Laravel and phpword possibilities

Question

I use laravel but I think this question is more about php word.

Is it possible with this package to export word with custom text at some points ?

For example, my word template contain three locations to change. So with phpword can I export this template with custom text at this three locations ?

Can I change only part of text or must I change all paragraph ?

Thank for you informations.

Answer 1

You can use the setValue() method to replace the text.

Depending on which version you are using, version 0.12.0 and up use \PhpOffice\PhpWord\TemplateProcessor

public function setValue($search, $replace, $limit = self::MAXIMUM_REPLACEMENTS_DEFAULT)
{
    if (is_array($search)) {
        foreach ($search as &$item) {
            $item = self::ensureMacroCompleted($item);
        }
    } else {
        $search = self::ensureMacroCompleted($search);
    }
    if (is_array($replace)) {
        foreach ($replace as &$item) {
            $item = self::ensureUtf8Encoded($item);
        }
    } else {
        $replace = self::ensureUtf8Encoded($replace);
    }
    if (Settings::isOutputEscapingEnabled()) {
        $xmlEscaper = new Xml();
        $replace = $xmlEscaper->escape($replace);
    }
    $this->tempDocumentHeaders = $this->setValueForPart($search, $replace, $this->tempDocumentHeaders, $limit);
    $this->tempDocumentMainPart = $this->setValueForPart($search, $replace, $this->tempDocumentMainPart, $limit);
    $this->tempDocumentFooters = $this->setValueForPart($search, $replace, $this->tempDocumentFooters, $limit);
}

Link to method -> https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/blob/develop/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php#L208

Before version 0.12.0 use \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Template

public function setValue($search, $replace, $limit = -1)
{
    foreach ($this->headerXMLs as $index => $headerXML) {
        $this->headerXMLs[$index] = $this->setValueForPart($this->headerXMLs[$index], $search, $replace, $limit);
    }
    $this->documentXML = $this->setValueForPart($this->documentXML, $search, $replace, $limit);
    foreach ($this->footerXMLs as $index => $headerXML) {
        $this->footerXMLs[$index] = $this->setValueForPart($this->footerXMLs[$index], $search, $replace, $limit);
    }
}

Link to method -> https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/blob/e35838f7d7928b2308df3f7f0ef6d49bf96f453c/src/PhpWord/Template.php#L131