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replaceWordContent

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Replaces existing contents by a WordFragment.

Description

public replaceWordContent (WordFragment $wordFragment, array $referenceNode, [string $location, bool $forceAppend])

Parameters

wordFragment

WordFragment to be inserted.

referenceNode

An array to get the refence node.
The possible keys and values of this array are:

Key	Type	Description
type	string	* (all, default value), break, chart, endnote (content reference), footnote (content reference), image, math, paragraph (also for bookmarks, links and lists), section, shape, table, table-row, table-cell, table-cell-paragraph.
contains	string	Contains a text string.
occurrence	int or string	Exact occurrence (int) or range of contents (e.g.: 2..9, 2.., ..9) (string) or first() or last(). If empty iterate all elements.
attributes	array	Contains a specific attribute key and value.
parent	string	Main document body as default, allows to set any parent or a specific one. w:body (default), '/' (any parent) or any other specific parent (/w:tbl/, /w:tc/, /w:r/...).
target	string	Target content: document (default), header, footer.
reference	array	To be used with header and footer targets: positions (array) 1, 2... based on the sectPr contents order, sections (array) 1, 2..., types (array) first, even, default
customQuery	string	Custom xpath query, overwrites any other reference.

location

after (default), before, inlineBefore or inlineAfter. Inline locations don't create a new w:p and add the WordFragment before or after the referenceNode (only inline elements).

forceAppend

If true appends the WordFragment if the reference node could not be found (false as default).

Exceptions

Method not available.

Adding a wrong content.

Not valid location.

Code samples

Example #1

require_once 'classes/CreateDocx.php';

$docx = new CreateDocx();

$text = 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, ' .
    'sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut ' .
    'enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut' .
    'aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit ' .
    'in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. ' .
    'Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui ' .
    'officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.';

$paragraphOptions = array(
    'bold' => true,
    'font' => 'Arial',
);

$docx->addText($text, $paragraphOptions);

$text = 'Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem ' .
    'accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ' .
    'ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt ' .
    'explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut ' .
    'odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem ' .
    'sequi nesciunt.';

$docx->addText($text, $paragraphOptions);

$content = new WordFragment($docx, 'document');

$content->addText('New text.', array('fontSize' => 20, 'color' => '#0000ff'));

$referenceNode = array(
    'type' => 'paragraph',
    'contains' => 'Lorem',
);

$docx->replaceWordContent($content, $referenceNode);

$docx->createDocx('output');

Example #2

require_once 'classes/CreateDocx.php';

$docx = new CreateDocxFromTemplate('document.docx');

$content = new WordFragment($docx, 'document');

$valuesTable = array(
    array(
        'AAA',
        'BBB',
    ),
    array(
        'Text',
        'Text: More text',
    ),

);
$paramsTable = array(
    'border' => 'single',
    'tableAlign' => 'center',
    'borderWidth' => 10,
    'borderColor' => 'B70000',
    'textProperties' => array('bold' => true),
);
$content->addTable($valuesTable, $paramsTable);

$referenceNode = array(
    'type' => 'table',
    'occurrence' => 1,
);

$docx->replaceWordContent($content, $referenceNode);

$docx->createDocx('output');

Release notes

phpdocx 15.5:
- math type.

phpdocx 15.0:
- table-row, table-cell and table-cell-paragraph types.

phpdocx 12.0:
- improved working with multiple sections that contain multiple headers and footers.

phpdocx 9.5:
- header and footer targets.
- after, before, inlineBefore and inlineAfter locations.

phpdocx 7.0:
- range of elements, iterate all elements not only the first one, siblings.

phpdocx 6.0:
- new method.