Are there any specific debugging techniques that can be used to troubleshoot the slow reading of the Excel file in PHP?

To troubleshoot slow reading of an Excel file in PHP, you can try optimizing the code by using techniques such as caching, reducing the number of read operations, or using a more efficient library for reading Excel files like PhpSpreadsheet. 

// Example of using PhpSpreadsheet library to read an Excel file
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory;

// Load the Excel file
$spreadsheet = IOFactory::load('example.xlsx');

// Get the active sheet
$sheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();

// Loop through rows and columns to read data
foreach ($sheet->getRowIterator() as $row) {
    $cellIterator = $row->getCellIterator();
    $cellIterator->setIterateOnlyExistingCells(false); // Loop all cells, even if it is not set
    foreach ($cellIterator as $cell) {
        echo $cell->getValue() . "\t";
    }
    echo "\n";
}

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