I am trying to edit word document using php (PHPword library). However, I am not sure why it is not working. The script did not throw any error.
My Code:
<?php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
// $phpword = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord();
$templateProcessor = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\TemplateProcessor('test.docx');
// $templateProcessor->setValues(array('firstname' => 'John', 'lastname' => 'Doe'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('firstname', 'John');
$templateProcessor->setValue('lastname', 'Doe');
// var_dump($templateProcessor->setValues(array('firstname' => 'John', 'lastname' => 'Doe')));
var_dump($templateProcessor->setValue('lastname', 'Doe'))
?>
My word Doc: word doc
Output: Output
I have no idea why it is not working. can you please help me ? Thank you
The setValue() method will set the value but not return it to var_dump it.
Instead you can add:
$pathToSave = 'path/to/save/file.ext';
$templateProcessor->saveAs($pathToSave);
and check the output in the generated document.