Excel reads text database - view in PHP, HTML etc
===

We have a file on server X, that logs the use of licences for program that we have (in text file - log.txt is our database). 

We created Excel that reads from that file (and added additional fields we need for viewing licences state). Now we want to show this data from Excel in HTML or PHP etc. We tried PHP Excel Reader, but that's not optimal for us, because Excel must be open and we must refresh Excel content and then save it, to make any changes in PHP view. 

Any idea?  Please help, thanks.

Greetings