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    Posted by rabol  · 28-01-2024 - 05:42

    Hi

    is there a way to detect and remove form fields / elements in a word document

    Ideally I would like to detect the form field and then replace it with the 'value' if filled or with a 'placeholder' if it does not have a value.

    Thanks

     

     

    Posted by admin  · 28-01-2024 - 08:32

    Hello,

    Since the release of phpdocx 14.5 (https://www.phpdocx.com/news/post/phpdocx-v14-5-release-notes/232), Indexer (https://www.phpdocx.com/api-documentation/docxutilities/indexer-parse-word-documents-with-PHP) can extract input fields.

    getDocxPathQueryInfo can also be used to get elements from a DOCX. On https://www.phpdocx.com/en/forum/default/topic/2282 you can read a post with the same question and how to accomplish this same task.

    To remove elements from a DOCX, you can use removeWordContent available in DOCXPath.

    Regards.