We don’t update the web yet, but today is available for download (or update) the new version of PHPdocx. PHPdocx PRO 2.3 came with a lot of new features and options, some required by our users, others developed for expand the capabilities of the library.

But, What’s new?

• New HTML parser, more powerful and accurate: same results as Word exporting HTML
• Now you can embed RTF and .docx documents inside another document
• Merge of HTML, RTF and .docx documents on templates
• Customized bullets on list (dot, square, empty dot)
• Support for creation of newlines
• Now you can control the spacing between lines
• Advanced management of templates (text blocks)
• Checkbox support
• Shapes and Figures (basic)
• Now you can define the number of columns in a section of the document
• Method to retrieve variables given in a document
• Improved management of the temp folder used to generate .docx documents
• PHPdocx check now if the PHP installed version is correct to execute the library
• New examples

Also, in PHPdocx 2.2 we add OpenOffice Support. Now all the PHPdocx’s generated documents are compatible with OpenOficce. Note: OpenOffice has limited support to represent some features of .docx documents.

We actively in some developments that will expand the connectivity of the library included a system that reads a created template, identify all variables and construct a web form to make easy the generation of documents based on templates by non technnical users. Please, if you’re interested in this solution, contact us.

Some users ask for the use of PHPdocx as a service so we start to offer in the very next few days a new license that open PHPdocx to be used as Software as Service with affordable price and custom options. If you need “now” PHPdocx as SaaS, dont hesitate to contact us.

Today we launch a new version of PHPDocX with some new features and corrections of some small bugs.

In this new version you can find:

Existing users of PHPDocX could download this update from his profile page at www.phpdocx.com. New users can download the Free and PRO version through our download page.

Today we release a small update to both Free and PRO versions of PHPdocX that adds the necessary files to execute some of the examples included in the download of PHPdocX.

This update dont affect the code underliying on the library and the users that updated to 1.7 version dont need to update to PHPdocX 1.7.1 at all. Read the rest of this entry »

We are very proud to announce that PHPdocX 1.7 is available for download just now.

The new version corrects some problems and errors and brings new features as we move forward to what will be an important milestone in the development of PHPdocX, 2.0 version.

PHPdocX 1.7 solve some specific problems as the double space in the cells on tables or some problems with PHP 5.2.

This new version also adds new exciting features as templates with graphics and photos, creation of documents .docx on read mode, document creation and download directly from browser and the programmer can now choose the symbol to define arrays in templates. We also added Documentation for the public API.

PHPdocX maintains two versions: a free LGPL version with basic capabilities and a PRO version which keeps its price at $90.

This update is free for registered users of previous versions of PHPdocX, so you could login and download trough MyPHPdocX the new version of the library and don’t forget to check the new features in our comparison chart and read the new info on Documentation. Read the rest of this entry »

Today we launch a new version of PHPdocX with new features. We been very busy last weeks coding, testing and updating the library with some new characteristics and a major feature: now it’s possible create templates with placeholders to generate dynamic .docx documents.

Also, we made some aditions to PHPdocX 1.6: now you can use styled text into a cell on a table, text indenting with spaces (or tabs) and control over cell’s height on tables.

There are two new functions for tables and templates: fAddTable and fAddTemplate.

All this new stuff are only available on the PRO version, and with the download, you have a new set of examples that will help you with the all set of new features: check Table.php, Text_tabs_spaces.php and Template.php.

In fact, this new feature open a door to Mail Merge: Mail merge is a software function describing the production of multiple (and potentially large numbers of) documents from a single template form and a structured data source.This helps to create personalized letters and pre-addressed envelopes or mailing labels for mass mailings from a word processing document which contains fixed text, which will be the same in each output document, and variables, which act as placeholders that are replaced by text from the data source.

The new feature with text templates do this in a very easy and clever way opening a new use for PHPdocX never seen before.