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+<?php
+
+/*
+ * Copyleft 2002 Johann Hanne
+ *
+ * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this software; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,
+ * Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+/*
+ * This is the Spreadsheet::WriteExcel Perl package ported to PHP
+ * Spreadsheet::WriteExcel was written by John McNamara, jmcnamara@cpan.org
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Converts numeric $row/$col notation to an Excel cell reference string in
+ * A1 notation.
+ */
+function xl_rowcol_to_cell($row, $col, $row_abs=false, $col_abs=false) {
+
+ $row_abs = $row_abs ? '$' : '';
+ $col_abs = $col_abs ? '$' : '';
+
+ $int = floor($col / 26);
+ $frac = $col % 26;
+
+ $chr1 = ''; // Most significant character in AA1
+
+ if ($int > 0) {
+ $chr1 = chr(ord('A') + $int - 1);
+ }
+
+ $chr2 = chr(ord('A') + $frac);
+
+ // Zero index to 1-index
+ $row++;
+
+ return $col_abs.$chr1.$chr2.$row_abs.$row;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Converts an Excel cell reference string in A1 notation
+ * to numeric $row/$col notation.
+ *
+ * Returns: array($row, $col, $row_absolute, $col_absolute)
+ *
+ * The $row_absolute and $col_absolute parameters aren't documented because
+ * they are mainly used internally and aren't very useful to the user.
+ */
+function xl_cell_to_rowcol($cell) {
+
+ preg_match('/(\$?)([A-I]?[A-Z])(\$?)(\d+)/', $cell, $reg);
+
+ $col_abs = ($reg[1] == "") ? 0 : 1;
+ $col = $reg[2];
+ $row_abs = ($reg[3] == "") ? 0 : 1;
+ $row = $reg[4];
+
+ // Convert base26 column string to number
+ // All your Base are belong to us.
+ $chars = preg_split('//', $col, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
+ $expn = 0;
+ $col = 0;
+
+ while (sizeof($chars)>0) {
+ $char = array_pop($chars); // Least significant character first
+ $col += (ord($char) - ord('A') + 1) * pow(26, $expn);
+ $expn++;
+ }
+
+ // Convert 1-index to zero-index
+ $row--;
+ $col--;
+
+ return array($row, $col, $row_abs, $col_abs);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Increments the row number of an Excel cell reference string
+ * in A1 notation.
+ * For example C4 to C5
+ *
+ * Returns: a cell reference string in A1 notation.
+ */
+function xl_inc_row($cell) {
+ list($row, $col, $row_abs, $col_abs) = xl_cell_to_rowcol($cell);
+ return xl_rowcol_to_cell(++$row, $col, $row_abs, $col_abs);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Decrements the row number of an Excel cell reference string
+ * in A1 notation.
+ * For example C4 to C3
+ *
+ * Returns: a cell reference string in A1 notation.
+ */
+function xl_dec_row($cell) {
+ list($row, $col, $row_abs, $col_abs) = xl_cell_to_rowcol($cell);
+ return xl_rowcol_to_cell(--$row, $col, $row_abs, $col_abs);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Increments the column number of an Excel cell reference string
+ * in A1 notation.
+ * For example C3 to D3
+ *
+ * Returns: a cell reference string in A1 notation.
+ */
+function xl_inc_col($cell) {
+ list($row, $col, $row_abs, $col_abs) = xl_cell_to_rowcol($cell);
+ return xl_rowcol_to_cell($row, ++$col, $row_abs, $col_abs);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Decrements the column number of an Excel cell reference string
+ * in A1 notation.
+ * For example C3 to B3
+ *
+ * Returns: a cell reference string in A1 notation.
+ */
+function xl_dec_col($cell) {
+ list($row, $col, $row_abs, $col_abs) = xl_cell_to_rowcol($cell);
+ return xl_rowcol_to_cell($row, --$col, $row_abs, $col_abs);
+}
+
+function xl_date_list($year, $month=1, $day=1,
+ $hour=0, $minute=0, $second=0) {
+
+ $monthdays=array(31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31);
+
+ // Leap years since 1900 (year is dividable by 4)
+ $leapyears=floor(($year-1900)/4);
+
+ // Non-leap years since 1900 (year is dividable by 100)
+ $nonleapyears=floor(($year-1900)/100);
+
+ // Non-non-leap years since 1900 (year is dividable by 400)
+ // (Yes, it MUST be "1600", not "1900")
+ $nonnonleapyears=floor(($year-1600)/400);
+
+ // Don't count the leap day of the specified year if it didn't
+ // happen yet (i.e. before 1 March)
+ //
+ // Please note that $leapyears becomes -1 for dates before 1 March 1900;
+ // this is not logical, but later we will add a day for Excel's
+ // phantasie leap day in 1900 without checking if the date is actually
+ // after 28 February 1900; so these two logic errors "neutralize"
+ // each other
+ if ($year%4==0 && $month<3) {
+ $leapyears--;
+ }
+
+ $days=365*($year-1900)+$leapyears-$nonleapyears+$nonnonleapyears;
+
+ for ($c=1;$c<$month;$c++) {
+ $days+=$monthdays[$c-1];
+ }
+
+ // Excel actually wants the days since 31 December 1899, not since
+ // 1 January 1900; this will also add this extra day
+ $days+=$day;
+
+ // Excel treats 1900 erroneously as a leap year, so we must
+ // add one day
+ //
+ // Please note that we DON'T have to check if the date is after
+ // 28 February 1900, because for such dates $leapyears is -1
+ // (see above)
+ $days++;
+
+ return (float)($days+($hour*3600+$minute*60+$second)/86400);
+}
+
+function xl_parse_time($time) {
+
+ if (preg_match('/(\d{1,2}):(\d\d):?((?:\d\d)(?:\.\d+)?)?(?:\s+)?(am|pm)?/i', $time, $reg)) {
+
+ $hours = $reg[1];
+ $minutes = $reg[2];
+ $seconds = $reg[3] || 0;
+ $meridian = strtolower($reg[4]) || '';
+
+ // Normalise midnight and midday
+ if ($hours == 12 && $meridian != '') {
+ $hours = 0;
+ }
+
+ // Add 12 hours to the pm times. Note: 12.00 pm has been set to 0.00.
+ if ($meridian == 'pm') {
+ $hours += 12;
+ }
+
+ // Calculate the time as a fraction of 24 hours in seconds
+ return (float)(($hours*3600+$minutes*60+$seconds)/86400);
+
+ } else {
+ return false; // Not a valid time string
+ }
+}
+
+/*
+ * Automagically converts almost any date/time string to an Excel date.
+ * This function will always only be as good as strtotime() is.
+ */
+function xl_parse_date($date) {
+
+ $unixtime=strtotime($date);
+
+ $year=date("Y", $unixtime);
+ $month=date("m", $unixtime);
+ $day=date("d", $unixtime);
+ $hour=date("H", $unixtime);
+ $minute=date("i", $unixtime);
+ $second=date("s", $unixtime);
+
+ // Convert to Excel date
+ return xl_date_list($year, $month, $day, $hour, $minute, $second);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Dummy function to be "compatible" to Spreadsheet::WriteExcel
+ */
+function xl_parse_date_init() {
+ // Erm... do nothing...
+ // strtotime() doesn't require anything to be initialized
+ // (do not ask me how to set the timezone...)
+}
+
+/*
+ * xl_decode_date_EU() and xl_decode_date_US() are mapped
+ * to xl_parse_date(); there seems to be no PHP function that
+ * differentiates between EU and US dates; I've never seen
+ * somebody using dd/mm/yyyy anyway, it always should be one of:
+ * - yyyy-mm-dd (international)
+ * - dd.mm.yyyy (european)
+ * - mm/dd/yyyy (english/US/british?)
+*/
+
+function xl_decode_date_EU($date) {
+ return xl_parse_date($date);
+}
+
+function xl_decode_date_US($date) {
+ return xl_parse_date($date);
+}
+
+function xl_date_1904($exceldate) {
+
+ if ($exceldate < 1462) {
+ // date is before 1904
+ $exceldate = 0;
+ } else {
+ $exceldate -= 1462;
+ }
+
+ return $exceldate;
+}
+
+?>