Format::setAlign

Format::setAlign – Set cell alignment.

Synopsis

require_once "Spreadsheet/Excel/Writer.php";

void Format::setAlign ( string $location )

Description

Set cell alignment.

Parameter

  • string $location - alignment for the cell

    Horizontal Alignments (pick one): left, center, right, fill, justify, merge, equal_space.

    Vertical Alignments (pick one): top, vcenter, bottom, vjustify, vequal_space.

    To implement a combination of Horizontal and Vertical Alignments, call this method two times.

Note

This function can not be called statically.

Example

Using setAlign()

<?php
require_once 'Spreadsheet/Excel/Writer.php';

$workbook = new Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer();
$worksheet =& $workbook->addWorksheet();

// put text at the top
$format_top =& $workbook->addFormat();
$format_top->setAlign('top');
$format_top->setTextWrap(1);

// center the text horizontally
$format_center =& $workbook->addFormat();
$format_center->setAlign('center');

// put text at the top and center it horizontally
$format_top_center =& $workbook->addFormat();
$format_top_center->setAlign('top');
$format_top_center->setAlign('center');

$worksheet->write(00'On top of the world!',
                  
$format_top);
$worksheet->write(10'c'$format_center);
$worksheet->write(20'tc'$format_top_center);

$workbook->send('align.xls');
$workbook->close();
?>