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Hello,

On https://www.phpdocx.com/documentation/cookbook/clone-blocks you can read how to work with blocks. Also please check the included samples in the package.

On https://www.phpdocx.com/documentation/snippets/clone-blocks-replacing-placeholders is explained how to clone blocks and replace placeholders.

About your code, the problem is that you are cloning and replacing its content. We recommend you to do it using two loops:

foreach ($names as $key => $item) {
  $docx->cloneBlock('NAME');
}

foreach ($names as $key => $item) {
  $docx->replaceVariableByHtml('name', 'block', $item);
}

And use the firstMatch option available in the replace methods.

Anyway, we recommend you to upgrade to phpdocx 8.2 that includes many improvements to work with blocks. If you upgrade to this version, feel free to send to contact[at]phpdocx your template and the dev team will generate a custom code to illustrate how to do it.

Regards.

Hello,

I am trying to achieve quite the same thing whitout success.

I have a basic template file :

$BLOCK_EXAMPLE$

Some not dynamic content.

Some dynamic content : $dynamic$

---

$BLOCK_EXAMPLE$

The cloning part works fine :

$datas = [];

for ($i=0;$i<5;$i++) {
    $docx->cloneBlock('EXAMPLE');
    $datas[] = 'number' . $i;
}

But the part where I try to populate all the differents $dynamic$ var with $datas doesn't :

foreach ($datas as $key => $item) {
    $docx->replaceVariableByHtml('dynamic', 'block', $item);
}

I end up with :

Some not dynamic content.

Some dynamic content : number0

---

(...)

---
Some not dynamic content.

Some dynamic content : number0

---

I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

And I couldn't find any example with blocks having dynamic content inside in them. I've only find examples with blocks and static content inside.

Thanks for your help.

Hello,

What version and license of phpdocx are you using?

Anyway, the code is working with the data you are adding. You are replacing all placeholders (with the same name):

$docx->replaceVariableByHtml('dynamic', 'block', $item);

with the same value. If you need to replace only the first one, you need to use the firstMatch option:

foreach ($datas as $key => $item) {
    $docx->replaceVariableByHtml('dynamic', 'block', $item, array('firstMatch' => true));
}

Using this option you can iterate an array, the first placeholder of the template is replaced, then the second one (as the first placeholder doesn't exist, this second placeholder is now the first occurrence) and so on.

Regards.

Thansk for your reply, it works with the "firstmatch" method.

However, I still have trouble on how to order the blocks.
Let's say I have this template :

$BLOCK_uppercase$

I AM UPPERCASE

$BLOCK_uppercase$

$BLOCK_lowercase$

i am lowercase

$BLOCK_lowercase$

With this code :

$docx->cloneBlock('uppercase',1);
$docx->cloneBlock('lowercase',2);
$docx->cloneBlock('uppercase',3);
$docx->cloneBlock('uppercase',4);
$docx->cloneBlock('lowercase',5);
$docx->cloneBlock('lowercase',6);

I end up with : 

I AM UPPERCASE
I AM UPPERCASE
I AM UPPERCASE
i am lowercase
i am lowercase
i am lowercase

Instead of :

I AM UPPERCASE
i am lowercase
I AM UPPERCASE
I AM UPPERCASE
i am lowercase
i am lowercase

I might be using the "occurrence" parameter in the wrong way, I don't know.

PS : Version 7 and an advanced licence.

Hello,

The occurrence option of cloneBlock is available since phpdocx 8.2 . phpdocx 7 doesn't include it, and using this version the block placeholders must be unique; phpdocx 8.2 removes this limitation.

You can upgrade your license on MY PHPDOCX page after login. On https://www.phpdocx.com/news/ you can read the features included in each new version.

Regards.