenario(false);

//Protects the first worksheet with a password "1234"

$protection->setPassword("1234");

//Saving the modified Excel file in default format

$excel->save($dataDir . "output.xls");    

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