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    Posted by s.montanarella  · 09-11-2021 - 09:01

    Hi',

    I've this html structure:

    <table id="tab1">
...
</table>
<table id="tab2">
...
</table>

    I tried also to wrap both tables in a single p tag or every single table in a p tag, but result doesn't change.

    Inside the resulting docx a paragraph is added between the tables, in xml I've this:

        </w:tbl>
    <w:p/>
    <w:tbl>

    instead of this (manually modified in the docx after exporting):

    </w:tbl>
<w:tbl>

    How can I achieve this?

     

    Thanks, Federico

    Posted by admin  · 09-11-2021 - 09:39

    Hello,

    OOXML specifications require that at least one content must exist between tables. It's a MS Word requirement and it can't be avoided; if you don't add at least a paragraph between two existing tables a corrupted message may appear when the document is opened. That's the reason because phpdocx adds that empty paragraph (<w:p/>) automatically if no other content exists between two tables.

    You can add a paragraph with the minimum space between tables. Please check the documentation available on https://www.phpdocx.com/documentation/snippets/tables-without-spacing-between-them. The same can be done using HTML methods.

    Regards.

    Posted by s.montanarella  · 09-11-2021 - 10:58

    Thank you for the reply,

    It doesn't seems like that. In MS Word I can create two tables without a paragraph in the middle and this is confirmed by the document.xml inside it (I have not modify directly the document.xml); the code that I quoted is copied and pasted from it. So it seems possibile!

    I tried your solutions and it works, it's just a little bit odd because, obviously, inside the docx this paragraph is visible, without it would be cleaner

    Thanks, Federico

    Posted by admin  · 09-11-2021 - 13:22

    Hello,

    This requirement (adding at least one content between tables) is needed to follow OOXML specifications, otherwise a corruption message may appear (maybe some specific revisions of MS Word doesn't display it). It we generate two tables without adding at least a paragraph appears an error using MS Word 2007, MS Word 2010, MS Word 2013... and other DOCX readers. When you move a table after other table, the tables are merged into a single table in almost all cases.

    Please use the recommended approach.

    Regards.