$name = 'test.xlsx';

$excel       = \PHPExcel_IOFactory::load($name);
$sheetData   = $excel->getActiveSheet()->toArray(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE);

and i get this error DOMDocument::loadHTMLFile(): Invalid char in CDATA 0x3 in file:///C:/Windows/TEMP/54366714e6daetest%20importu%20poloziek.xlsx, line: 1

wtf? phpexcel idenitfies the format as excel2007 why does it load html reader then? and why should excel load html files? what kind of bullshit is that?