Phpword: import multiple docx templates into the same document

Created on 16 Aug 2012 · 25Comments · Source: PHPOffice/PHPWord

described here http://phpword.codeplex.com/discussions/316482

Also add function to merge multiple docx files into one docx. description here http://www.phpdocx.com/documentation/api-documentation/merge-two-word-documents

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SergeC

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I'm still waiting for this feature since 2014 😭

arcanedev-maroc on 27 Oct 2016

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I would also like to import a template, just for one section (for generating multiple invoices in 1 file)

barryvdh on 6 Sep 2012

it sounds like project is dead.

SergeC on 6 Sep 2012

Do you know of an active fork or good alternative?
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barryvdh on 6 Sep 2012

Well, looks like the project is alive again :) Once the reader is build (see #70), your need is easier to implement. @Progi1984, shouldn't we put this to 0.8?

ivanlanin on 10 Mar 2014

Or 0.7.7 :)

ivanlanin on 10 Mar 2014

Moved to the version 0.7.7 :wink:

Progi1984 on 10 Mar 2014

Please, assign it to me.

syroeshko on 11 Mar 2014

Thank you! :+1:

andrew-kzoo on 13 Mar 2014

@Progi1984 Can we start assigning issues? I see that you've assigned some issues to you. We also love to have assignments :) I think @RomanSyroeshko is interested in this one.

ivanlanin on 14 Mar 2014

Can't assign to people not in the team, maybe you could request @Progi1984 to be part of the team

gabrielbull on 14 Mar 2014

Ah, I see. Ok. Thanks. I'll submit the request.

ivanlanin on 14 Mar 2014

@RomanSyroeshko assigned

Progi1984 on 25 Mar 2014

Has there been any progress with copying a template to new section in the same document?

Ehaver282 on 27 Feb 2015

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I managed to import some Docx content by playing with AbstractContainer.php. The goal is to integrate our new elements to private variable AbstractContainer::$elements.

For this, I needed to add a new public method, that would take an imported element and:

reassign current PhpWord as parent container,
walk on all sub-elements to reassign indexes and ids

In AbstractContainer.php:

public function addElementsFromAnotherPhpWord(array $elements) {
    $count = count($elements);
    for ($i = 0; $i < $count; ++$i) {
        $element = $elements[$i];
        $element->setParentContainer($this);
        $this->reassignElementProperties($this, $element);
        $this->elements[] = $element;
    }
}
protected function reassignElementProperties($parent, $element) {
    // Set parent container (code from addElement() )
    $element->setParentContainer($parent);
    $element->setElementIndex($parent->countElements() + 1);
    $element->setElementId();

    // Recursive on sub-elements
    $count = count($element->elements);
    for ($i = 0; $i < $count; ++$i) {
        $this->reassignElementProperties($element, $element->elements[$i]);
    }
}

To call the method:

$PHPWord = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord();
$section = $PHPWord->addSection();

$docImport = \PhpOffice\PhpWord\IOFactory::load('/absolute/path.docx');
$sectionsImport = $docImport->getSections();
$sectionsCount = count($sectionsImport);
for ($iSection = 0; $iSection < $sectionsCount; ++$iSection) {
    $curSection = $sectionsImport[$iSection];
    $elements = $curSection->getElements();
    $section->addElementsFromAnotherPhpWord($elements);
}

I share this as a first guess on how the import could be done. This is not perfect at all! This does not for example reassign global styles ids. You will only have 'paragraph' styles.