#24147 [Asn->Csd]: Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer fails to parse simple formula

ID: 24147 Updated by: xnoguer@php.net Reported By: paul at classical dot com -Status: Assigned +Status: Closed Bug Type: PEAR related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 4.3.1 Assigned To: xnoguer New Comment: This bug has been fixed in CVS. In case this was a PHP problem, snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at http://snaps.php.net/. In case this was a documentation problem, the fix will show up soon at http://www.php.net/manual/. In case this was a PHP.net website problem, the change will show up on the PHP.net site and on the mirror sites in short time. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-06-12 07:07:05] paul at classical dot com Description: ------------ Creating a spreadsheet with a simple formula like =A1*10 fails unless the formula contains a trailing space #php configuration './configure' \ '--enable-xml' \ '--enable-ftp' \ '--with-mysql=/usr' \ '--with-apache=../apache' \ '--with-zlib-dir=/usr/local' \ '--with-curl=/usr/local' \ '--with-jpeg-dir=/usr/local' \ '--with-png-dir=/usr/local' \ '--enable-track-vars' \ '--with-pspell=/usr/local' \ '--with-dom=/usr/local' \ '--enable-track-vars' \ '--with-msession' \ '--enable-pcntl' Reproduce code: --------------- <?php require_once 'Spreadsheet/Excel/Writer.php'; $workbook = new Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer(); $workbook->send('test.xls'); $worksheet =& $workbook->addWorksheet('bug'); //data cell $worksheet->write(0, 0, 2); //simple formula, no trailing space - FAILURE $worksheet->write(1, 1, "this fails"); $worksheet->write(1, 2, "=A1*10"); //simple formula, with trailing space - SUCCESS $worksheet->write(2, 1, "this works"); $worksheet->write(2, 2, "=A1*10 "); //close and send sheet $workbook->close(); ?> Expected result: ---------------- expect formula =A1*10 in cell C2 of returned spreadsheet Actual result: -------------- cell C2 contains following text Sintactic error: *, lookahead: , current char: 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=24147&edit=1