What is the recommended approach for implementing a search page in PHP that retrieves data from an Excel file?

To implement a search page in PHP that retrieves data from an Excel file, you can use the PHPExcel library to read the Excel file and search for specific data. You can create a form where users can input their search query, then use PHPExcel to iterate through the Excel file and find matching data. Once the data is found, you can display it on the search results page. 

<?php
require 'PHPExcel/Classes/PHPExcel.php';

$inputFileName = 'example.xlsx';
$searchQuery = $_POST['search_query'];

$objPHPExcel = PHPExcel_IOFactory::load($inputFileName);
$sheet = $objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet();

$results = array();

foreach ($sheet->getRowIterator() as $row) {
    $cellIterator = $row->getCellIterator();
    $cellIterator->setIterateOnlyExistingCells(FALSE);

    foreach ($cellIterator as $cell) {
        if ($cell->getValue() == $searchQuery) {
            $results[] = $sheet->rangeToArray($cell->getCoordinate() . ':' . $sheet->getHighestColumn() . $cell->getRow())[0];
        }
    }
}

// Display search results
foreach ($results as $result) {
    echo implode(', ', $result) . '<br>';
}
?>

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PHP search page Excel file data retrieval implementation

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