import multiple docx templates into the same document

[SergeC]

described here http://phpword.codeplex.com/discussions/316482

Also add function to merge multiple docx files into one docx. description here https://www.phpdocx.com/documentation/cookbook/merge-docx-documents

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[barryvdh]

I would also like to import a template, just for one section (for generating multiple invoices in 1 file)

[SergeC]

it sounds like project is dead.

[barryvdh]

Do you know of an active fork or good alternative?
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[ivanlanin]

Well, looks like the project is alive again :) Once the reader is build (see #70), your need is easier to implement. @Progi1984, shouldn't we put this to 0.8?

[ivanlanin]

Or 0.7.7 :)

[Progi1984]

Moved to the version 0.7.7 😉

[ghost]

Please, assign it to me.

[andrew-kzoo]

Thank you! 👍

[ivanlanin]

@Progi1984 Can we start assigning issues? I see that you've assigned some issues to you. We also love to have assignments :) I think @RomanSyroeshko is interested in this one.

[gabrielbull]

Can't assign to people not in the team, maybe you could request @Progi1984 to be part of the team

[ivanlanin]

Ah, I see. Ok. Thanks. I'll submit the request.

[Progi1984]

@RomanSyroeshko assigned

[Ehaver282]

Has there been any progress with copying a template to new section in the same document?

[Worst45]

I managed to import some Docx content by playing with AbstractContainer.php. The goal is to integrate our new elements to private variable AbstractContainer::$elements.

For this, I needed to add a new public method, that would take an imported element and:

• reassign current PhpWord as parent container,
• walk on all sub-elements to reassign indexes and ids

In AbstractContainer.php:

public function addElementsFromAnotherPhpWord(array $elements) {
    $count = count($elements);
    for ($i = 0; $i < $count; ++$i) {
        $element = $elements[$i];
        $element->setParentContainer($this);
        $this->reassignElementProperties($this, $element);
        $this->elements[] = $element;
    }
}
protected function reassignElementProperties($parent, $element) {
    // Set parent container (code from addElement() )
    $element->setParentContainer($parent);
    $element->setElementIndex($parent->countElements() + 1);
    $element->setElementId();

    // Recursive on sub-elements
    $count = count($element->elements);
    for ($i = 0; $i < $count; ++$i) {
        $this->reassignElementProperties($element, $element->elements[$i]);
    }
}

To call the method:

$PHPWord = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord();
$section = $PHPWord->addSection();

$docImport = \PhpOffice\PhpWord\IOFactory::load('/absolute/path.docx');
$sectionsImport = $docImport->getSections();
$sectionsCount = count($sectionsImport);
for ($iSection = 0; $iSection < $sectionsCount; ++$iSection) {
    $curSection = $sectionsImport[$iSection];
    $elements = $curSection->getElements();
    $section->addElementsFromAnotherPhpWord($elements);
}

I share this as a first guess on how the import could be done. This is not perfect at all! This does not for example reassign global styles ids. You will only have 'paragraph' styles.

[arcanedev-maroc]

I'm still waiting for this feature since 2014 😭

[fbraz3]

+1

[itnolimit]

+1

[n-osennij]

+1

[ProdigyMaster]

+1

[nickshatilo]

+1

[georgeenciu]

+1

[kisabelle]

+1

[gruessung]

+1

[BeachyHeadCode]

+1

[ivanfr90]

+1

[xenofx]

+1

[Apteryks]

Thanks for sharing this! I thought I was about to get away with defining these two procedures locally:

/**
 * Attach elements of a different PhpWord object to a container
 * object.
 *
 * @param \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\AbstractElement
 * @param array \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\AbstractElement
 */
// Adapted from: https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/issues/8#issuecomment-243126241.
function addElementsFromAnotherPhpWord($parent, array $elements) {
    foreach ($elements as $element) {
        reassignElementProperties($parent, $element);
        $parent->elements[] = $element;
    }
}

/**
 * Recursively adjust the parent containers of an element.
 *
 * @param \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\AbstractElement
 * @param array(\PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\AbstractElement)
 */
// Adapted from: https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/issues/8#issuecomment-243126241.
function reassignElementProperties($parent, $element) {
    // Set parent container (similar to what
    // AbstractElement::addElement, a protected method, does).
    $element->setParentContainer($parent);
    $element->setElementIndex($parent->countElements() + 1);
    $element->setElementId();

    // Recurse sub-elements.
    foreach ($element->elements() as $child) {
        reassignElementProperties($element, $child);
    }
}

But it turns out that this doesn't fly because the elements property of the AbstractElements is private, so elements cannot be added with $parent->elements[] = $element. Another failed experiment I conducted was this:

function addElementsToSection($section, array $elements) {
    foreach ($elements as $element) {
        reassignElementProperties($section, $element);
        // The elements array is protected... so workaround this by
        // inserting a new paragraph element and overriding that fresh
        // element with ours.
        $new_element = $section->addText('dummy');
        $new_element = $element;
    }
}

Thinking I may be able to mutate the element object. That also didn't have the intended effect (the document would contain 'dummy' paragraphs rather than the $element I thought I had overridden it with). Perhaps that's still possible somehow? I'm no PHP programmer.

[n-osennij]

+1