PHPWord

Introduction

PHPWord is a library written in pure PHP that provides a set of classes to write to and read from different document file formats. The current version of PHPWord supports Microsoft Office Open XML (OOXML or OpenXML), OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument or ODF), and Rich Text Format (RTF).

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.

PHPWord is an open source project licensed under LGPL. PHPWord is unit tested to make sure that the released versions are stable.

Want to contribute? Fork us or submit your bug reports or feature requests to us.

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

File formats

Below are the supported features for each file formats.

Writers

No	Element	DOCX	ODT	RTF
1	Text	v	v	v
2	Text Run	v	v	v
3	Title	v
4	Link	v
5	Preserve Text	v
6	Text Break	v	v	v
7	Page Break	v
8	List	v
9	Table	v
10	Image	v
11	MemoryImage	v
12	Object	v
13	Watermark	v
14	TOC	v
15	Header	v
16	Footer	v
17	Footnote	v

Readers

No	Element	DOCX	ODT	RTF
1	Text	v
2	Text Run	v
3	Title
4	Link
5	Preserve Text
6	Text Break	v
7	Page Break
8	List
9	Table
10	Image
11	MemoryImage
12	Object
13	Watermark
14	TOC
15	Header
16	Footer
17	Footnote

Installing

Requirements

Mandatory:

• PHP 5.3+
• PHP Zip extension
• PHP XML Parser extension

Optional PHP extensions:

• GD
• XMLWriter
• XSL

Installation

There are two ways to install PHPWord, i.e. via Composer or manually by downloading the library.

Composer

To install via Composer, add the following lines to your composer.json:

{
    "require": {
       "phpoffice/phpword": "dev-master"
    }
}

Manual installation

To install manually, download PHPWord package from github. Extract the package and put the contents to your machine. To use the library, include Classes/PHPWord.php in your script like below.

require_once '/path/to/PHPWord/Classes/PHPWord.php';

Using samples

After installation, you can browse and use the samples that we've provided, either by command line or using browser. If you can access your PHPWord library folder using browser, point your browser to the samples folder, e.g. http://localhost/PHPWord/samples/.

User manual

• General usage
• Containers
  • Sections
  • Headers
  • Footers
• Elements
  • Texts
  • Breaks
  • Lists
  • Tables
  • Images
  • Objects
  • Table of contents
  • Footnotes
• Templates

General usage

Basic example

The following is a basic example of the PHPWord library. More examples are provided in the samples folder.

$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');

Default font

By default, every text appears in Arial 10 point. You can alter the default font by using the following two functions:

$phpWord->setDefaultFontName('Times New Roman');
$phpWord->setDefaultFontSize(12);

Document properties

You can set the document properties such as title, creator, and company name. Use the following functions:

$properties = $PHPWord->getProperties();
$properties->setCreator('My name');
$properties->setCompany('My factory');
$properties->setTitle('My title');
$properties->setDescription('My description');
$properties->setCategory('My category');
$properties->setLastModifiedBy('My name');
$properties->setCreated(mktime(0, 0, 0, 3, 12, 2014));
$properties->setModified(mktime(0, 0, 0, 3, 14, 2014));
$properties->setSubject('My subject');
$properties->setKeywords('my, key, word');

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.

// 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));

Containers

Sections

Every visible element in word is placed inside of a section. To create a section, use the following code:

$section = $phpWord->createSection($sectionSettings);

The $sectionSettings is an optional associative array that sets the section. Example:

$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.

$section = $phpWord->createSection();
$section->getSettings()->setPageNumberingStart(1);

Headers

Each section can have its own header reference. To create a header use the createHeader method:

$header = $section->createHeader();

Be sure to save the result in a local object. You can use all elements that are available for the footer. See "Footer" section for detail. Additionally, only inside of the header reference you can add watermarks or background pictures. See "Watermarks" section.

Footers

Each section can have its own footer reference. To create a footer, use the createFooter method:

$footer = $section->createFooter();

Be sure to save the result in a local object to add elements to a footer. You can add the following elements to footers:

• Texts addText and createTextrun
• Text breaks
• Images
• Tables
• Preserve text

See the "Elements" section for the detail of each elements.

Elements

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. The syntaxes are as follow:

$section->addText($text, [$fontStyle], [$paragraphStyle]);
$textrun = $section->createTextRun([$paragraphStyle]);

You can use the $fontStyle and $paragraphStyle variable to define text formatting. There are 2 options to style the inserted text elements, i.e. inline style by using array or defined style by adding style definition.

Inline style examples:

$fontStyle = array('name' => 'Times New Roman', 'size' => 9);
$paragraphStyle = array('align' => 'both');
$section->addText('I am simple paragraph', $fontStyle, $paragraphStyle);

$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'));

Defined style examples:

$fontStyle = array('color' => '006699', 'size' => 18, 'bold' => true);
$PHPWord->addFontStyle('fStyle', $fontStyle);
$text = $section->addText('Hello world!', 'fStyle');

$paragraphStyle = array('align' => 'center');
$PHPWord->addParagraphStyle('pStyle', $paragraphStyle);
$text = $section->addText('Hello world!', 'pStyle');

Font style

Available font styles:

• name Font name, e.g. Arial
• size Font size, e.g. 20, 22,
• hint Font content type, default, eastAsia, or cs
• bold Bold, true or false
• italic Italic, true or false
• superScript Superscript, true or false
• subScript Subscript, true or false
• underline Underline, dash, dotted, etc.
• strikethrough Strikethrough, true or false
• color Font color, e.g. FF0000
• fgColor Font highlight color, e.g. yellow, green, blue

Paragraph style

Available paragraph styles:

• align Paragraph alignment, left, right or center
• spaceBefore Space before paragraph
• spaceAfter Space after paragraph
• indent Indent by how much
• hanging Hanging by how much
• basedOn Parent style
• next Style for next paragraph
• widowControl Allow first/last line to display on a separate page, true or false
• keepNext Keep paragraph with next paragraph, true or false
• keepLines Keep all lines on one page, true or false
• pageBreakBefore Start paragraph on next page, true or false
• lineHeight text line height, e.g. 1.0, 1.5, ect...
• tabs Set of custom tab stops

Titles

If you want to structure your document or build table of contents, you need titles or headings. To add a title to the document, use the addTitleStyle and addTitle method.

$PHPWord->addTitleStyle($depth, [$fontStyle], [$paragraphStyle]);
$section->addTitle($text, [$depth]);

Its necessary to add a title style to your document because otherwise the title won't be detected as a real title.

Links

You can add Hyperlinks to the document by using the function addLink:

$section->addLink($linkSrc, [$linkName], [$fontStyle], [$paragraphStyle]);

• $linkSrc The URL of the link.
• $linkName Placeholder of the URL that appears in the document.
• $fontStyle See "Font style" section.
• $paragraphStyle See "Paragraph style" section.

Preserve texts

The addPreserveText method is used to add a page number or page count to headers or footers.

$footer->addPreserveText('Page {PAGE} of {NUMPAGES}.');

Breaks

Text breaks

Text breaks are empty new lines. To add text breaks, use the following syntax. All paramaters are optional.

$section->addTextBreak([$breakCount], [$fontStyle], [$paragraphStyle]);

• $breakCount How many lines
• $fontStyle See "Font style" section.
• $paragraphStyle See "Paragraph style" section.

Page breaks

There are two ways to insert a page breaks, using the addPageBreak method or using the pageBreakBefore style of paragraph.

$section->addPageBreak();

Lists

To add a list item use the function addListItem.

$section->addListItem($text, [$depth], [$fontStyle], [$listStyle], [$paragraphStyle]);

• $text Text that appears in the document.
• $depth Depth of list item.
• $fontStyle See "Font style" section.
• $listStyle List style of the current element TYPE_NUMBER, TYPE_ALPHANUM, TYPE_BULLET_FILLED, etc. See list of constants in PHPWord_Style_ListItem.
• $paragraphStyle See "Paragraph style" section.

Tables

To add tables, rows, and cells, use the addTable, addRow, and addCell methods:

$table = $section->addTable([$tableStyle]);
$table->addRow([$height], [$rowStyle]);
$cell = $table->addCell($width, [$cellStyle]);

Table style can be defined with addTableStyle:

$tableStyle = array(
    'borderColor' => '006699',
    'borderSize' => 6,
    'cellMargin' => 50
);
$firstRowStyle = array('bgColor' => '66BBFF');
$PHPWord->addTableStyle('myTable', $tableStyle, $firstRowStyle);
$table = $section->addTable('myTable');

Table styles:

• $width Table width in percent
• $bgColor Background color, e.g. '9966CC'
• $border(Top|Right|Bottom|Left)Size Border size in twips
• $border(Top|Right|Bottom|Left)Color Border color, e.g. '9966CC'
• $cellMargin(Top|Right|Bottom|Left) Cell margin in twips

Row styles:

• tblHeader Repeat table row on every new page, true or false
• cantSplit Table row cannot break across pages, true or false

Cell styles:

• $width Cell width in twips
• $valign Vertical alignment, top, center, both, bottom
• $textDirection Direction of text
• $bgColor Background color, e.g. '9966CC'
• $border(Top|Right|Bottom|Left)Size Border size in twips
• $border(Top|Right|Bottom|Left)Color Border color, e.g. '9966CC'
• $gridSpan Number of columns spanned
• $vMerge restart or continue

Cell Span

You can span a cell on multiple columms.

$cell = $table->addCell(200);
$cell->getStyle()->setGridSpan(5);

Images

To add an image, use the addImage or addMemoryImage method. The first one is used when your source is stored locally, the later is used when your source is a remote URL, either another script that create image or an image on the internet.

Syntax:

$section->addImage($src, [$style]);
$section->addMemoryImage($link, [$style]);

Examples:

$section = $phpWord->createSection();
$section->addImage(
    'mars.jpg',
    array(
        'width' => 100,
        'height' => 100,
        'marginTop' => -1,
        'marginLeft' => -1,
        'wrappingStyle' => 'behind'
    )
);

$section->addMemoryImage('http://example.com/image.php');
$section->addMemoryImage('http://php.net/logo.jpg');

Image styles

Available image styles:

• 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 Wrapping style, inline, square, tight, behind, or infront

Watermarks

To add a watermark (or page background image), your section needs a header reference. After creating a header, you can use the addWatermark method to add a watermark.

$section = $PHPWord->createSection();
$header = $section->createHeader();
$header->addWatermark('resources/_earth.jpg', array('marginTop' => 200, 'marginLeft' => 55));

Objects

You can add OLE embeddings, such as Excel spreadsheets or PowerPoint presentations to the document by using addObject method.

$section->addObject($src, [$style]);

Table of contents

To add a table of contents (TOC), you can use the addTOC method. Your TOC can only be generated if you have add at least one title (See "Titles").

$section->addTOC([$fontStyle], [$tocStyle]);

• tabLeader Fill type between the title text and the page number. Use the defined constants in PHPWord_Style_TOC.
• tabPos The position of the tab where the page number appears in twips.
• indent The indent factor of the titles in twips.

Footnotes

You can create footnotes in texts or textruns, but it's recommended to use textrun to have better layout.

On textrun:

$textrun = $section->createTextRun();
$textrun->addText('Lead text.');
$footnote = $textrun->createFootnote();
$footnote->addText('Footnote text.');
$textrun->addText('Trailing text.');

On text:

$section->addText('Lead text.');
$footnote = $section->createFootnote();
$footnote->addText('Footnote text.');

Templates

You can create a docx template with included search-patterns that can be replaced by any value you wish. Only single-line values can be replaced. To load a template file, use the loadTemplate method. After loading the docx template, you can use the setValue method to change the value of a search pattern. The search-pattern model is: ${search-pattern}. It is not possible to add new PHPWord elements to a loaded template file.

Example:

$template = $PHPWord->loadTemplate('Template.docx');
$template->setValue('Name', 'Somebody someone');
$template->setValue('Street', 'Coming-Undone-Street 32');