Phpword: Cannot align text

[Vayel]

Hi,

I'm using PHPWord 12.1 but I don't manage to align text. The following code generates bold text but aligned to the left:

<?php
date_default_timezone_set('Europe/Paris');
require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';

$phpWord = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord();

// New portrait section
$section = $phpWord->addSection();

// Simple text
$section->addTitle('Welcome to PhpWord', 1);
$section->addText('Hello World!');

// Two text break
$section->addTextBreak(2);

// Define styles
$section->addText('Centered', array('bold' => true), array('alignment' => 'center'));

// Save file
$objWriter = \PhpOffice\PhpWord\IOFactory::createWriter($phpWord, 'Word2007');
$objWriter->save('sample.docx');

$objWriter = \PhpOffice\PhpWord\IOFactory::createWriter($phpWord, 'ODText');
$objWriter->save('sample.odt');

$objWriter = \PhpOffice\PhpWord\IOFactory::createWriter($phpWord, 'HTML');
$objWriter->save('sample.html');

Thanks

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[aslubsky]

use
$section->addText('some text', [], [ 'align' => \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Alignment::ALIGN_CENTER ]);

[Vayel]

Thanks!

However, it does not work for ODText format, only for Word2007 (I use LibreOffice 5).

[lythanhngodev]

$table->addCell(6500)->addText("Text", [], ['align' => \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Cell::VALIGN_CENTER ]);

[venkata-koatiah]

Currently I am Struggling for alignment in phpword (0.14.0) .I am Not able to do perform align left,right, center. But for alignment Justify i am using this code it's working for me

$phpWord->setDefaultParagraphStyle(
array(
'align' => 'both',
'spaceAfter' => \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Shared\Converter::pointToTwip(12),
'spacing' => 120,
)
);

i want to know alignment ( left,right, center ) . code If anybody knows please let me know

[troosan]

please check https://phpword.readthedocs.io/en/latest/styles.html#paragraph

[mcabanatan]

Hi @troosan,

How can I valign text in a cell? Below methods seems not to work, only I can center it horizontally but not vertically:

$fancyTableCellStyle = array('valign' => 'center');
$fancyTableFontStyle = array('bold' => true, 'color' => 'FFFFFF');
$tableCenterValignText = array('alignment' => \PhpOffice\PhpWord\SimpleType\Jc::CENTER, 'align' => \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Cell::VALIGN_CENTER);

$table->addCell(3000, $fancyTableCellStyle)->addText('Acct Name', $fancyTableFontStyle, $tableCenterValignText)

Regards!

[troosan]

@mcabanatan please check Sample_09_Tables.php, there's an example there

[mcabanatan]

HI @troosan,

My above code came from Sample_09_Tables.php which doesnt work. I'm opening the word in word2013. Any chance you can try it on your end?

Regards

[troosan]

This is what I'm getting (word 2016 for mac)

[mcabanatan]

Well that works perfect! I don't know why it doesn't work on mine(word2013). Can I have the code you use to generate the word file?

Thanks in advance!

[troosan]

@mcabanatan That's exactly from Sample_09_Tables.php

[luizz]

@mcabanatan set space in $tableCenterValignText

$tableCenterValignText = array(
    'spaceBefore'=>0,
    'spaceAfter'=>0,
    'alignment' => \PhpOffice\PhpWord\SimpleType\Jc::CENTER, 
    'align' => \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Cell::VALIGN_CENTER
);

[Tamn9208]

$section->addText('Centered', array('bold' => true), array('align' => 'center'));

[Stream3rPixel]

$section->addText("Center", array('bold' => true, "size"=>25), array('align' => 'center'));