Topic: Replace variable with page number as merge field

Posted by ceff · 06-07-2022 - 07:50

Hello,

We are trying to replace a variable inside a DOCX template with the page number of the document.
We tried the following code:

$pageNumberFragment = new WordFragment($this->docx, "defaultFooter");
$pageNumberFragment->addPageNumber();
$this->docx->replaceVariableByWordFragment([
    "pageNumber" => $pageNumberFragment
], [
    "target" => "footer",
    "type" => "inline"
]);

But the resulting DOCX does not have a merge field, ony a "1" simple text.

Is this a limitation of our phpdocx version, or are we doing something wrong?
We have the advanced license for 7.5.

Thank you in advance.

Posted by admin · 06-07-2022 - 08:22

Hello,

Yes, it's a limitation of the old version you are using. We recommend you upgrade to the latest release; you can test this same method using the trial package (https://www.phpdocx.com/download_trial) before upgrading.

Using phpdocx 7, to keep the field tags included in addPageNumber you need to do a block type replacement instead on the inline type replacement your code is using:

"type" => "block"

Regards.

Posted by ceff · 06-07-2022 - 09:26

I see. Thank you for your anwer, I will look into this.

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