'Semicolon missing' in saved docx file

[BBalazsJurgen]

Dear Dev Team,

We are using PHPWord to generate a number of docx files - we are using PHPWord to generate the file from scratch, the main body of the document remains the same, and we are only changing certain elements like tables and parts of text in paragraphs.

Most of the documents generated work just fine, but a few seem to have issues. When trying to open a file, Word replies with the following message (rough translations, might not be accurate):

"We're sorry. We can't open the file [filename] because we found a problem with its contents."
Clicking "Details" provides us with the following information:
"Semicolon required. Location: Part: /word/document.xml, Line: 2, Column: 62564".

I have attached the file in question for reference.
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Please get back to us with anything you can find.

Kind regards,
BBalazs

[rkorebrits]

You need to escape ampersands. You can either use htmlspecialchars or \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Settings::setOutputEscapingEnabled(true);

[BBalazsJurgen]

Thanks for the speedy reply, the solution worked flawlessly.