Hi, community!!
I am doing some formats with phpdocx v6. I use tables to place content, when I open the format in Microsoft Word it is displayed correctly, but when I open it in Google Docs the table loses the size of the cells.
In the same way, if I edit the file in Microsoft Word and then view it in Google Docs, it correctly maintains the size of the cells and all the formatting.
Is there a way to display the Word correctly once phpdocx creates it?
Hello,
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Regarding your question, MS Word supports auto sizes applied in tables, but other DOCX readers (such as Google Docs that has many limitations and doesn't support some contents and styles from the OOXML standard) don't support using auto sizes and the table output won't appear as expected. In this case, the best approach is applying fixed column sizes. You can do this using addTable (columnWidths table option):
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$options = array(
'columnWidths' => array(6000, 1500, 1500),
'border' => 'single',
);
$values = array(
array('Item A', '10', '11'),
array('Item B', '20', '21'),
array('Item C', '30', '31'),
array('Item D', '40', '41'),
);
$docx->addTable($values, $options);and embedHTML (width attribute) using attributes and inline styles:
$html = '<table border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="400">HTML A</td>
<td width="100">1A</td>
<td width="100">2A</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="400">HTML B</td>
<td width="100">1B</td>
<td width="100">2B</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="400">HTML C</td>
<td width="100">1C</td>
<td width="100">2C</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="400">HTML D</td>
<td width="100">1D</td>
<td width="100">2D</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>';
$docx->embedHTML($html);or using a style tag (the nth-of-type CSS selector used in this approach may not be supported by the old phpdocx 6 version):
$html = '
<style>
table {
width: 100%;
}
td:nth-of-type(1) {
width: 400px;
}
td {
width: 100px;
}
</style>
<table border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>HTML A</td>
<td>1A</td>
<td>2A</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>HTML B</td>
<td>1B</td>
<td>2B</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>HTML C</td>
<td>1C</td>
<td>2C</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>HTML D</td>
<td>1D</td>
<td>2D</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>';
$docx->embedHTML($html);Applying fixed widths is compatible with all DOCX readers.
Regards.
Thanks for your response, I will try to update the version and set the cell sizes to fixed.
One last question, if I update the library to the latest version, should I no longer set the fixed column values or should it also be done for this latest version?
Hello,
All phpdocx versions require using fixed column values to not use auto widths. If you don't set fixed column widths when creating a table, auto widths are used.
Regards.