How to ignore first row (header row) on insert using PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet - phpspreadsheet

Question

I am looking for a way to ignore first row which is the header row when inserting data into mysql database using PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet.I have followed this but not workingSkip First Row in PHPSpreadsheet ImportMy problem is how to ignore the header row?
Below is my clean code...
use Phppot\DataSource;
use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xlsx;
use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Csv;
require_once ('./vendor/autoload.php');
if (isset($_POST["import"])) {
$allowedFileType = [
'application/vnd.ms-excel',
'text/xls',
'text/xlsx',
'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet'
];
if (in_array($_FILES["file"]["type"], $allowedFileType)) {
$date = date('Y-m-d');
$targetPath = 'uploads/'.$date." ".$_FILES['file']['name'];
move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'], $targetPath);
$Reader = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xlsx();
if($Reader) {
$Reader->setReadDataOnly(true);
$spreadSheet = $Reader->load($targetPath);
$sheetData = $spreadSheet->getActiveSheet()->toArray();
// Loop through the rows from xlsx file for insert
foreach($sheetData as $row) {
// get columns in a contigeous order from xlsx file
$regno = isset($row[0]) ? $row[0] : "";
$fullname = isset($row[1]) ? $row[1] : "";
$course = isset($row[2]) ? $row[2] : "";
$status = 1;
$pin = strtoupper(substr(md5(mt_rand()), 0, 10));
// Insert into db
$fieUploaded = $conn->itStudentsFileUpload($regno,$fullname,$course,$pin,$current_session,$status);
// If all is well send success message
if ($fieUploaded) {
echo "Success";
}
}
}
} else {
$type = "error";
$message = "Invalid File Type. Upload Excel File.";
}
}

Answer 1

After several tests, I solve the problem as follows:
class FirstRowFilter implements \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReadFilter
{
public function readCell($column, $row, $worksheetName = '') {
// Return true for rows after first row
return $row > 1;
}
}
$Reader = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::createReader("Xlsx");
$filterRow = new FirstRowFilter();
$Reader->setReadFilter($filterRow);
$spreadSheet = $Reader->load($targetPath);
$sheetData = $spreadSheet->getActiveSheet()->toArray();
Note:
If you have additional fields that are not from the excel file eg. date, you need to check for emptiness of the first row from the excel file and then insert if not empty to ignore inserting empty values.