This function will convert a number to an excel-like column name. For example: 1 => A 2 => B 27 => AA 28 => AB 14558 => UMX URL: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3302857/algorithm-to-get-the-excel-like-column-name-of-a-number#answer-3302991

getNameFromNumber

<?php

function getNameFromNumber($num) {
    $numeric = $num % 26;
    $letter = chr(65 + $numeric);
    $num2 = intval($num / 26);
    if ($num2 > 0) {
        return $this->getNameFromNumber($num2 - 1) . $letter;
    } else {
        return $letter;
    }
}