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Posted by coconnor · 15-12-2016 - 14:47

Hi-

I'm trying to make a header image which is comprised of two different images. I'd like to place one image in the top-right corner and then place another, quasi-transparent image over it. Is that possible with PHPDocx?

I was thinking that maybe a clever use of watermarkDocx or addBackgroundImage provide something feasible, but I figured I'd reach out to the experts :)

Thoughts?

Posted by admin · 16-12-2016 - 08:08

Hello,

The method addImage allows to use the float and textWrap options to adjust the images. But due to its complexity to adjust images exactly, the easiest approach is to create a DOCX template and use replacePlaceholderImage to replace images and DOCXPath to remove or clone them if needed:

http://www.phpdocx.com/api-documentation/templates/replace-placeholder-image-Word-document

http://www.phpdocx.com/documentation/introduction/docxpath

Regards.

Posted by coconnor · 18-12-2016 - 18:30

Thank you. I did as you suggested & leveraged replacePlaceholderImage. Worked like a charm. :)