log('Returns the interest payment, during a specific period of a loan or investment that is paid in,'); $helper->log('constant periodic payments, with a constant interest rate.'); // Create new PhpSpreadsheet object $spreadsheet = new Spreadsheet(); $worksheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet(); // Add some data $arguments = [ ['Interest Rate', 0.05], ['Number of Years', 5], ['Present Value', 50000.00], ]; // 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 $baseRow = 6; for ($month = 1; $month <= 12; ++$month) { $row = (string) ($baseRow + $month); $worksheet->setCellValue("A{$row}", "Payment for Mth {$month}"); $worksheet->setCellValue("B{$row}", "=IPMT(\$B\$1/12, {$month}, \$B\$2*12, \$B\$3)"); $worksheet->getStyle("B{$row}")->getNumberFormat()->setFormatCode('$#,##0.00;-$#,##0.00'); $helper->log($worksheet->getCell("B{$row}")->getValue()); $helper->log("IPMT() Month {$month} Result is " . $worksheet->getCell("B{$row}")->getFormattedValue()); }