Phpword: How to add a signature line to a document?

[swordf1zh]

I would like to use PHPWord to create forms that users can sign with their personal certificates using signature lines included in the generated document.

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[troosan]

This is currently not supported by PHPWord.

[swordf1zh]

I don't know if this would help, but this is a signature line extracted from a .docx document.xml:
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[FBnil]

Also this information helps: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9812161/trying-to-insert-a-digital-signature-line-in-a-docx-file

[FBnil]

http://phpoffice.github.io/PHPWord/docs/master/classes/PhpOffice.PhpWord.TemplateProcessor.html#method_replaceBlock

With $templateProcessor->replaceBlock() I was able to see something in LibreOffice (had to use as the start tag, removing the w:rsidR="00D44987" w:rsidRDefault="00D44987" parameters)
Not sure what MSWord does with it. I'll play with it tomorrow at the office.

[FBnil]

@swordf1zh

If we make a

${signatureblock}
Here will be the signature after replaceBlock()
${/signatureblock}

And then replaceBlock("signatureblock", $bigxmlsignature); it works for me. Gives a cross in MSOffice, with a line surrounded by a rectangle. However, it uses an existing image inside the document in LibreOffice, but at least it opens in both.

I have not been able to figure out how to sign it though. So those tests are for you.

remember to put each ${block} on a separate line (to ensure the required, separate, <w:p> paragraph's)

[FBnil]

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