Template setValue

[ngocketit]

Hi,

I'm new to PhpWord and am using this awesome library for one project. I need to make a template file and replace some info with data from user input. I use TemplateProcessor and the code looks something like so:

templateProcessor = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\TemplateProcessor($template_file); $templateProcessor->setValue('firstname', $data['firstname']); $templateProcessor->setValue('lastname', $data['lastname']); $templateProcessor->saveAs('/tmp/filled.docx');
This, however, doesn't work as I expected. The Word file is a very simple file with a couple of lines inform of Key: Value. For example:

First name: firstname
Last name: lastname

The keys need to be replaced with real data from user input. There are a couple of things that I need your help:

1. What should be the first parameter in setValue(). I suppose it's a word variable, right or can it be a piece of text?
2. I'm using Word for Mac, how can I add a variable that can be used in setValue()? I can't seem to find any ways of doing that. On Mac, it has only things like AutoText, Field. I tried them all but none works.

Thank you!

[ngocketit]

Never mind. I got it work now. So basically a template can be whatever docx document and setValue is just about replacing a piece of text. The text, however, has to be in the format ${text}. It's this important detail that I forgot.

[haekalbp]

can you teach me bro how u do it?