diff --git a/.scrutinizer.yml b/.scrutinizer.yml
index ab5f8620..d253de30 100644
--- a/.scrutinizer.yml
+++ b/.scrutinizer.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ before_commands:
     - "composer install --prefer-source --dev"
 
 tools:
+    php_code_sniffer:
+        enabled: true
+        config:
+            standard: PSR2
+    php_cpd: true
+    php_mess_detector:
+        enabled: true
+        config:
+            ruleset: phpmd.xml.dist
     external_code_coverage:
         enabled: true
         timeout: 900
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7593379c..190c0a3c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ script:
     ## PHP Copy/Paste Detector
     - php phpcpd.phar src/ tests/ --verbose
     ## PHP Mess Detector
-    - phpmd src/,tests/ text unusedcode,naming,design,controversial --exclude pclzip.lib.php
+    - phpmd src/,tests/ text ./phpmd.xml.dist --exclude pclzip.lib.php
     ## PHPLOC
     #- php phploc.phar src/
     ## PHPUnit
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f23ca147..403a32bd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ This release changed PHPWord license from LGPL 2.1 to LGPL 3.
 - Image: Ability to define relative and absolute positioning - @basjan GH-217
 - Footer: Conform footer with header by adding firstPage, evenPage and by inheritance - @basjan @ivanlanin GH-219
 - TextBox: Ability to add textbox in section, header, and footer - @basjan @ivanlanin GH-228
+- TextBox: Ability to add textbox in table - @basjan GH-231
+- HTML: Ability to add elements to PHPWord object via html - @basjan GH-231
 
 ### Bugfixes
 
diff --git a/phpmd.xml.dist b/phpmd.xml.dist
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..18d5b2a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpmd.xml.dist
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<ruleset name="PHPWord PHP Mess Detector Rule Set"
+    xmlns="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0 http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd"
+    xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd">
+    <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml"/>
+    <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/ExitExpression" />
+    <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/EvalExpression" />
+    <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/GotoStatement" />
+    <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/NumberOfChildren" />
+    <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/DepthOfInheritance" />
+    <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/CouplingBetweenObjects">
+        <properties>
+            <property name="minimum" value="15" />
+        </properties>
+    </rule>
+    <rule ref="rulesets/unusedcode.xml" />
+    <rule ref="rulesets/controversial.xml" />
+</ruleset>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/Sample_26_Html.php b/samples/Sample_26_Html.php
index 9b46557d..58436915 100644
--- a/samples/Sample_26_Html.php
+++ b/samples/Sample_26_Html.php
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ echo date('H:i:s') , ' Create new PhpWord object' , EOL;
 $phpWord = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord();
 
 $section = $phpWord->addSection();
-$html='<h1>Adding element via HTML</h1>';
-$html.='<p>Some well formed HTML snippet needs to be used</p>';
-$html.='<p>With for example <strong>some <em>inline</em> formatting</strong>';
+$html = '<h1>Adding element via HTML</h1>';
+$html .= '<p>Some well formed HTML snippet needs to be used</p>';
+$html .= '<p>With for example <strong>some <em>inline</em> formatting</strong></p>';
 
 \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Shared\Html::addHtml($section, $html);
 
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Element/AbstractContainer.php b/src/PhpWord/Element/AbstractContainer.php
index 8b72f660..431a3066 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Element/AbstractContainer.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Element/AbstractContainer.php
@@ -66,6 +66,31 @@ abstract class AbstractContainer extends AbstractElement
         return count($this->elements);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Add generic element with style
+     *
+     * This is how all elements should be added with dependency injection: with
+     * just one simple $style. Currently this function supports TextRun, Table,
+     * and TextBox since all other elements have different arguments
+     *
+     * @todo Change the function name into something better?
+     *
+     * @param string $elementName
+     * @param mixed $style
+     * @return \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\AbstractElement
+     */
+    private function addGenericElement($elementName, $style)
+    {
+        $elementClass = __NAMESPACE__ . '\\' . $elementName;
+
+        $this->checkValidity($elementName);
+        $element = new $elementClass($style);
+        $element->setDocPart($this->getDocPart(), $this->getDocPartId());
+        $this->addElement($element);
+
+        return $element;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Add text/preservetext element
      *
@@ -100,13 +125,7 @@ abstract class AbstractContainer extends AbstractElement
      */
     public function addTextRun($paragraphStyle = null)
     {
-        $this->checkValidity('TextRun');
-
-        $element = new TextRun($paragraphStyle);
-        $element->setDocPart($this->getDocPart(), $this->getDocPartId());
-        $this->addElement($element);
-
-        return $element;
+        return $this->addGenericElement('TextRun', $paragraphStyle);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -186,6 +205,18 @@ abstract class AbstractContainer extends AbstractElement
         return $element;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Add table element
+     *
+     * @param mixed $style
+     * @return \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\Table
+     * @todo Merge with the same function on Footer
+     */
+    public function addTable($style = null)
+    {
+        return $this->addGenericElement('Table', $style);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Add image element
      *
@@ -302,13 +333,7 @@ abstract class AbstractContainer extends AbstractElement
      */
     public function addTextBox($style = null)
     {
-        $this->checkValidity('TextBox');
-
-        $textbox = new TextBox($style);
-        $textbox->setDocPart($this->getDocPart(), $this->getDocPartId());
-        $this->addElement($textbox);
-
-        return $textbox;
+        return $this->addGenericElement('TextBox', $style);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -329,6 +354,7 @@ abstract class AbstractContainer extends AbstractElement
             'Object'        => $allContainers,
             'TextRun'       => array('section', 'header', 'footer', 'cell', 'textbox'),
             'ListItem'      => array('section', 'header', 'footer', 'cell', 'textbox'),
+            'Table'         => array('section', 'header', 'footer', 'textbox'),
             'CheckBox'      => array('section', 'header', 'footer', 'cell'),
             'TextBox'       => array('section', 'header', 'footer', 'cell'),
             'Footnote'      => array('section', 'textrun', 'cell'),
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Element/Footer.php b/src/PhpWord/Element/Footer.php
index 2f23a3d3..265c2c4c 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Element/Footer.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Element/Footer.php
@@ -114,19 +114,4 @@ class Footer extends AbstractContainer
     {
         return $this->type = self::EVEN;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Add table element
-     *
-     * @param mixed $style
-     * @return \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\Table
-     * @todo Merge with the same function on Section
-     */
-    public function addTable($style = null)
-    {
-        $table = new Table($this->getDocPart(), $this->getDocPartId(), $style);
-        $this->addElement($table);
-
-        return $table;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Element/Section.php b/src/PhpWord/Element/Section.php
index 9067c73c..04ff5aa2 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Element/Section.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Element/Section.php
@@ -117,21 +117,6 @@ class Section extends AbstractContainer
         $this->addElement(new PageBreak());
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Add table element
-     *
-     * @param mixed $style
-     * @return \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\Table
-     * @todo Merge with the same function on Footer
-     */
-    public function addTable($style = null)
-    {
-        $table = new Table($this->getDocPart(), $this->getDocPartId(), $style);
-        $this->addElement($table);
-
-        return $table;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Add a Table-of-Contents Element
      *
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Element/Table.php b/src/PhpWord/Element/Table.php
index af802d12..87d44e41 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Element/Table.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Element/Table.php
@@ -53,9 +53,8 @@ class Table extends AbstractElement
      * @param integer $docPartId
      * @param mixed $style
      */
-    public function __construct($docPart, $docPartId, $style = null)
+    public function __construct($style = null)
     {
-        $this->setDocPart($docPart, $docPartId);
         $this->style = $this->setStyle(new TableStyle(), $style);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Element/TextBox.php b/src/PhpWord/Element/TextBox.php
index 56645321..c3c83d81 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Element/TextBox.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Element/TextBox.php
@@ -53,19 +53,4 @@ class TextBox extends AbstractContainer
     {
         return $this->style;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Add table element
-     *
-     * @param mixed $style
-     * @return \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\Table
-     * @todo Merge with the same function on Footer
-     */
-    public function addTable($style = null)
-    {
-        $table = new Table($this->getDocPart(), $this->getDocPartId(), $style);
-        $this->addElement($table);
-    
-        return $table;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php b/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
index 43a9b6cb..bcefb985 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
@@ -22,28 +22,29 @@ namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Shared;
  */
 class Html
 {
-
     /**
-     * add HTML parts
+     * Add HTML parts
+     *
+     * Note: $stylesheet parameter is removed to avoid PHPMD error for unused parameter
+     *
+     * @param \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\AbstractElement $object Where the parts need to be added
+     * @param string $html the code to parse
      *
-     * @param $object where the parts need to be added
-     * @param $html the code to parse
-     *            
      */
-    public static function addHtml($object, $html, $stylesheet = '')
+    public static function addHtml($object, $html)
     {
         /*
-         * @todo parse $stylesheet for default styles.  Should result in an array based on id, class and element, 
+         * @todo parse $stylesheet for default styles.  Should result in an array based on id, class and element,
          * which could be applied when such an element occurs in the parseNode function.
          */
         $html = str_replace(array("\n","\r"), '', $html);
-        
+
         $dom = new \DOMDocument();
         $dom->preserveWhiteSpace = true;
         $dom->loadXML('<body>' . html_entity_decode($html) . '</body>');
-        
+
         $node = $dom->getElementsByTagName('body');
-        
+
         self::parseNode($node->item(0), $object);
     }
 
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ class Html
     {
         if ($node->nodeType == XML_ELEMENT_NODE) {
             $attributes = $node->attributes; // get all the attributes(eg: id, class)
-            
+
             foreach ($attributes as $attribute) {
                 switch ($attribute->name) {
                     case 'style':
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ class Html
         }
         return $style;
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * parse a node and add a corresponding element to the object
      *
@@ -112,8 +113,8 @@ class Html
                 $styles['paragraphStyle'] = self::parseInlineStyle($node, $styles['paragraphStyle']);
                 $newobject = $object->addTextRun($styles['paragraphStyle']);
                 break;
-            
-            /*
+
+            /**
              * @todo Think of a clever way of defining header styles, now it is only based on the assumption, that
              * Heading1 - Heading6 are already defined somewhere
              */
@@ -157,8 +158,8 @@ class Html
             case 'sub':
                 $styles['fontStyle']['subScript'] = true;
                 break;
-            
-            /*
+
+            /**
              * @todo As soon as TableItem, RowItem and CellItem support relative width and height
              */
             case 'table':
@@ -193,8 +194,8 @@ class Html
                 }
                 $styles['listStyle']['listType'] = 7; // TYPE_NUMBER = 7;
                 break;
-            
-            /*
+
+            /**
              * @todo As soon as ListItem inherits from AbstractContainer or TextRun delete parsing part of childNodes
              */
             case 'li':
@@ -208,12 +209,12 @@ class Html
                     $object->addListItem($text, $data['listdepth'], $styles['fontStyle'], $styles['listStyle'], $styles['paragraphStyle']);
                 }
         }
-        
+
         if ($newobject === null) {
             $newobject = $object;
         }
-            
-            /*
+
+        /**
          * @todo As soon as ListItem inherits from AbstractContainer or TextRun delete condition
          */
         if ($node->nodeName != 'li') {