What are some recommended PHP libraries or tools for converting XLS to CSV efficiently and accurately?

Converting XLS files to CSV format can be efficiently and accurately achieved using PHP libraries such as PhpSpreadsheet or PHPExcel. These libraries provide functions to read XLS files and export the data to CSV format seamlessly.

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory;

$inputFileName = 'example.xls';
$outputFileName = 'example.csv';

$spreadsheet = IOFactory::load($inputFileName);
$writer = IOFactory::createWriter($spreadsheet, 'Csv');
$writer->save($outputFileName);