Incorrect behavior when parsing html tag 'br'

[GolDiV]

This is:

• a bug report
• a feature request
• not a usage question (ask them on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/phpword)

Expected Behavior

When I use the tag <br/> in html string and parse it in phpword like addHtml('test1<br/>test2'), in MsWord I expect to recieve next:
'test1' (soft line break like 'shift+enter')
'test2'

Current Behavior

But now it work as next:
'test1' (line break like 'enter')
'empty string' (line break like 'enter')
'test2'

Failure Information

An empty string is inserted because function 'parseLineBreak' in class 'html' do it ($element->addTextBreak();). If this function is made empty, then the extra line will disappear. However, where to replace line break to soft line break, I did not find

How to Reproduce

Please provide a code sample that reproduces the issue.

<?php
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

$phpWord = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord();
$section = $phpWord->addSection();
$html ='test1<br/>test2';
\PhpOffice\PhpWord\Shared\Html::addHtml($section, $html, false, false);

Context

• PHP version: 7.1
• PHPWord version: 0.15

[troosan]

Did you try the dev-develop version?

[GolDiV]

yes

[troosan]

If you parse the following it's fine

<p>test1<br/>test2</p>

[apothan]

@troosan Is it expected that you use the paragraph tag around any HTML added this way? I am getting the same issue as OP. I do not use the paragraph tag because it creates formatting I do not want.

This seems to have been introduced in 0.14 because if I go back to 0.13 it does not happen.

[troosan]

I'll see if I can restore backward compatibility.
I guess I could automatically add a <p> if the root element is not a block element.