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    Mergedocx() function - merging generate blank document
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    Posted by fairshareitservices  · 10-04-2024 - 07:28

    We are using the below code to merge 3 documents. But BLANK output file is created in the output folder. We are using the premium version. 

    <?php
    proc_nice(-20);

    require 'fs_configuration.php';

    $phpdocxFolderName = Configuration::getPhpdocxLibFolderName();

    //PHPDocx import
    require_once "$phpdocxFolderName/classes/CreateDocx.php";
    require_once "$phpdocxFolderName/classes/MultiMerge.php";

    // Error reporting
    ini_set('display_errors', 1);
    ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1);
    error_reporting(E_ALL);

    // File paths
    $INPUT_DIRECTORY = 'fs_raw_file_input/';
    $OUTPUT_DIRECTORY = 'fs_raw_file_output/';
    $INPUT_FILE1 = 'Doc1.docx';
    $INPUT_FILE2 = 'Doc2.docx';
    $INPUT_FILE3 = 'Doc3.docx';
    $OUTPUT_FILE = 'output.docx';

    startConversion();

    function startConversion(){
        echo "Inside startConversion\n";
        global $INPUT_DIRECTORY, $INPUT_FILE1, $OUTPUT_DIRECTORY, $OUTPUT_FILE, $INPUT_FILE2, $INPUT_FILE3;

        $docx = new CreateDocx();
        $merge = new MultiMerge();

        // Check if input files exist
        if (!file_exists($INPUT_DIRECTORY . $INPUT_FILE1) || !file_exists($INPUT_DIRECTORY . $INPUT_FILE2) || !file_exists($INPUT_DIRECTORY . $INPUT_FILE3)) {
            echo "Input files not found\n";
            return;
        }

        // Merge files
        $mergeResult = $merge->mergeDocx($INPUT_DIRECTORY . $INPUT_FILE1, array($INPUT_DIRECTORY . $INPUT_FILE2,$INPUT_DIRECTORY . $INPUT_FILE3), $OUTPUT_DIRECTORY . $OUTPUT_FILE, array('mergeType' => 1));
        
        if ($mergeResult) {
            echo "Merge successful\n";
        } else {
            echo "Merge failed\n";
            return;
        }

        // Check if output file exists
        if (!file_exists($OUTPUT_DIRECTORY . $OUTPUT_FILE)) {
            echo "Output file not created\n";
            return;
        }

        // Save the modified document to a new file
        $output_file_path = $OUTPUT_DIRECTORY . $OUTPUT_FILE;
        $docx->createDocx($output_file_path);

        echo "Conversion completed\n";
    }
    ?>
     

     

    Posted by admin  · 10-04-2024 - 07:55

    Hello,

    We recommend you check and run the samples available in the package and the API documentation pages. And also read the available documentation.

    For example, from the mergeDocx API documentation (https://www.phpdocx.com/api-documentation/docxutilities/merge-Word-documents-with-PHP). The signature of the method:

    public mergeDocx (string $firstDocument, array $documentArray, string $finalDocument, array $options)

    A sample using it:

    $merge = new MultiMerge();

$merge->mergeDocx('document.docx', array('second.docx', 'other.docx'), 'output.docx', array());

    The mergeDocx method generates the output.docx file with DOCX merged. Please checn and run the samples included in the package.

    In your code, you are merging DOCX documents:

    $mergeResult = $merge->mergeDocx($INPUT_DIRECTORY . $INPUT_FILE1, array($INPUT_DIRECTORY . $INPUT_FILE2,$INPUT_DIRECTORY . $INPUT_FILE3), $OUTPUT_DIRECTORY . $OUTPUT_FILE, array('mergeType' => 1));

    and then you are saving a DOCX with the same file name, so your code overwrites the file generated with mergeDocx:

    $output_file_path = $OUTPUT_DIRECTORY . $OUTPUT_FILE;
$docx->createDocx($output_file_path);

    As your code hasn't added any content to $docx, an empty document is created.

    We also recommend you debug if your code can read and generate all needed files. If you send to contact[at]phpdocx.com the files you are merging we'll test them using mergeDocx.

    Regards.

    Posted by fairshareitservices  · 11-04-2024 - 10:16

    Thank you. Now documents get merged. We want to save the merge document as a pdf. How can we do this?