Bugfix #150: Page break adds new line in the beginning of the new page

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ This release marked the change of PHPWord license from LGPL 2.1 to LGPL 3; new r
 
 - Header: All images added to the second header were assigned to the first header - @basjan GH-222
 - Conversion: Fix conversion from cm to pixel, pixel to cm, and pixel to point - @basjan GH-233 GH-234
+- PageBreak: Page break adds new line in the beginning of the new page - @ivanlanin GH-150
 
 ### Deprecated
 

src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Element/AbstractElement.php

@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ abstract class AbstractElement
      */
     protected $withoutP = false;
 
+    /**
+     * Has page break before
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    private $pageBreakBefore = false;
+
     /**
      * Write element
      */
@@ -88,6 +95,26 @@ abstract class AbstractElement
         return $this->element;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Has page break before
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function hasPageBreakBefore()
+    {
+        return $this->pageBreakBefore;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set page break before
+     *
+     * @param bool $value
+     */
+    public function setPageBreakBefore($value = true)
+    {
+        $this->pageBreakBefore = (bool)$value;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Convert text to valid format
      *

src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Element/Container.php

@@ -51,18 +51,33 @@ class Container extends AbstractElement
         $elements = $container->getElements();
         $elementClass = '';
         foreach ($elements as $element) {
-            $elementClass = get_class($element);
-            $writerClass = str_replace('PhpOffice\\PhpWord\\Element', $this->namespace, $elementClass);
+            $elementClass = substr(get_class($element), strrpos(get_class($element), '\\') + 1);
+            $writerClass = $this->namespace . '\\' . $elementClass;
+
+            // Check it's a page break. No need to write it, instead, flag containers' pageBreakBefore
+            // to be assigned to the next element
+            if ($elementClass == 'PageBreak') {
+                $this->setPageBreakBefore(true);
+                continue;
+            }
             if (class_exists($writerClass)) {
+                // Get container's page break before and reset it
+                $pageBreakBefore = $this->hasPageBreakBefore();
+                $this->setPageBreakBefore(false);
+
+                /** @var \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\Word2007\Element\AbstractElement $writer Type hint */
                 $writer = new $writerClass($xmlWriter, $element, $withoutP);
+                $writer->setPageBreakBefore($pageBreakBefore);
                 $writer->write();
             }
         }
 
-        // Special case for Cell: They have to contain a w:p element at the end
+        // Special case for Cell: They have to contain a w:p element at the end. The $elementClass contains
+        // the last element name. If it's empty string or Table, the last element is not w:p
         if ($containerClass == 'Cell') {
-            if ($elementClass == '' || $elementClass == 'PhpOffice\\PhpWord\\Element\\Table') {
-                $writerClass = "{$this->namespace}\\TextBreak";
+            if ($elementClass == '' || $elementClass == 'Table') {
+                $writerClass = $this->namespace . '\\TextBreak';
+                /** @var \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\Word2007\Element\AbstractElement $writer Type hint */
                 $writer = new $writerClass($xmlWriter, new TextBreakElement(), $withoutP);
                 $writer->write();
             }

src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Element/PageBreak.php

@@ -20,23 +20,27 @@ namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\Word2007\Element;
 /**
  * PageBreak element writer
  *
+ * Originally, page break is rendered as a `w:p`, but this turns out to produce bug #150.
+ * As of 0.11.0, page break is rendered as a `w:r` with `w:br` type "page" and `w:lastRenderedPageBreak`
+ *
  * @since 0.10.0
  */
 class PageBreak extends AbstractElement
 {
     /**
      * Write element
+     *
+     * @usedby \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\Word2007\Element\Text::writeOpeningWP()
      */
     public function write()
     {
         $xmlWriter = $this->getXmlWriter();
 
-        $xmlWriter->startElement('w:p');
         $xmlWriter->startElement('w:r');
         $xmlWriter->startElement('w:br');
         $xmlWriter->writeAttribute('w:type', 'page');
-        $xmlWriter->endElement();
-        $xmlWriter->endElement();
-        $xmlWriter->endElement();
+        $xmlWriter->endElement(); // w:br
+        $xmlWriter->writeElement('w:lastRenderedPageBreak');
+        $xmlWriter->endElement(); // w:r
     }
 }

src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Element/Text.php

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\Word2007\Element;
 
+use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\PageBreak as PageBreakElement;
 use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\Word2007\Style\Font as FontStyleWriter;
 use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\Word2007\Style\Paragraph as ParagraphStyleWriter;
 
@@ -55,6 +56,8 @@ class Text extends AbstractElement
 
     /**
      * Write opening
+     *
+     * @uses \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\Word2007\Element\PageBreak::write()
      */
     protected function writeOpeningWP()
     {
@@ -63,10 +66,15 @@ class Text extends AbstractElement
 
         if (!$this->withoutP) {
             $xmlWriter->startElement('w:p');
-
+            // Paragraph style
             if (method_exists($element, 'getParagraphStyle')) {
                 $this->writeParagraphStyle();
             }
+            // PageBreak
+            if ($this->hasPageBreakBefore()) {
+                $elementWriter = new PageBreak($xmlWriter, new PageBreakElement());
+                $elementWriter->write();
+            }
         }
     }
 

src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Part/Settings.php

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\Word2007\Part;
 
 /**
  * Word2007 settings part writer: word/settings.xml
+ *
+ * @link http://www.schemacentral.com/sc/ooxml/t-w_CT_Settings.html
  */
 class Settings extends AbstractPart
 {