XmlApi - pdx:addBreak

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pdx:addBreak

Inserts a line, column or page break into the Word document.

Note

You are reading the XMLAPI documentation. For the API method please go to addBreak.

Description

Element definition

<pdx:content>
    <pdx:addBreak pdx:type="" pdx:number="" />
</pdx:content>

This element allows to insert a break into the document.

line: inserts a standard line break.jpg or jpeg.
column: inserts a column break, i.e. the text restarts to be rendered in the next column if the section has more than one column.
page: the contents continue in the next available page.

You may also include a line or column break in the middle of a paragraph via the addText element.

Attributes and sub-elements

Key	Description
type	The possible values are: 'line', 'column' and 'page'
number	Number of breaks

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">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.</pdx:data>
                <pdx:textRunStyle>
                    <pdx:font pdx:value="Arial" />
                </pdx:textRunStyle>
            </pdx:textRun>
        </pdx:addText>
        <pdx:addText>
            <pdx:textRun>
                <pdx:data pdx:dataId="" pdx:dataType="text">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.</pdx:data>
                <pdx:textRunStyle>
                    <pdx:font pdx:value="Arial" />
                </pdx:textRunStyle>
            </pdx:textRun>
        </pdx:addText>
        <pdx:addBreak pdx:type="line" pdx:number="1" />
        <pdx:addText>
            <pdx:textRun>
                <pdx:data pdx:dataId="" pdx:dataType="text">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.</pdx:data>
                <pdx:textRunStyle>
                    <pdx:font pdx:value="Arial" />
                </pdx:textRunStyle>
            </pdx:textRun>
        </pdx:addText>
        <pdx:addBreak pdx:type="line" pdx:number="2" />
        <pdx:addText>
            <pdx:textRun>
                <pdx:data pdx:dataId="" pdx:dataType="text">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.</pdx:data>
                <pdx:textRunStyle>
                    <pdx:font pdx:value="Arial" />
                </pdx:textRunStyle>
            </pdx:textRun>
        </pdx:addText>
        <pdx:addBreak pdx:type="page" pdx:number="1" />
        <pdx:addText>
            <pdx:textRun>
                <pdx:data pdx:dataId="" pdx:dataType="text">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.</pdx:data>
                <pdx:textRunStyle>
                    <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: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: