title: Reading Excel xlsx files in PHP without ZipArchive class or PHP extension php_zip enabled
body: <p>I am using <a href="http://phpexcel.codeplex.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PHPExcel</a> PHP library for reading xlsx files and every thing is fine. 
  when I am deploying my web application in our server I am facing the below error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'ZipArchive library is not enabled'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I know that <a href="http://us3.php.net/manual/en/class.ziparchive.php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ZipArchive</a> is a <a href="https://phpexcel.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Requirements&amp;referringTitle=Home" rel="nofollow noreferrer">requirement</a> for PHP Excel. and I need to follow the install <a href="http://us3.php.net/manual/en/zip.installation.php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">instructions</a> for it to enable it on my production server.</p>
  
  <p>This error because <a href="http://phpexcel.codeplex.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PHPExcel</a> require the below requirements:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>PHP version 5.2.0 or higher</li>
  <li>PHP extension php_zip enabled</li>
  <li>PHP extension php_xml enabled</li>
  <li>PHP extension php_gd2 enabled</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Now I cant access our <a href="http://nginx.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">nginx</a> server and cant compile "PHP extension php_zip" then enable it.</p>
  
  <p>my question is:</p>
  
  <p>Is that any Alternatives for PHP_excel dose not require <strong>ZipArchive class with PHP extension php_zip enabled</strong> ?</p>
  
  <p>I am trying these <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3930975/alternative-for-php-excel">Alternatives for PHP_excel</a> but all of them based on zip.so compiled and 
   php_zip extension enabled.</p>
  
  <p>Any help will be more than appreciated. </p>