The long awaited v1.0.1 of PHP-excel extension is finally out,
 lots of changes in this one. 
You can download the source code at: 
https://github.com/iliaal/php_excel/archive/1.0.1final.tar.gz
the Github repo is available at: 
https://github.com/iliaal/php_excel
Full ChangeLog is Below:
            
                        
- Added methods
 
- ExcelBook::sheetType()
 
- ExcelSheet::colHidden()
 
- ExcelSheet::rowHidden()
 
- ExcelSheet::setColHidden()
 
- ExcelSheet::setRowHidden()
 
- ExcelSheet::isLicensed()
 
 
    - Added new methods (requires LibXL 3.6.0)
 
- ExcelSheet::hyperlinkSize()
 
- ExcelSheet::hyperlink()
 
- ExcelSheet::delHyperlink()
 
- ExcelSheet::addHyperlink()
 
- ExcelSheet::mergeSize()
 
- ExcelSheet::merge()
 
- ExcelSheet::delMergeByIndex()
 
- ExcelSheet::splitInfo()
 
 
- Added data type argument for ExcelSheet::writeCol() (see issue #29)
    - Fixed bug in ExcelSheet::read() (see issue #86)
    - Fixed bug in ExcelBook::setDefaultFont() (see issue #66)
    - Added autofit support for ExcelBook::setColWidth()
    - Added implicit formula recognition on ExcelSheet::write() operations (prefix formula with '=')
    - Added multibyte support for license name and license key (see issue #60 and README)
    - Added default date format when writing dates
    - Added ExcelSheet::__construct(ExcelBook $book, $name) for customized ExcelSheets
    - Added warnings on read/write errors
    - Removed final keyword for ExcelFormat::__construct(ExcelBook $book)
    - Removed invalid PAPER_* constants in ExcelSheet
    - Removed invalid COLOR_* constants in ExcelFormat
    - Updated documentation and README
    - Changed php.ini variable name: excel.ini_skip_empty --> excel.skip_emtpy