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Posted by akhil · 15-07-2022 - 20:55

I wanted to check if the uploaded word document has macros in it. The document has the extension (.doc). How can I perform this using phpdocx?

Posted by admin · 16-07-2022 - 08:31

Hello,

Macros can be detected by phpdocx when using DOCX documents. In the case of the old DOC documents, maybe you can transform DOC to DOCX using the conversion plugin (https://www.phpdocx.com/api-documentation/format-conversion/convert-Word-docx-into-pdf-with-PHP) and then use phpdocx to check if the DOCX contains macros.

If you send to contact[at]phpdocx.com a DOC document sample you are using, we'll check it.

Regards.

Posted by akhil · 19-07-2022 - 14:18

Thank you. What method in phpdocx can be leveraged to detect macros in a DOCX file?

Posted by admin · 19-07-2022 - 14:32

Hello,

The easiest approach is using the getWordFiles method to check if the DOCX/DOCM file contains a macro file. For example:

$docx = new CreateDocxFromTemplate('fileMacros.docm');

$contentsVbaData = $docx->getWordFiles('word/vbaData.xml');
$contentsVbaProjectData = $docx->getWordFiles('word/vbaProject.bin');

if ($contentsVbaData || $contentsVbaProjectData) {
    echo 'Macro file found' . PHP_EOL;
}

Regards.