add parameter to keep backward compatibility + add test

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ v0.16.0 (xx dec 2018)
 - Add support for hidden text @Alexmg86 #1527
 - Add support for setting images in TemplateProcessor @SailorMax #1170
 - Add "Plain Text" type to SDT (Structured Document Tags) @morrisdj #1541
+- Added possibility to index variables inside cloned block in TemplateProcessor @JPBetley #817
 
 ### Fixed
 - Fix regex in `cloneBlock` function @nicoder #1269

src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php

@@ -629,12 +629,13 @@ class TemplateProcessor
      * Clone a block.
      *
      * @param string $blockname
-     * @param int $clones
+     * @param int $clones How many time the block should be cloned
      * @param bool $replace
+     * @param bool $indexVariables If true, any variables inside the block will be indexed (postfixed with #1, #2, ...)
      *
      * @return string|null
      */
-    public function cloneBlock($blockname, $clones = 1, $replace = true)
+    public function cloneBlock($blockname, $clones = 1, $replace = true, $indexVariables = false)
     {
         $xmlBlock = null;
         preg_match(
@@ -645,7 +646,14 @@ class TemplateProcessor
 
         if (isset($matches[3])) {
             $xmlBlock = $matches[3];
-            $cloned = $this->indexClonedVariables($clones, $xmlBlock);
+            if ($indexVariables) {
+                $cloned = $this->indexClonedVariables($clones, $xmlBlock);
+            } else {
+                $cloned = array();
+                for ($i = 1; $i <= $clones; $i++) {
+                    $cloned[] = $xmlBlock;
+                }
+            }
 
             if ($replace) {
                 $this->tempDocumentMainPart = str_replace(
@@ -935,10 +943,10 @@ class TemplateProcessor
     }
 
     /**
-     * Replaces variable names in cloned 
+     * Replaces variable names in cloned
      * rows/blocks with indexed names
      *
-     * @param integer $count
+     * @param int $count
      * @param string $xmlBlock
      *
      * @return string
@@ -949,6 +957,7 @@ class TemplateProcessor
         for ($i = 1; $i <= $count; $i++) {
             $results[] = preg_replace('/\$\{(.*?)\}/', '\${\\1#' . $i . '}', $xmlBlock);
         }
+
         return $results;
     }
 }

tests/PhpWord/TemplateProcessorTest.php

@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ final class TemplateProcessorTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
         </w:p>
         <w:p>
             <w:r>
-                <w:t xml:space="preserve">This block will be cloned</w:t>
+                <w:t xml:space="preserve">This block will be cloned with ${variable}</w:t>
             </w:r>
         </w:p>
         <w:p>
@@ -421,7 +421,39 @@ final class TemplateProcessorTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
         $templateProcessor = new TestableTemplateProcesor($mainPart);
         $templateProcessor->cloneBlock('CLONEME', 3);
 
-        $this->assertEquals(3, substr_count($templateProcessor->getMainPart(), 'This block will be cloned'));
+        $this->assertEquals(3, substr_count($templateProcessor->getMainPart(), 'This block will be cloned with ${variable}'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @covers ::cloneBlock
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function testCloneBlockWithVariables()
+    {
+        $mainPart = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+        <w:p>
+            <w:r>
+                <w:rPr></w:rPr>
+                <w:t>${CLONEME}</w:t>
+            </w:r>
+        </w:p>
+        <w:p>
+            <w:r>
+                <w:t xml:space="preserve">Address ${address}, Street ${street}</w:t>
+            </w:r>
+        </w:p>
+        <w:p>
+            <w:r w:rsidRPr="00204FED">
+                <w:t>${/CLONEME}</w:t>
+            </w:r>
+        </w:p>';
+
+        $templateProcessor = new TestableTemplateProcesor($mainPart);
+        $templateProcessor->cloneBlock('CLONEME', 3, true, true);
+
+        $this->assertContains('Address ${address#1}, Street ${street#1}', $templateProcessor->getMainPart());
+        $this->assertContains('Address ${address#2}, Street ${street#2}', $templateProcessor->getMainPart());
+        $this->assertContains('Address ${address#3}, Street ${street#3}', $templateProcessor->getMainPart());
     }
 
     /**