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I have a docx file to use as a templet. It has 3 placeholders $ALFA$, $BRAVO$ and $CHARLIE$ mixed in with some text.

My script looks like this:

$pathtolib="../../lib/";
require_once($pathtolib."phpdocx/classes/CreateDocx.inc");
$docx = new CreateDocxFromTemplate($pathtolib.'phpdocx/templates/testmal3_2.docx');
$docx->replaceVariableByText(array('ALFA' => 'John Smith'));
$docx->replaceVariableByText(array('BRAVO' => 'Something here'));
$docx->replaceVariableByText(array('CHARLIE' => 'Be happy'));
$docx->createDocx('output/t3');

In the outputed docx-file BRAVO and CHARLIE have been substituted fine, but ALFA have not been replaced. In stead where it said $ALFA$ in the template, it now reads: ALFAA$

If I change the order in my code to replace BRAVO before ALFA, the code looks like this:

require_once("../../lib/phpdocx/classes/CreateDocx.inc");
$docx = new CreateDocxFromTemplate('../../lib/phpdocx/templates/kortmal.docx');
$docx->replaceVariableByText(array('BRAVO' => 'Something here'));
$docx->replaceVariableByText(array('ALFA' => 'John Smith'));
$docx->replaceVariableByText(array('CHARLIE' => 'Be happy'));
$docx->createDocx('output/t5');
echo "phpdocxtest<br>";

Now $ALFA$ and $CHARLIE$ are replaced perfectly, but $BRAVO$ is not replaced, but changed to: BRAVOO$

I have tried many variants, and I have made several templates with different content, some extremely simple with just a few words in addition to the variables. No matter what I do it seems the first replace always fails, while all the others work fine. I tried one with 10 replacements, and pictures, header, footer, tables and pictures in the templates. All replacements but the first one worked fine.

Any suggestions to how I can make the first replacement work would be greatly appreciated.

Yours,
Lars Olav Tveito