Topic: Removewordcontent with type table-row

Posted by avandoorine · 20-08-2024 - 12:10

Hello.

I may have found a small issue ith the removeWordContent.

My need is to remove a table row base on some condition, so as a trial I did this code :

$referenceNode = array(
    'type' => 'table-row',
    'contains' => 'Bravo',
);

$docx->removeWordContent($referenceNode);

The goal is to remove table row if one of the cell contains Bravo. In my test file I have three rows with Alpha, Bravo and Charlie.

The issue is that it does not work, I can delete the complete table with the type set to table but the type table-row does not remove anythin.

I have found a workaround using the customQuery with this code

$referenceNode = array(
    'customQuery' => '//w:tbl/w:tr[contains(.,"Bravo")]',
);

$docx->removeWordContent($referenceNode);

But it seems to me that the first code should be working as well.

Posted by admin · 20-08-2024 - 12:20

Hello,

By default, the parent element of DOCXPath queries is the main document body (w:body) (unless a customQuery is used). If you want to query by any parent you need to set "/" as parent:

Main document body as default, allows to set any parent or a specific one. w:body (default), '/' (any parent) or any other specific parent (/w:tbl/, /w:tc/, /w:r/...).

From the sample DocxPath/removeWordContent/sample_9.php included in the package:

// get the reference node to be removed
$referenceNode = array(
    'type' => 'table-row',
    'parent' => '/',
    'occurrence' => 2,
);

// a custom query can also be used for more complex tasks
/*
$referenceNode = array(
    'customQuery' => '//w:tbl/w:tr[2]',
);
*/

$docx->removeWordContent($referenceNode);

Please try the following code with your DOCX:

$referenceNode = array(
    'type' => 'table-row',
    'parent' => '/',
    'contains' => 'Bravo',
);

$docx->removeWordContent($referenceNode);

Regards.

Posted by avandoorine · 21-08-2024 - 10:49

Thanks a lot it is working I had not really understod that option.

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