XML API - pdx:addBackgroundImage

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WORD CONTENT

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pdx:addBackgroundImage

Inserts a background image into the Word document.

Note

You are reading the XML API documentation. For the PHP API method please go to addBackgroundImage.

Description

Element definition

<pdx:settings>
    <pdx:addBackgroundImage pdx:src="" />
</pdx:settings>

This element allows to insert a background image into a Word document.

The image can have the following extensions:

jpg or jpeg
png
gif

A background image does not behave exactly like a watermark but like a standard HTML background image: it tiles the entire background.

Attributes and sub-elements

Key	Description
src	File path

Code samples

Example #1

config.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<pdx:document xmlns:pdx="http://www.phpdocx.com/main">
    <pdx:config>
        <pdx:output pdx:name="output" pdx:type="docx" />
    </pdx:config>
</pdx:document>

content.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<pdx:document xmlns:pdx="http://www.phpdocx.com/main">
    <pdx:content>
        <pdx:addText>
            <pdx:textRun>
                <pdx:data pdx:dataId="" pdx:dataType="text">Please, use a discreet background image so the text is easily readable.</pdx:data>
                <pdx:textRunStyle>
                    <pdx:bold pdx:value="true" />
                    <pdx:font pdx:value="Arial" />
                </pdx:textRunStyle>
            </pdx:textRun>
        </pdx:addText>
        <pdx:addText>
            <pdx:textRun>
                <pdx:data pdx:dataId="" pdx:dataType="text">This one is pretty annoying but it illustrates well the functionality</pdx:data>
                <pdx:textRunStyle>
                    <pdx:bold pdx:value="true" />
                    <pdx:font pdx:value="Arial" />
                </pdx:textRunStyle>
            </pdx:textRun>
        </pdx:addText>
    </pdx:content>
</pdx:document>

settings.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<pdx:document xmlns:pdx="http://www.phpdocx.com/main">
    <pdx:settings>
        <pdx:addBackgroundImage pdx:src="/var/www/phpdocx/samples/files/image.png" />
    </pdx:settings>
</pdx:document>

PHP code

require_once 'path_to_phpdocx/classes/CreateDocx.php';

$docx = new XMLAPI('config.xml');
$docx->setDocumentProperties('settings.xml');
$docx->addContent('content.xml');

$docx->render();

The resulting Word document looks like: