diff --git a/Classes/PHPWord/Template.php b/Classes/PHPWord/Template.php
index a1b26714..edf0de75 100755
--- a/Classes/PHPWord/Template.php
+++ b/Classes/PHPWord/Template.php
@@ -152,6 +152,99 @@ class PHPWord_Template
         return $matches[1];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Find the start position of the nearest table row before $offset
+     * 
+     * @param mixed $offset
+     */
+    private function _findRowStart($offset) {
+		$rowStart = strrpos($this->_documentXML, "<w:tr ", ((strlen($this->_documentXML) - $offset) * -1));
+		if (!$rowStart) {
+			$rowStart = strrpos($this->_documentXML, "<w:tr>", ((strlen($this->_documentXML) - $offset) * -1));
+		}
+		if (!$rowStart) {
+			trigger_error("Can not find the start position of the row to clone.");
+			return false;
+		}
+        return $rowStart;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Find the end position of the nearest table row after $offset
+     * 
+     * @param mixed $offset
+     */
+    private function _findRowEnd($offset) {
+		$rowEnd = strpos($this->_documentXML, "</w:tr>", $offset) + 7;
+        return $rowEnd;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get a slice of a string
+     * 
+     * @param mixed $offset
+     */
+    private function _getSlice($startPosition, $endPosition = 0) {
+        if (!$endPosition) {
+            $endPosition = strlen($this->_documentXML);
+        }
+        return substr($this->_documentXML, $startPosition, ($endPosition - $startPosition));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Clone a table row in a template document
+     * 
+     * @param mixed $search
+     * @param mixed $numberOfClones
+     */
+    public function cloneRow($search, $numberOfClones) {
+        if(substr($search, 0, 2) !== '${' && substr($search, -1) !== '}') {
+            $search = '${'.$search.'}';
+        }
+        		
+        $tagPos = strpos($this->_documentXML, $search);
+		if (!$tagPos) {
+			trigger_error("Can not clone row, template variable not found or variable contains markup.");
+			return false;
+		}
+    
+        $rowStart = $this->_findRowStart($tagPos);
+        $rowEnd   = $this->_findRowEnd($tagPos);
+        $xmlRow   = $this->_getSlice($rowStart, $rowEnd);
+    
+        // Check if there's a cell spanning multiple rows.
+        if (preg_match('#<w:vMerge w:val="restart"/>#', $xmlRow)) {
+            $extraRowStart  = $rowEnd;
+            $extraRowEnd    = $rowEnd;
+            while(true) {
+                $extraRowStart  = $this->_findRowStart($extraRowEnd + 1);
+                $extraRowEnd    = $this->_findRowEnd($extraRowEnd + 1);
+                
+                // If extraRowEnd is lower then 7, there was no next row found.
+                if ($extraRowEnd < 7) {
+                    break;
+                }
+                
+                // If tmpXmlRow doesn't contain continue, this row is no longer part of the spanned row.
+                $tmpXmlRow  = $this->_getSlice($extraRowStart, $extraRowEnd);
+                if (!preg_match('#<w:vMerge/>#', $tmpXmlRow) && !preg_match('#<w:vMerge w:val="continue" />#', $tmpXmlRow)) {
+                    break;
+                }
+                // This row was a spanned row, update $rowEnd and search for the next row.
+                $rowEnd = $extraRowEnd;
+            } 
+            $xmlRow = $this->_getSlice($rowStart, $rowEnd);
+        }
+    
+        $result = $this->_getSlice(0, $rowStart);
+		for ($i = 1; $i <= $numberOfClones; $i++) {
+            $result .= preg_replace('/\$\{(.*?)\}/','\${\\1#'.$i.'}', $xmlRow);
+		}
+		$result .= $this->_getSlice($rowEnd);
+    
+		$this->_documentXML = $result;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Save Template
      *
diff --git a/samples/Sample_07_TemplateCloneRow.docx b/samples/Sample_07_TemplateCloneRow.docx
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..25a8c418
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diff --git a/samples/Sample_07_TemplateCloneRow.php b/samples/Sample_07_TemplateCloneRow.php
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..1fa5bd56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/Sample_07_TemplateCloneRow.php
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<?php
+require_once '../Classes/PHPWord.php';
+
+$PHPWord = new PHPWord();
+
+$document = $PHPWord->loadTemplate('Sample_07_TemplateCloneRow.docx');
+
+// Simple table
+$document->cloneRow('rowValue', 10);
+
+$document->setValue('rowValue#1', 'Sun');
+$document->setValue('rowValue#2', 'Mercury');
+$document->setValue('rowValue#3', 'Venus');
+$document->setValue('rowValue#4', 'Earth');
+$document->setValue('rowValue#5', 'Mars');
+$document->setValue('rowValue#6', 'Jupiter');
+$document->setValue('rowValue#7', 'Saturn');
+$document->setValue('rowValue#8', 'Uranus');
+$document->setValue('rowValue#9', 'Neptun');
+$document->setValue('rowValue#10', 'Pluto');
+
+$document->setValue('rowNumber#1', '1');
+$document->setValue('rowNumber#2', '2');
+$document->setValue('rowNumber#3', '3');
+$document->setValue('rowNumber#4', '4');
+$document->setValue('rowNumber#5', '5');
+$document->setValue('rowNumber#6', '6');
+$document->setValue('rowNumber#7', '7');
+$document->setValue('rowNumber#8', '8');
+$document->setValue('rowNumber#9', '9');
+$document->setValue('rowNumber#10', '10');
+
+$document->setValue('weekday', date('l'));
+$document->setValue('time', date('H:i'));
+
+// Table with a spanned cell
+$document->cloneRow('userId', 3);
+
+$document->setValue('userId#1', '1');
+$document->setValue('userFirstName#1', 'James');
+$document->setValue('userName#1', 'Taylor');
+$document->setValue('userPhone#1', '+1 428 889 773');
+
+$document->setValue('userId#2', '2');
+$document->setValue('userFirstName#2', 'Robert');
+$document->setValue('userName#2', 'Bell');
+$document->setValue('userPhone#2', '+1 428 889 774');
+
+$document->setValue('userId#3', '3');
+$document->setValue('userFirstName#3', 'Michael');
+$document->setValue('userName#3', 'Ray');
+$document->setValue('userPhone#3', '+1 428 889 775');
+
+$document->save('Sample_03_TemplateCloneRow_result.docx');