I need to export data from php to Excel, and be able to format various items in the excel spreadsheet.

So far, the best library that I have found is [PHPExcel](http://phpexcel.codeplex.com/). However, it seems very heavy, and somewhat slow. Granted, it is very powerful.

Is there anything a bit more lightweight and faster, that allows me to export to excel and be able to apply simple formatting (bold, alignment, borders)?