diff --git a/includes/PHPExcel-1.8.1/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/Excel2003XML.php b/includes/PHPExcel-1.8.1/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/Excel2003XML.php
index 851eaab1..0cea0291 100644
--- a/includes/PHPExcel-1.8.1/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/Excel2003XML.php
+++ b/includes/PHPExcel-1.8.1/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/Excel2003XML.php
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public function canRead($pFilename)
 		// Open file
 		$this->_openFile($pFilename);
 		$fileHandle = $this->_fileHandle;
-		
+
 		// Read sample data (first 2 KB will do)
 		$data = fread($fileHandle, 2048);
 		fclose($fileHandle);
@@ -702,12 +702,12 @@ public function loadIntoExisting($pFilename, PHPExcel $objPHPExcel)
 												//	Empty R reference is the current row
 												if ($rowReference == '') $rowReference = $rowID;
 												//	Bracketed R references are relative to the current row
-												if ($rowReference{0} == '[') $rowReference = $rowID + trim($rowReference,'[]');
+												if ($rowReference[0] == '[') $rowReference = $rowID + trim($rowReference,'[]');
 												$columnReference = $cellReference[4][0];
 												//	Empty C reference is the current column
 												if ($columnReference == '') $columnReference = $columnNumber;
 												//	Bracketed C references are relative to the current column
-												if ($columnReference{0} == '[') $columnReference = $columnNumber + trim($columnReference,'[]');
+												if ($columnReference[0] == '[') $columnReference = $columnNumber + trim($columnReference,'[]');
 												$A1CellReference = PHPExcel_Cell::stringFromColumnIndex($columnReference-1).$rowReference;
 													$value = substr_replace($value,$A1CellReference,$cellReference[0][1],strlen($cellReference[0][0]));
 											}