formatting a word doc using php ?

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Hello Xperts,

I am trying out a couple of things and have come across this requirement,
where in a php script should create a doc file with specific formatting, I
can create the file, havent tried it yet, but shouldnt be a problem I guess,
but how do I format the doc file is the question, google search didnt give
good results too :( So not even sure if it can be done actually.

Thanks,
Vinay

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RE: formatting a word doc using php ?

http://phpword.codeplex.com/

I haven't used it myself, but it is open source (LGPL) so you can check out=
the code and tweak it as necessary. It's based on the PHPExcel work done b=
y Maarten, who's an incredibly smart guy.

: Ashay

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Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 1:42 PM
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Subject: [PHP-DB] formatting a word doc using php ?

Hello Xperts,

I am trying out a couple of things and have come across this requirement, w=
here in a php script should create a doc file with specific formatting, I c=
an create the file, havent tried it yet, but shouldnt be a problem I guess,=
but how do I format the doc file is the question, google search didnt give=
good results too :( So not even sure if it can be done actually.

Thanks,
Vinay

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Re: formatting a word doc using php ?

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Guys, is it a joke?
May be you need to choose right list carefully?

2010/9/18 Ashay Chaudhary

> http://phpword.codeplex.com/
>
> I haven't used it myself, but it is open source (LGPL) so you can check out
> the code and tweak it as necessary. It's based on the PHPExcel work done by
> Maarten, who's an incredibly smart guy.
>
> : Ashay
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vinay Kannan [mailto:vinykan@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 1:42 PM
> To: PHP DB
> Subject: [PHP-DB] formatting a word doc using php ?
>
> Hello Xperts,
>
> I am trying out a couple of things and have come across this requirement,
> where in a php script should create a doc file with specific formatting, I
> can create the file, havent tried it yet, but shouldnt be a problem I guess,
> but how do I format the doc file is the question, google search didnt give
> good results too :( So not even sure if it can be done actually.
>
> Thanks,
> Vinay
>
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Re: formatting a word doc using php ?

On 17 September 2010 21:41, Vinay Kannan wrote:
> Hello Xperts,
>
> I am trying out a couple of things and have come across this requirement,
> where in a php script should create a doc file with specific formatting, I
> can create the file, havent tried it yet, but shouldnt be a problem I guess,
> but how do I format the doc file is the question, google search didnt give
> good results too :( So not even sure if it can be done actually.
>
> Thanks,
> Vinay
>

Depending upon the version of document you want to create you have 3
mechanisms available.

1 : To use the older style doc format which is a proprietary binary
format controlled by Microsoft and has been reversed engineered (to a
degree) by various developers and you can find many instances of
php/word tools.
2 : To use the newer style xml format which is fully human readable.
3 : Use PHP's COM interface to interact with an instance of MS Word.

Each has its merits and really depends upon how complex you want to go.

For example, option 3 allows you to do everything that you can do
manually. If you can record a macro doing it in Word, then you can
script it in PHP. Learning a little bit about TypeLibraries and
reading the VBA documentation for Word will certainly help you there.
The main downside here is you need to have a license for Word and to
be using Windows. I use PHP's COM for interacting with Crystal Reports
Developer Edition. I've not built a report from scratch using PHP, but
that is available to me. Just like it is with MS Word. Using a
template, you can easily use PHP's COM to talk to Word, create a new
document from the template, do search and replace of bookmarks with
text and finally save the document.

Below is an example of reading a word count from a document called
Z:\5words.doc.

ini_set('com.autoregister_casesensitive', 1); // Optional. When set
wdPropertyWords does NOT equal WDPROPERTYWORDS
ini_set('com.autoregister_typelib', 1); // Auto registry the loaded
typelibrary - allows access to constants.
ini_set('com.autoregister_verbose', 0); // Suppress Warning:
com::com(): Type library constant emptyenum is already defined in $s
on line %d messages.

$o_Word = new COM('Word.Application') or die('Cannot load MS Word');
$o_Word->Visible = 0;

$o_Doc = $o_Word->Documents->Open('z:/5words.doc');
echo 'There are ', $o_Doc->BuiltInDocumentProperties(wdPropertyWords),
' word(s) in this document.';
$o_Doc->Close(False);
$o_Word->Quit();
unset($o_Doc);
unset($o_Word);
?>

Using Option 2 means learning how MS have defined their document.
Styling, etc. isn't like it is in old style HTML (bold), but
more like (but not exactly) using CSS tags (

bold