Fix#4695. PhpSpreadsheet has assumed that each Protected Range on a Worksheet is defined in the Xml using a single range. However, Excel itself will often combine ranges together. So, in the xml for the spreadsheet supplied with the issue, we see:
```xml
<protectedRange name="Champs_non_bloqués_2" sqref="B2:D4 J2:L4 F2:H4"/>
```
When inserting or deleting rows or columns, ReferenceHelper is used to adjust (among other things) Protected Ranges. The existing code (probably) works well enough if there is only one range in `sqref`, but fails to parse correctly and throws an Exception when there is more than one. It is replaced with a fairly straightforward manner of updating when rows/columns are inserted, and a slightly more convoluted manner of updating when rows/columns are deleted.
Fix#4696. Fix#917 (which had gone stale but is now reopened). Fix#916. People were receiving unexpected exceptions calling `Date::isDateTime($cell)`. 916 and 917 had been mostly resolved long ago by adding a numeric check on the contents of $cell. However, it turns out that the use of values with very large absolute values can cause Php DateTime to throw an exception, which is the problem with 4696, when it calls `Date::toExcelDateTimeObject` for a cell with a large integer value.
`Date::toExcelDateTimeObject` is coded to return a Php DateTime object. I don't see any reasonable non-breaking fix for that. People can always add try/catch if they are worried about that. However, `Date::isDateTime` can add an additional check and return `false` if this situation occurs. All 3 of the issues resolved by this PR mention isDateTime in their discussion; they are all fixed without additional coding changes by this.
An additional change is needed for `Cell::getFormattedValue` to avoid this problem. This is fixed in `Style::NumberFormatter::DateFormatter::format`.
PR #4687 corrected how Xls Writer generated its Dimensions records. We ignore the Dimensions record on read since it does not affect our processing in the slightest. However, the PR raises the possibility that someone might wish to see the data in the Dimensions record. (The PR did an adequate test for retrieving Dimensions data, but it is not generalizable.) To accommodate such a case, we add a new ListWorksheetDimensions function to Xls Reader, similar to ListWorksheetInfo. As luck would have it, the spreadsheet with which I tested the new function produced incorrect results for ListWorksheetInfo, which was ignoring XLS_TYPE_MULRK records. So I added the necessary code to fix ListWorksheetInfo as well.
The initial fix only converted column indices to 0-based, but overlooked
that row indices also need the same treatment per BIFF8 specification.
Changes:
- Convert firstRowIndex from 1-based to 0-based (subtract 1)
- Convert lastRowIndex from 1-based to 0-based (subtract 1)
- Update row capping logic for 65536 limit
- Fix test assertions to expect rwMic=0 and rwMac=5 (not 1 and 6)
- Enhanced documentation to clarify all DIMENSIONS indices are 0-based
This now matches the behavior observed in Excel-generated XLS files,
where a file with 3 rows × 5 columns shows: rwMic=0, rwMac=3, colMic=0, colMac=5
All tests pass (53 tests, 244 assertions).
Add proper type assertions to handle potential false returns:
- Assert file_get_contents() returns string, not false
- Assert strpos() returns int, not false
- Assert unpack() returns array, not false
This resolves all 7 PHPStan errors reported in CI while maintaining
test functionality (12 assertions, all passing).
This commit refines the BIFF8 DIMENSIONS record fix by:
1. **Optimized column index capping**: Replaced the if-statement with min()
function to ensure lastColumnIndex never exceeds 255, improving code
coverage and eliminating unreachable branches in unit tests.
2. **Added comprehensive unit tests**: Created DimensionsRecordTest.php which
directly parses the binary DIMENSIONS record (0x0200) from XLS files to
verify correct 0-based column indices.
The tests validate:
- colMic (first column) = 0 for column A (was incorrectly 1 before fix)
- colMac (last column + 1) uses proper 0-based indexing
- Column indices are correctly capped at 255 (BIFF8 limit)
These tests fail without the fix and pass with it, ensuring the DIMENSIONS
record is correctly written for compatibility with legacy XLS parsers that
expect 0-based column indices per the BIFF8 specification.
The XLS writer incorrectly used 1-based column indices in the BIFF8
DIMENSIONS record, violating the Microsoft Excel Binary File Format
specification which requires 0-based indices.
This bug caused an extra empty column to appear when converting XLS
files to other formats (e.g., CSV).
Changes:
- Modified column index initialization to subtract 1 from the result
of Coordinate::columnIndexFromString() to convert from 1-based to
0-based indexing
- Updated COLINFO loop to use the corrected 0-based lastColumnIndex
Per BIFF8 specification:
- colMic (first column) must be 0-based
- colMac (column after last column) must be 0-based
Example: For columns A-G (7 columns):
- Before: colMic=1, colMac=8 (incorrect)
- After: colMic=0, colMac=7 (correct)
Fixes#4682
oleibman
Robin van der Vliet
dependabot[bot]
Kacper Rowiński
gertdepagter
Nebojša Zlatanović