title: figuring out how to get row id column id with php excel
body: <p>im trying to find a way to get the rowid and columnid of an excel sheet using php, something like <code>if($date == $row){ your $rowid = 'something}</code></p>
  
  <p>ive seen something like </p>
  
  <pre><code>$row = $objPHPExcel-&gt;getActiveSheet()-&gt;getRowIterator($searchValue)-
  
  &gt;current();
  $cellIterator = $row-&gt;getCellIterator();
  $cellIterator-&gt;setIterateOnlyExistingCells(false);
  foreach ($cellIterator as $cell) {
      echo $cell-&gt;getValue();
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but the $searchValue refers to a row, not an actual search term, i need to find current date in the sheet , the current date is on a column named date, and if i find that date get the rowid/colid, so i can write to that row and columns, i know i will always be using 6 cols of any given row, any ideas on this ? or some pointers maybe</p>