Could PHPExcel change password to anything other than 'Ve***op'? for Excel5

[guzzilar]

I found exception 'Decryption password incorrect' from 'phpoffice/phpexcel/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/Excel5.php'.

I checked on this problem line (1690) and I see the password was set to '_verifyPassword' function already (this password is a string, not php variable).

So, I tried to changed this password to other and test run my service again, and it's passed.
But I don't sure should I overwrite this function (_verifyPassword) in first parameter from string (default password) to variable and make some public function to set password for this variable?

Thank's

[MarkBaker]

That's MS Excel's standard built-in password when you do a simple encryption.... I haven't a clue how you'd encrypt/decrypt with a user-defined password.... did it successfully decrypt a file encrypted with your own password?

[jaesung2061]

Same issue for me. I went to the file/line he pointed out and replaced the string with the password and it unlocked. Why is this a hardcoded string and not a variable we can change?

[issamkhadiri1989]

Hello everyone. I could find a solution of this issue.
A simple modification in the main Class "Excel5" and then, you can pass the password used to encrypt the file.