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Prevent break tables using HTML

In order to prevent a table to be split in several pages it is required to apply the page-break-inside and page-break-after styles to all of its contents. This trick works unless the table occupies more space than a full page.

$html = '
<table border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="600">
    <tbody>
        <tr width="600">
            <td><p style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;">1_1</p></td>
            <td rowspan="3" colspan="2"><p style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;">1_2</p></td>
        </tr>
        <tr width="600">
            <td><p style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;">Some random text.</p></td>
        </tr>
        <tr width="600">
            <td>
                <ul>
                    <li style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;">One</li>
                    <li style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;">Two <b>and a half</b></li>
                </ul>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr width="600">
            <td><p style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;">3_2</p></td>
            <td><p style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;">3_3</p></td>
            <td><p style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;">3_3</p></td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>';
$docx->embedHTML($html);

Internal or external CSS can be used to apply the same styles:

$html = '
<style>
    table p, table li {
        page-break-inside: avoid;
        page-break-after: avoid;
    }
</style>
<table border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="600">
    <tbody>
        <tr width="600">
            <td><p>1_1</p></td>
            <td rowspan="3" colspan="2"><p>1_2</p></td>
        </tr>
        <tr width="600">
            <td><p>Some random text.</p></td>
        </tr>
        <tr width="600">
            <td>
                <ul>
                    <li>One</li>
                    <li>Two <b>and a half</b></li>
                </ul>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr width="600">
            <td><p>3_2</p></td>
            <td><p>3_3</p></td>
            <td><p>3_3</p></td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>';
$docx->embedHTML($html);

It is also possible to use custom styles.