PHPWord corrupted file?

Question

My basic PHPWord setup is working.

This is my code:

    <?php
  require_once 'PhpWord/Autoloader.php';
    \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Autoloader::register();



    function getEndingNotes($writers)
{
    $result = '';
    // Do not show execution time for index
    if (!IS_INDEX) {
        $result .= date('H:i:s') . " Done writing file(s)" . EOL;
        $result .= date('H:i:s') . " Peak memory usage: " . (memory_get_peak_usage(true) / 1024 / 1024) . " MB" . EOL;
    }
    // Return
    if (CLI) {
        $result .= 'The results are stored in the "results" subdirectory.' . EOL;
    } else {
        if (!IS_INDEX) {
            $types = array_values($writers);
            $result .= '<p>&nbsp;</p>';
            $result .= '<p>Results: ';
            foreach ($types as $type) {
                if (!is_null($type)) {
                    $resultFile = 'results/' . SCRIPT_FILENAME . '.' . $type;
                    if (file_exists($resultFile)) {
                        $result .= "<a href='{$resultFile}' class='btn btn-primary'>{$type}</a> ";
                    }
                }
            }
            $result .= '</p>';
        }
    }
    return $result;
}
// Template processor instance creation
$templateProcessor = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\TemplateProcessor('template.docx');


// Variables on different parts of document
//$templateProcessor->setValue('vorname', htmlspecialchars('John')); // On section/content
//$templateProcessor->setValue('nachname', htmlspecialchars('Doe')); // On footer
//$templateProcessor->setValue('funktion', htmlspecialchars('Manager'));


// Simple table
$templateProcessor->cloneRow('rowValue', 10);

//clone our things
// Will clone everything between ${tag} and ${/tag}, the number of times. By default, 1.
$templateProcessor->cloneBlock('CLONEME', 5);


//delete things
// Everything between ${tag} and ${/tag}, will be deleted/erased.
$templateProcessor->deleteBlock('DELETEME');



// Saving the document as OOXML file...
$temp_file = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'PHPWord');
ob_clean();
$templateProcessor->saveAs($temp_file);
getEndingNotes(array('Word2007' => 'docx'));


header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='cv.docx'");
readfile($temp_file); // or echo file_get_contents($temp_file);
unlink($temp_file);  // remove temp file
?>

it works well for this Word file.

However when I change something in my word file PHPWord delivers a corupted file. It has something to do with XML Errors. My question is, how can I edit my word file and get a perfectly working file without errors? Is there a tool to fix XML?

Answer 1

I found an answer, while editing the word file word inserts different xml elements between words. I had to edit the file manually in an editor making sure the replace values were not seperated by tags.