searchAndHighlight
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searchAndHighlight


Searches for keywords within a Word document and highlights them.
Description
public searchAndHighlight (string $source, string $target, string $search [, array $options])
This method allows the highlighting of plain text in a DOCX document.
Parameters
Source
The path to the source Word document.
target
The path to the Word document resulting after the text highlighting.
search
The string of text or array that you want to highlight.
options
The possible keys and values are:
Key | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
highlightColor | string | the color used for the highlighting:
The default value is ‘yellow’. |
document | bool | If true highlights the search string in the body of the document. The default value is true. |
endnotes | bool | If true highlights the search string in the document endnotes. The default value is false. |
comments | bool | If true highlights the search string in the document comments. The default value is false. |
headersAndFooters | bool | If true highlights the search string in headers and footers. The default value is false. |
footnotes | bool | If true highlights the search string in the document footnotes. The default value is false. |
headers | bool | If true highlights the search string in headers. The default value is false. |
footers | bool | If true highlights the search string in footers. The default value is false. |
Exceptions
Error while trying to open the (base) template as a zip file.