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Method Description
addRow( $ contents , $ attrs , Adds a row of cells to the table.
$ type , $ inTR , $ body )
$ contents holds the row data as an indexed array,

where each element is the data for a single cell. The
optional $ attrs argument contains attributes to

apply to the row, and the optional type argument
$

can be either “ th ” (for header cells) or “ td ” (for
data cells) — the default is “ td ”. Set the optional
$ inTR argument to true to apply the attributes to

the tr element rather than the td/th elements (the
default). Finally, if you ’ re using tbody elements,

specify the tbody group number as the $ body
argument. (Use addBody() to add a new table body —
see the online documentation for details.)
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addCol( $ contents $ attrs Adds a column of cells. The parameters work in the
$ type $ body ) same way as addRow() .
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altRowAttributes( $ start , Allows you to set different attributes for every other
$ attrs1 $ attrs2 $ inTR $ body ) table row, so you can create alternating row styles.
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$ start is the index of the row to start alternating,
and $ attrs1 and $ attrs2 are associative arrays or
strings holding the attributes to apply to each
alternate row. The optional $ inTR and $ body

arguments work in the same way as those in
addRow() .
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setCellContents( $ row $ col Allows you to set or change the contents of an
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$ contents $ type $ body ) arbitrary cell in the table. The cell is specified by
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$ row and $ col (numeric indices starting from zero),
and $ contents contains the string to place in the

cell. The optional $ type and $ body arguments work

in the same way as those in addRow() .
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setHeaderContents( $ row $ col , Allows you to set or change a header cell. Works in a
$ contents $ body ) similar way to setCellContents() .
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setAutoGrow( $ grow $ body ) With $ grow set to true , auto - grow is enabled. This
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means that, whenever you use setCellContents()
or setHeaderContents() to populate non - existent
cells, empty cells are created as necessary to fill in
the gap between the existing cells and the new cells.
The default value for $ grow is false. The optional

$ body argument works like its counterpart in

addRow() .
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