# PHPWord
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__OpenXML - Read, Write and Create Word documents in PHP.__
PHPWord is a library written in pure PHP and providing a set of classes that allow you to write to and read from different document file formats, like Word (.docx), WordPad (.rtf), Libre/OpenOffice Writer (.odt).
No Windows operating system is needed for usage because the resulting DOCX, ODT, or RTF files can be opened by all major [word processing softwares](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_word_processors).
PHPWord is an open source project licensed under [LGPL](license.md). PHPWord is unit tested to make sure that the released versions are stable.
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## Features
* Set document properties, e.g. title, subject, and creator.
* Create document sections with different settings, e.g. portrait/landscape, page size, and page numbering
* Create header and footer for each sections
* Set default font type, font size, and paragraph style
* Use UTF-8 and East Asia fonts/characters
* Define custom font styles (e.g. bold, italic, color) and paragraph styles (e.g. centered, multicolumns, spacing) either as named style or inline in text
* Insert paragraphs, either as a simple text or complex one (a text run) that contains other elements
* Insert titles (headers) and table of contents
* Insert text breaks and page breaks
* Insert and format images, either local, remote, or as page watermarks
* Insert binary OLE Objects such as Excel or Visio
* Insert and format table with customized properties for each rows (e.g. repeat as header row) and cells (e.g. background color, rowspan, colspan)
* Insert list items as bulleted, numbered, or multilevel
* Insert hyperlinks
* Create document from templates
* Use XSL 1.0 style sheets to transform main document part of OOXML template
* ... and many more features on progress
## Requirements
* PHP 5.3+
* PHP [Zip](http://php.net/manual/en/book.zip.php) extension
* PHP [XML Parser](http://www.php.net/manual/en/xml.installation.php) extension
## Optional PHP extensions
* [GD](http://php.net/manual/en/book.image.php)
* [XMLWriter](http://php.net/manual/en/book.xmlwriter.php)
* [XSL](http://php.net/manual/en/book.xsl.php)
## Installation
It is recommended that you install the PHPWord library [through composer](http://getcomposer.org/). To do so, add
the following lines to your ``composer.json``.
```json
{
"require": {
"phpoffice/phpword": "dev-master"
}
}
```
## Documentation
We're reorganizing our documentation. Below are some of the most important things that you needed to get PHPWord creates document for you in no time.
### Table of contents
1. [Basic usage](#basic-usage)
* [Measurement units](#measurement-units)
2. [Sections](#sections)
* [Section settings](#section-settings)
* [Section page numbering](#section-page-numbering)
3. [Texts](#texts)
* [Attributes](#text-attributes)
4. [Paragraph Style](#paragraph-style)
* [Attributes](#paragraph-style-attributes)
5. [Tables](#tables)
* [Cell Style](#tables-cell-style)
6. [Images](#images)
* [Attributes](#images-attributes)
#### Basic usage
The following is a basic example of the PHPWord library. More examples are provided in the [samples folder](samples/).
```php
$PHPWord = new PHPWord();
// Every element you want to append to the word document is placed in a section.
// To create a basic section:
$section = $PHPWord->createSection();
// After creating a section, you can append elements:
$section->addText('Hello world!');
// You can directly style your text by giving the addText function an array:
$section->addText('Hello world! I am formatted.',
array('name'=>'Tahoma', 'size'=>16, 'bold'=>true));
// If you often need the same style again you can create a user defined style
// to the word document and give the addText function the name of the style:
$PHPWord->addFontStyle('myOwnStyle',
array('name'=>'Verdana', 'size'=>14, 'color'=>'1B2232'));
$section->addText('Hello world! I am formatted by a user defined style',
'myOwnStyle');
// You can also put the appended element to local object like this:
$fontStyle = new PHPWord_Style_Font();
$fontStyle->setBold(true);
$fontStyle->setName('Verdana');
$fontStyle->setSize(22);
$myTextElement = $section->addText('Hello World!');
$myTextElement->setFontStyle($fontStyle);
// Finally, write the document:
$objWriter = PHPWord_IOFactory::createWriter($PHPWord, 'Word2007');
$objWriter->save('helloWorld.docx');
```
##### Measurement units
The base length unit in Open Office XML is twip. Twip means "TWentieth of an Inch Point", i.e. 1 twip = 1/1440 inch.
You can use PHPWord helper functions to convert inches, centimeters, or points to twips.
```php
// Paragraph with 6 points space after
$PHPWord->addParagraphStyle('My Style', array(
'spaceAfter' => PHPWord_Shared_Font::pointSizeToTwips(6))
);
$section = $PHPWord->createSection();
$sectionStyle = $section->getSettings();
// half inch left margin
$sectionStyle->setMarginLeft(PHPWord_Shared_Font::inchSizeToTwips(.5));
// 2 cm right margin
$sectionStyle->setMarginRight(PHPWord_Shared_Font::centimeterSizeToTwips(2));
```
#### Sections
Every visible element in word is placed inside of a section. To create a section, use the following code:
```php
$section = $PHPWord->createSection($sectionSettings);
```
The `$sectionSettings` is an optional associative array that sets the section. Example:
```php
$sectionSettings = array(
'orientation' => 'landscape',
'marginTop' => 600,
'colsNum' => 2,
);
```
##### Section settings
Below are the available settings for section:
* `orientation` Page orientation, i.e. 'portrait' (default) or 'landscape'
* `marginTop` Page margin top in twips
* `marginLeft` Page margin left in twips
* `marginRight` Page margin right in twips
* `marginBottom` Page margin bottom in twips
* `borderTopSize` Border top size in twips
* `borderTopColor` Border top color
* `borderLeftSize` Border left size in twips
* `borderLeftColor` Border left color
* `borderRightSize` Border right size in twips
* `borderRightColor` Border right color
* `borderBottomSize` Border bottom size in twips
* `borderBottomColor` Border bottom color
* `headerHeight` Spacing to top of header
* `footerHeight` Spacing to bottom of footer
* `colsNum` Number of columns
* `colsSpace` Spacing between columns
* `breakType` Section break type (nextPage, nextColumn, continuous, evenPage, oddPage)
The following two settings are automatically set by the use of the `orientation` setting. You can alter them but that's not recommended.
* `pageSizeW` Page width in twips
* `pageSizeH` Page height in twips
##### Section page numbering
You can change a section page numbering.
```php
$section = $PHPWord->createSection();
$section->getSettings()->setPageNumberingStart(1);
```
#### Texts
Text can be added by using `addText` and `createTextRun` method. `addText` is used for creating simple paragraphs that only contain texts with the same style. `createTextRun` is used for creating complex paragraphs that contain text with different style (some bold, other italics, etc) or other elements, e.g. images or links.
`addText` sample:
```php
$fontStyle = array('name' => 'Times New Roman', 'size' => 9);
$paragraphStyle = array('align' => 'both');
$section->addText('I am simple paragraph', $fontStyle, $paragraphStyle);
```
`createTextRun` sample:
```php
$textrun = $section->createTextRun();
$textrun->addText('I am bold', array('bold' => true));
$textrun->addText('I am italic, array('italic' => true));
$textrun->addText('I am colored, array('color' => 'AACC00'));
```
##### Attributes
* ``size`` text size, e.g. _20_, _22_,
* ``name`` font name, e.g. _Arial_
* ``bold`` text is bold, _true_ or _false_
* ``italic`` text is italic, _true_ or _false_
* ``superScript`` text is super script, _true_ or _false_
* ``subScript`` text is sub script, _true_ or _false_
* ``underline`` text is underline, _true_ or _false_
* ``strikethrough`` text is strikethrough, _true_ or _false_
* ``color`` text color, e.g. _FF0000_
* ``fgColor`` fgColor
* ``line-height`` text line height, e.g. _1.0_, _1.5_, ect...
#### Paragraph Style
##### Attributes
* ``line-height`` text line height, e.g. _1.0_, _1.5_, ect...
* ``align`` paragraph alignment, _left_, _right_ or _center_
* ``spaceBefore`` space before Paragraph
* ``spaceAfter`` space after Paragraph
* ``tabs`` set of Custom Tab Stops
* ``indent`` indent by how much
#### Tables
The following illustrates how to create a table.
```php
$table = $section->addTable();
$table->addRow();
$table->addCell();
```
##### Cell Style
###### Cell Span
You can span a cell on multiple columms.
```php
$cell = $table->addCell(200);
$cell->getStyle()->setGridSpan(5);
```
#### Images
You can add images easily using the following example.
```php
$section = $PHPWord->createSection();
$section->addImage('mars.jpg');
```
##### Attributes
* ``width`` width in pixels
* ``height`` height in pixels
* ``align`` image alignment, _left_, _right_ or _center_
* ``marginTop`` top margin in inches, can be negative
* ``marginLeft`` left margin in inches, can be negative
* ``wrappingStyle`` can be _inline_, _square_, _tight_, _behind_, _infront_
To add an image with attributes, consider the following example.
```php
$section->addImage(
'mars.jpg',
array(
'width' => 100,
'height' => 100,
'marginTop' => -1,
'marginLeft' => -1,
'wrappingStyle' => 'behind'
)
);
```