Formula Error when using COUNTIF?

[roland-jungwirth]

This is:

- [X] a bug report
- [ ] a feature request
- [ ] **not** a usage question (ask them on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/phpspreadsheet or https://gitter.im/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet)

What is the expected behavior?

When using the formula =COUNTIF(A1:A19;$D1), the cell's value should calculate the number of times a value occurs in a range.

What is the current behavior?

The error "Formula Error: An unexpected error occurred".

What are the steps to reproduce?

Please provide a Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example of code that exhibits the issue without relying on an external Excel file or a web server:

<?php

require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
$test_numbers = array( 41, 57, 51, 54, 49, 43, 35, 35, 44, 47, 48, 26, 57, 34, 61, 34, 28, 29, 41 );

// Set the headers to force a download of the Excel file
header( 'Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel' );
header( 'Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="test.xlsx"' );
header( 'Cache-Control: max-age=0' );

$spreadsheet = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Spreadsheet();

$columnArray = array_chunk( $test_numbers, 1 );
$spreadsheet->setActiveSheetIndex( 0 )->fromArray( $columnArray, 'A1' );

$spreadsheet->setActiveSheetIndex( 0 )->setCellValue( 'C1', '=COUNTIF(A1:A19;$D1)' );
$spreadsheet->setActiveSheetIndex( 0 )->setCellValue( 'D1', 41 );

// Create a writer and send the Excel file to the browser
$writer = new Xlsx( $spreadsheet );

ob_end_clean();
$writer->setIncludeCharts( TRUE );

$writer->save( 'php://output' );

If this is an issue with reading a specific spreadsheet file, then it may be appropriate to provide a sample file that demonstrates the problem; but please keep it as small as possible, and sanitize any confidential information before uploading.

What features do you think are causing the issue

• Reader
• Writer
• Styles
• Data Validations
• Formula Calculations
• Charts
• AutoFilter
• Form Elements

Does an issue affect all spreadsheet file formats? If not, which formats are affected?

Only tested with xlsx.

Which versions of PhpSpreadsheet and PHP are affected?

PHP 8.1, PhpSpreadsheet: whatever this version is: #3767

[oleibman]

$spreadsheet->setActiveSheetIndex( 0 )->setCellValue( 'C1', '=COUNTIF(A1:A19,$D1)' );

We are expecting a comma separator, not a semicolon, between A1:A19 and $D1.

[roland-jungwirth]

Ah, that makes sense.