Merge pull request #222 from GravityKit/issue/221-conflict-with-webtoffee-import-export-wordpress-users-and-woo-customers

Add GFEXCEL_AVOID_CLASS_ALIAS constant to prevent class alias conflicts

Author: mrcasual

gfexcel.php

@@ -71,14 +71,15 @@
 	$autoload_file = __DIR__ . '/build/vendor/autoload.php';
 
 	$is_build = true;
+	$can_add_class_alias = ! defined( 'GFEXCEL_AVOID_CLASS_ALIAS' ) || ! GFEXCEL_AVOID_CLASS_ALIAS;
 	if ( ! file_exists( $autoload_file ) ) {
 		$autoload_file = __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
 		$is_build      = false;
 	}
 
 	require_once $autoload_file;
 
-	if ( $is_build ) {
+	if ( $is_build && $can_add_class_alias ) {
 		// Make old class names available as aliases if possible.
 		$class_aliases = [
 			'PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Document\Properties',

readme.txt

@@ -256,6 +256,10 @@ You can hide a row by adding a hook. Checkout this example:
 
 == Changelog ==
 
+= develop =
+
+* Enhancement: Defining a `GFEXCEL_AVOID_CLASS_ALIAS` constant as `true` will avoid registering PHPSpreadsheet class aliases.
+
 = 2.4.0 on July 10, 2025 =
 
 * Changed: Updated download link handling to allow future enhancements.