Bug #5403 [NEW]: function argument descriptions inadequate

From: bgold at matrix-consultants dot com Operating system: Windows PHP version: 4.4.1 Package: Documentation Bug Type: Bug Bug description: function argument descriptions inadequate Description: ------------ Many of the functions in this package provide inadequate description of their arguments. For example, the worksheet->write() function should tell you to get a format with workbook->addFormat(). I managed to divine this from the examples, but precision is nice. Other functions have worse problems. For example setColor says to use a string for the color name, but does not provide a list or reference for valid names. Or to use a numeric value in the range 8-64, without any specification of what those values mean. Similarly for setAlign. I'm guessing that "left", "center", "right" are allowed, in addition to "merge". If there are any others, they should be listed. (currency? date/time?) And how to use "setMerge" (or setAlign("merge")) should be on those pages. Again, I'm doing guesswork from the examples, but what exactly are the semantics? Will all cells formatted with the same Format object be merged? Or all adjacent cells formatted with _any_ Format object that specifies "merge"? If the latter, is there any way to get two adjacent sets of merged cells that don't merge together? -- Edit bug report at http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=5403&edit=1 --