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    Posted by smaubian  · 27-10-2011 - 17:12

    Hello,

    I'm starting using phpdocx today and was not able to have it working using a template.
    What i did is creating a very simple template.docx file (few words) and then try to load it to a phpdocx element :

    [code]
    require_once(LIBPATH."/phpdoc/classes/CreateDocx.inc"); // where LIBPATH can be "../folder/"

    $template="./template.docx";
    if(!file_exists($template)) {
    $this->setError("class createDOC render : unable to load DOC template : $template. exiting",true);
    }

    $t=new CreateDocx();
    $t->addTemplate($template);
    $t->createDocxAndDownload('bouh.docx');
    [/code]


    And each time the result is an "empty" docx file. I do not understand what happen. Version 2.4 (pro), i have added my key to the 'code' file and am on the correct domain www/myphpdocxdomain.com/mypath/myFile.php



    any help / suggestion ?.



    Posted by admin  · 11-04-2013 - 12:13

    Hello,

    Please try included examples, if they run ok there're a problem related to the template otherwise check your server config.

    Regards.

    Posted by smaubian  · 11-04-2013 - 12:13

    So the issue is that i'm using a user (www-data) to run apache and when i use the createDocxAndDownload() it's just not working. If i create a folder (with full access to user www-data) and use createDocx command it works.

    I think this is related to the usage of tmp folders because i can see your files in /tmp created by user www-data but when i'm requested to download the file this is an empty one.

    I will investigate later as i do not plan to create the file on the server , i just need a passthrough

    Posted by smaubian  · 11-04-2013 - 12:13

    Just looked at the source this morning,


    You are always using the system defined temp Dir.

    Just as a matter of improvement adding in the settings the ability to force the tmp folder path (or a method : setTempDir() ) can be usefull as in some cases the system temp dir is not the best place to use.

    Posted by admin  · 11-04-2013 - 12:13

    Hello,

    We aim to add that new setting.

    Regards.