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Posted by asher  · 26-11-2012 - 07:23

I would like to dynamically generate documents to use as a template for templates. Sounds strange I know. Basically, I don't want to make my end users have to deal with right clicking images and adjusting the alt text manually.

So, how can I insert an image into a document and set its alt text to something specific?

Thanks!

Posted by asher  · 11-04-2013 - 12:13

Never mind, I figured this out.

For anyone else looking for the same thing:

In CreateImage.inc:267

// $this->setName($args[0]['name']);
$this->setName($args[0]['description']);


Then simply add a 'description' key to your params array when you call addImage()


It would be nice to have this in future versions, its a very useful feature that can be done with a line of code.

Posted by admin  · 11-04-2013 - 12:13

Hello,

The current version of phpdocx can¡t add the alt image using addImage method, so I recommend you to add a simple placeholder and use replaceTemplateVariableByHTML to replace it using an image.

Or change the code as you've done :).

Regards.

Posted by asher  · 11-04-2013 - 12:13

I'm aware of that limitation. I am trying to do something else.

In my case, my clients are the ones making the templates, I am effectively making a template for their templates; a word document with the available images already embedded with the alt text, so that they can copy/paste right into their own templates without having to manually edit alt text themselves, which is not particularly user friendly.