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    Replace variable with page number as merge field
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    Posted by ceff  · 06-07-2022 - 07:50

    Hello,

    We are trying to replace a variable inside a DOCX template with the page number of the document.
    We tried the following code:

    $pageNumberFragment = new WordFragment($this->docx, "defaultFooter");
$pageNumberFragment->addPageNumber();
$this->docx->replaceVariableByWordFragment([
    "pageNumber" => $pageNumberFragment
], [
    "target" => "footer",
    "type" => "inline"
]);

    But the resulting DOCX does not have a merge field, ony a "1" simple text.

    Is this a limitation of our phpdocx version, or are we doing something wrong?
    We have the advanced license for 7.5.

    Thank you in advance.