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    Posted by nicolas  · 26-04-2011 - 22:14

    Hi,

    First, thanks for this API, it is so usefull :)
    However, an important function isn't present. Indeed, we can not merge templates. For instance, the following code only import the last template in the document generated by the API:

    [code]<?php

    require_once '../../classes/CreateDocx.inc';

    $docx = new CreateDocx();

    $docx->addTemplate('template1.docx');
    $docx->addTemplateVariable('var1', 'value1');

    $docx->addTemplate('template2.docx');
    $docx->addTemplateVariable('var2', 'value2');

    $docx->createDocx('testdoc.docx');

    ?>[/code]

    Is there a solution to merge templates or add text after (or before) a template ?

    [code]<?php

    require_once '../../classes/CreateDocx.inc';

    $docx = new CreateDocx();

    $docx->addTemplate('template1.docx');
    $docx->addTemplateVariable('var1', 'value1');

    $text = 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, ' .
    'sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut ' .
    'enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut' .
    'aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit ' .
    'in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. ' .
    'Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui ' .
    'officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.';

    $paramsText = array(
    'b' => 'single',
    'font' => 'Arial'
    );

    $docx->addText($text, $paramsText);

    $docx->createDocx('testdoc.docx');

    ?>[/code]

    Only the template is generated, not the text.

    Best regards,

    Posted by snowpowa  · 11-04-2013 - 12:12

    That's sad if it doesn't support multiple templates. :(

    Posted by dataassociates  · 11-04-2013 - 12:12

    Did you get any response here?

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

    Hello,

    A next version of phpdocx will include template merge feature. We're testing merging and is working really fine but we need to do more testing before releasing.
    We're working with a new HTML to DOCX converter that has a lot of new features.

    Regards.

    Posted by nicolas  · 11-04-2013 - 12:12

    Hi,

    Indeed, PHPDOCX 2.3 can insert DOCX document inside another:
    [code]$docx->addDOCX('../files/Text.docx');[/code]

    However, it is not possible to add a DOCX template inside the DOCX document that we are developping :'(
    I tried :
    [code]
    $docx = new CreateDocx();
    $docx->setEncodeUTF8();
    $docx->addText(’First content’);
    $docx->addDOCX('template_test.docx');
    $docx->addTemplateVariable('VAR1', 'value1');
    $docx->addTemplateVariable('VAR2', 'value2');
    $docx->addTemplateVariable('VAR3', 'Value3);
    $docx->addText(’Second content’);[/code]
    but the template variables are not replaced.

    I also tried:
    [code]
    $docx = new CreateDocx();
    $docx->setEncodeUTF8();
    $docx->addText(’First content’);
    $docx->addTemplate('template_test.docx');
    $docx->addTemplateVariable('VAR1', 'value1');
    $docx->addTemplateVariable('VAR2', 'value2');
    $docx->addTemplateVariable('VAR3', 'Value3);
    $docx->addText(’Second content’);[/code]

    The template variables are well replaced but only the DOCX template is present in the current DOCX document we are developping...

    Any help would be appreciated