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    Posted by rstoeber  · 06-06-2021 - 19:13

    I have been using replaceVariableByText on the document body with no problem. For the first time today I have a Word document with a "variable" in the footer, and it wasn't replaced. Reading the documenation (always a good idea) I see that I have to specify the footer, or header, specifically as a target for the replacement.

    The question is, can I combine multiple targets in a single statement, or do I have to have to execute replaceVariableByText 3 separate times to replace in the header, body and footer?

     

    Posted by admin  · 06-06-2021 - 19:54

    Hello,

    Please check the documentation available on https://www.phpdocx.com/documentation/cookbook/replace-placeholders-targets. The target option allows setting a single value, but you can replace all targets adding just two lines:

    foreach (array('document', 'header', 'footer', 'footnote', 'endnote', 'comment') as $target) {
  $docx->replaceVariableByText($variables, array('target' => $target));
}

    Regards.

    Posted by rstoeber  · 06-06-2021 - 20:23

    Thank you. That works.