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PHPdocx 2.3 and HTML insertion: compatibility issues with generated documents

Posted by admin
at August 26, 2011

To render HTML in a docx document generated with PHPdocx we use a documented tag called <altchunk> that permits to add content to a docx document (rtf, HTML, more …) to a word document. This tag permits that the Word’s own render engine can read and show properly this kind of content to the user.

The problem is that not every version of Word that support docx documents have support for <altchunk> and this is not an issue of PHPdocx: it’s a decision of Microsoft.

At this point,Open Office, Office for Windows 2003 with compatibility Pack and Office for Mac 2008 don´t have support for <altchunk> so any document created with any utility that use <altchunk> can render it properly (and give some error advice when is opened).

Office 2007 for Windows or higher and Office for Mac 2011 have support for <altchunk>.

But there will be a solution to add, at least, some basic HTML to docx documents that will be opened in a non-compatible Word version that will be add to PHPdocx 2.4: a new method called AddbasicHTML .

AddbasicHTML will be available on PHPdocx Pro 2.4 early september. Users of PHPdocx Pro 2.3 could ask for a Golden Master version if this issue are affecting to the deployment of PHPdocx and the documents generated.

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Creating a Report using PHPdocx

Posted by admin
at June 6, 2011

This is an advanced example of how to use PHPdocx to create a complete Report.

The code is commented to make easy to understand how it works:


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

$docx = new CreateDocx();

// browser stats
$statsFeb2009Feb2010 = '
<STATS>
    <BROWSER>
        <NAME>Internet Explorer</NAME>
        <VALUE>58</VALUE>
    </BROWSER>
    <BROWSER>
        <NAME>Firefox</NAME>
        <VALUE>31</VALUE>
    </BROWSER>
    <BROWSER>
        <NAME>Chrome</NAME>
        <VALUE>4</VALUE>
    </BROWSER>
    <BROWSER>
        <NAME>Safari</NAME>
        <VALUE>3</VALUE>
    </BROWSER>
    <BROWSER>
        <NAME>Opera</NAME>
        <VALUE>2</VALUE>
    </BROWSER>
    <BROWSER>
        <NAME>Other</NAME>
        <VALUE>2</VALUE>
    </BROWSER>
</STATS>
';

$statsFeb2010Feb2011 = '
<STATS>
    <BROWSER>
        <NAME>Internet Explorer</NAME>
        <VALUE>50</VALUE>
    </BROWSER>
    <BROWSER>
        <NAME>Firefox</NAME>
        <VALUE>31</VALUE>
    </BROWSER>
    <BROWSER>
        <NAME>Chrome</NAME>
        <VALUE>11</VALUE>
    </BROWSER>
    <BROWSER>
        <NAME>Safari</NAME>
        <VALUE>4</VALUE>
    </BROWSER>
    <BROWSER>
        <NAME>Opera</NAME>
        <VALUE>2</VALUE>
    </BROWSER>
    <BROWSER>
        <NAME>Other</NAME>
        <VALUE>2</VALUE>
    </BROWSER>
</STATS>
';

// add text and date in header
$header = 'Browsers stats';

$paramsHeader = array(
    'jc' => 'right',
    'textWrap' => 5,
);

$date = getdate();

$docx->addHeader($header . ' ' . $date['mon'] . '/' . $date['mday'] . '/'
    . $date['year'], $paramsHeader);

// add footer with pager
$footer = 'DOCX generated using PHPDOCX PRO.';

$paramsFooter = array(
    'pager' => 'true',
    'pagerAlignment' => 'center',
);

$docx->addFooter($footer, $paramsFooter);

// add chart title
$title = 'Browsers stats chart';

$paramsTitle = array(
    'val' => 1,
    'b' => 'single',
    'sz' => 22
);

$docx->addTitle($title, $paramsTitle);

// add line break
$docx->addBreak('line');
$docx->addBreak('line');
$docx->addBreak('line');

// read XML Feb209Feb2010
$xmlFeb2009Feb2010 = new DOMDocument();
$xmlFeb2009Feb2010->loadXML($statsFeb2009Feb2010);

// read XML Feb2010Feb2011
$xmlFeb2010Feb2011 = new DOMDocument();
$xmlFeb2010Feb2011->loadXML($statsFeb2010Feb2011);

// read stats and create charts
$legendsAndValues = array();

for ($i = 0; $i < $xmlFeb2009Feb2010->getElementsByTagName("NAME")->length; $i++) {
    $legendsAndValues[$xmlFeb2009Feb2010->getElementsByTagName("NAME")->item($i)->nodeValue] = array(
        $xmlFeb2009Feb2010->getElementsByTagName("VALUE")->item($i)->nodeValue
    );
}

$chart = array(
    'data' => $legendsAndValues,
    'type' => 'pie3DChart',
    'title' => 'Feb 2009 - Feb 2010',
    'cornerX' => 20, 'cornerY' => 20, 'cornerP' => 30,
    'color' => 2,
    'textWrap' => 0,
    'sizeX' => 14, 'sizeY' => 8,
    'jc' => 'center',
    'showPercent' => 1,
);

$docx->addGraphic($chart);

// add line break
$docx->addBreak('line');
$docx->addBreak('line');

$legendsAndValues = array();

for($i = 0; $i < $xmlFeb2010Feb2011->getElementsByTagName("NAME")->length; $i++) {
    $legendsAndValues[$xmlFeb2010Feb2011->getElementsByTagName("NAME")->item($i)->nodeValue] = array(
        $xmlFeb2010Feb2011->getElementsByTagName("VALUE")->item($i)->nodeValue
    );
}

$chart['data'] = $legendsAndValues;
$chart['title'] = 'Feb 2010 - Feb 2011';

$docx->addGraphic($chart);

// add page break
$docx->addBreak('page');

// add table title
$title = 'Browsers stats table';

$paramsTitle = array(
    'val' => 1,
    'b' => 'single',
    'sz' => 22
);

$docx->addTitle($title, $paramsTitle);

// add line break
$docx->addBreak('line');
$docx->addBreak('line');
$docx->addBreak('line');

// read stats and create table
$table = array();

$table[] = array(
    '',
    'Feb 2009 - Feb 2010',
    'Feb 2010 - Feb 2011',
);

for($i = 0; $i < $xmlFeb2009Feb2010->getElementsByTagName("NAME")->length; $i++) {
    $paramsHeaderTextTable[0] = array(
        'text' => $xmlFeb2009Feb2010->getElementsByTagName("NAME")->item($i)->nodeValue,
        'b' => 'single',
        'sz' => 14
    );

    $table[] = array(
        $docx->addElement('addText', $paramsHeaderTextTable),
        $xmlFeb2009Feb2010->getElementsByTagName("VALUE")->item($i)->nodeValue,
        $xmlFeb2010Feb2011->getElementsByTagName("VALUE")->item($i)->nodeValue
    );
}

$paramsTable = array(
    'border' => 'single',
    'border_sz' => 2,
    'jc' => 'center',
    'size_col' => 2800
);

$docx->addTable($table, $paramsTable);

// add page break
$docx->addBreak('page');

// add text
$textInfo = 'Stats are based on aggregate data collected by StatCounter on a'
. ' sample exceeding 15 billion pageviews per month collected from across'
. ' the StatCounter network of more than 3 million websites. Stats are '
. ' updated and made available every 4 hours, however are subject to '
. 'quality assurance testing and revision for 7 days from publication.';

$paramsTextInfo = array(
    'val' => 1,
    'i' => 'single',
    'sz' => 8
);

$docx->addText($textInfo, $paramsTextInfo);

// add link
$docx->addLink('Source: StatCounter', 'http://gs.statcounter.com');

// generate DOCX file
$docx->createDocx('example_report');

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Add a footnote to a chart in a docx document using PHPdocx

Posted by admin
at June 6, 2011

In you want to add a chart (pie, bars) in PHPdocx is easy. You have some examples here, like: Charts and templates mix good in PHPdocx, Creating a 3D pie chart with PHPdocx to include in a docx document or Creating a bar chart in a docx document with PHPdocx

But, if you need to add some footnotes to a chart? here is the code of how to do it:


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

$docx = new CreateDocx();

$text = 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, ' .
    'sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua:';

$paramsText = array(
    'font' => 'Arial'
);

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

$legends = array(
    'legend1' => array(24),
    'legend2' => array(45),
    'legend3' => array(31)
);
$args = array(
    'data' => $legends,
    'type' => 'pie3DChart',
    'title' => 'Title first chart',
    'cornerX' => 20, 'cornerY' => 20, 'cornerP' => 30,
    'color' => 2,
    'textWrap' => 0,
    'sizeX' => 10, 'sizeY' => 10,
    'jc' => 'left',
    'showPercent' => 1,
    'font' => 'Times New Roman',
    'border' => 1
);
$docx->addGraphic($args);

$docx->addFootnote(
    array(
        'textDocument' => 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet',
        'textEndNote' => 'Curabitur id dui purus, sit amet blandit lacus. ' .
    					 'Vivamus mollis magna et risus molestie blandit. ' .
    					 'Phasellus vel tortor quis metus consectetur.'
    )
);

$docx->addBreak('line');

$text = 'Cras eget porttitor sapien. Aenean tristique, nibh quis egestas ' .
		'varius, erat neque sodales neque, quis bibendum sem lorem accumsan ' .
		'mauris. Aliquam justo justo, vulputate sed condimentum non, pharetra:';

$paramsText = array(
    'font' => 'Arial'
);

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

$paramsImg = array(
    'name' => '../files/img/image.png',
	'scaling' => 75,
    'textWrap' => 0,
    'border' => 1,
);

$docx->addImage($paramsImg);

$docx->addFootnote(
    array(
        'textDocument' => 'Aenean non gravida sapien',
        'textEndNote' => 'Nunc pretium bibendum dui id laoreet. Nunc ' .
    					 'venenatis. Duis quis lorem vel dui tincidunt ' .
    					 'pellentesque quis sed diam.'
    )
);

$docx->createDocx('example_chart_footnotes');

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Multiple custom documents with PHPdocx

Posted by admin
at June 6, 2011

Do you want multiple and name-customized documents from only one code?

Thos example shows you how to create multiple documents customized for each user with only one code:


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

$users = array(
				0 => array('name' => 'Don Mattingly',
							'value1' => '0.2',
							'value2' => '0.4',
							'value3' => '0.6',
							),
				1 => array('name' => 'Brian Sipe',
							'value1' => '0.3',
							'value2' => '0.3',
							'value3' => '0.4',
							),
				2 => array('name' => 'Julius Erving',
							'value1' => '0.1',
							'value2' => '0.2',
							'value3' => '0.7',
							)
);

foreach ($users as $user) {

	$docx = new CreateDocx();

	$paramsTitle = array(
	    'val' => 1,
	    'u' => 'single',
	);

	$docx->addTitle($user['name'] . '\'s Document', $paramsTitle);

	$docx->addBreak('line');

	$text = array();

	$text[] =
	    array(
	        'text' => 'Hi, ',
	);

	$text[] =
	    array(
	        'text' => $user['name'],
	        'b' => 'single',
	);

	$text[] =
	    array(
	        'text' => ' lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur' .
				 'adipiscing elit. Pellentesque egestas gravida tincidunt. ' .
				 'Nunc ante enim, auctor at elementum porttitor, pharetra a' .
				 ' erat. Vivamus semper orci nec neque faucibus a varius ' .
				 'libero ultrices. Mauris viverra, nisl sed ullamcorper.',
	);

	$docx->addText($text);

	$docx->addBreak('line');

	$docx->addText('Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur: ');

	$paramsList = array(
    	'val' => 1,
		'bullets' => array(3, 1, 2)
	);

	$valuesList = array(
	    'Donec tellus justo',
		    array(
		        'faucibus nec commodo quis',
		        'dignissim ut ipsum',
		        'Aenean hendrerit interdum',
				    array(
				        'Morbi malesuada luctus libero',
				        'sodales est placerat eget',
				        'Aenean eget nulla vel'
				    ),
		    ),
	    'enim viverra iaculis',
	    'aliquet aliquam nisl',
	);
	$docx->addList($valuesList, $paramsList);

	$docx->addBreak('page');

	$legends = array(
	    '0' => array('sequence 1', 'sequence 2', 'sequence 3'),
	    'legend1' => array($user['value1']),
	    'legend2' => array($user['value2']),
	    'legend3' => array($user['value3'])
	);
	$args = array(
	    'data' => $legends,
	    'type' => 'pie3DChart',
	    'title' => $user['name'] . '\'s chart',
	    'cornerX' => 20, 'cornerY' => 20, 'cornerP' => 30,
	    'color' => 2,
	    'textWrap' => 0,
	    'sizeX' => 10, 'sizeY' => 10,
	    'jc' => 'left',
	    'showPercent' => 1,
	    'font' => 'Times New Roman'
	);
	$docx->addGraphic($args);

	$docx->createDocx('example_multidocument_' . $user['name']);

}

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Add a pager in the footer of a docx created with PHPdocx

Posted by admin
at June 6, 2011

Page numbers in the footer? Is easy to add this numbers using this code:


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

$docx = new CreateDocx();

$docx->addText('Page 1 Content');
$docx->addBreak('page');

$docx->addText('Page 2 Content');
$docx->addBreak('page');

$docx->addText('Page 3 Content');

$paramsFooter = array(
    'font' => 'Arial',
	'pager' => 'true',
	'pagerAlignment' => 'right'
);

$docx->addFooter('Footer. Arial font', $paramsFooter);

$docx->createDocx('example_footer_pager');

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