log('Returns the cumulative interest paid on a loan or investment, between two specified periods.'); // Create new PhpSpreadsheet object $spreadsheet = new Spreadsheet(); $worksheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet(); // Add some data $arguments = [ ['Interest Rate (per period)', 0.05 / 12], ['Number of Periods', 5 * 12], ['Present Value', 50000], ]; // Some basic formatting for the data $worksheet->fromArray($arguments, null, 'A1'); $worksheet->getStyle('B1')->getNumberFormat()->setFormatCode('0.00%'); $worksheet->getStyle('B3')->getNumberFormat()->setFormatCode('$#,##0.00'); // Now the formula $baseRow = 5; for ($year = 1; $year <= 5; ++$year) { $row = (string) ($baseRow + $year); $yearStartPeriod = (int) $year * 12 - 11; $yearEndPeriod = (int) $year * 12; $worksheet->setCellValue("A{$row}", "Yr {$year}"); $worksheet->setCellValue("B{$row}", "=CUMIPMT(\$B\$1, \$B\$2, \$B\$3, {$yearStartPeriod}, {$yearEndPeriod}, 0)"); $worksheet->getStyle("B{$row}")->getNumberFormat()->setFormatCode('$#,##0.00;-$#,##0.00'); $helper->log($worksheet->getCell("B{$row}")->getValue()); $helper->log("CUMIPMT() Year {$year} Result is " . $worksheet->getCell("B{$row}")->getFormattedValue()); }