edit docx file using phpword

Question

is it possible to edit existing docx file using phpword?

i want to add footer text to my existing docx file.

there are lot of examples but those examples are creating the doc file from scratch not editing the file can someone link to me an example? thank you

just like this.

<?php
require_once 'PHPWord.php';
// New Word Document
$PHPWord = new PHPWord();
// New portrait section
$section = $PHPWord->createSection();
// Add header
$header = $section->createHeader();
$table = $header->addTable();
$table->addRow();
$table->addCell(4500)->addText('This is the header.');
$table->addCell(4500)->addImage('_earth.jpg', array('width'=>50, 'height'=>50, 'align'=>'right'));
// Add footer
$footer = $section->createFooter();
$footer->addPreserveText('Page {PAGE} of {NUMPAGES}.', array('align'=>'center'));
// Write some text
$section->addTextBreak();
$section->addText('Some text...');
// Save File
$objWriter = PHPWord_IOFactory::createWriter($PHPWord, 'Word2007');
$objWriter->save('HeaderFooter.docx');
?>

Answer 1

Yes you can edit.

From documentation

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).

Actually this is the procedure

1. Load our existing file as template.
2. Edit
3. Save

From the Documentation, I found an example,

<?php
include_once 'Sample_Header.php';
// Template processor instance creation
echo date('H:i:s'), ' Creating new TemplateProcessor instance...', EOL;
$templateProcessor = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\TemplateProcessor('resources/Sample_07_TemplateCloneRow.docx');
// Variables on different parts of document
$templateProcessor->setValue('weekday', htmlspecialchars(date('l'))); // On section/content
$templateProcessor->setValue('time', htmlspecialchars(date('H:i'))); // On footer
$templateProcessor->setValue('serverName', htmlspecialchars(realpath(__DIR__))); // On header
// Simple table
$templateProcessor->cloneRow('rowValue', 10);
$templateProcessor->setValue('rowValue#1', htmlspecialchars('Sun'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('rowValue#2', htmlspecialchars('Mercury'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('rowValue#3', htmlspecialchars('Venus'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('rowValue#4', htmlspecialchars('Earth'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('rowValue#5', htmlspecialchars('Mars'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('rowValue#6', htmlspecialchars('Jupiter'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('rowValue#7', htmlspecialchars('Saturn'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('rowValue#8', htmlspecialchars('Uranus'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('rowValue#9', htmlspecialchars('Neptun'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('rowValue#10', htmlspecialchars('Pluto'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('rowNumber#1', htmlspecialchars('1'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('rowNumber#2', htmlspecialchars('2'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('rowNumber#3', htmlspecialchars('3'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('rowNumber#4', htmlspecialchars('4'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('rowNumber#5', htmlspecialchars('5'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('rowNumber#6', htmlspecialchars('6'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('rowNumber#7', htmlspecialchars('7'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('rowNumber#8', htmlspecialchars('8'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('rowNumber#9', htmlspecialchars('9'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('rowNumber#10', htmlspecialchars('10'));
// Table with a spanned cell
$templateProcessor->cloneRow('userId', 3);
$templateProcessor->setValue('userId#1', htmlspecialchars('1'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('userFirstName#1', htmlspecialchars('James'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('userName#1', htmlspecialchars('Taylor'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('userPhone#1', htmlspecialchars('[phone]'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('userId#2', htmlspecialchars('2'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('userFirstName#2', htmlspecialchars('Robert'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('userName#2', htmlspecialchars('Bell'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('userPhone#2', htmlspecialchars('[phone]'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('userId#3', htmlspecialchars('3'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('userFirstName#3', htmlspecialchars('Michael'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('userName#3', htmlspecialchars('Ray'));
$templateProcessor->setValue('userPhone#3', htmlspecialchars('[phone]'));
echo date('H:i:s'), ' Saving the result document...', EOL;
$templateProcessor->saveAs('results/Sample_07_TemplateCloneRow.docx');
echo getEndingNotes(array('Word2007' => 'docx'));
if (!CLI) {
    include_once 'Sample_Footer.php';
}

Now see the lines of code given below , how to access existing header and footer

$headers = $section->getHeaders();
$header1 = $headers[1]; // note that the first index is 1 here (not 0)

$elements = $header1->getElements();
$element1 = $elements[0]; // and first index is 0 here normally

// for example manipulating simple text information ($element1 is instance of Text object)
$element1->setText("adding text here - old part: " . $element1->getText());

$footers = $section->getFooters(); // to access footer

You can find more examples here . If you want to add more styles, please read this page. And you can also see some recipes in their documentation.