Question about Templates

[eugene-brit]

Hi, guys!

I've a problem with creating templates.

At first, I've created .docx file which contains this structure:

${clone}
${name}
${phone}
${email}
${/clone}

Then, I should clone content between ${clone} and ${/clone}. I use $document->cloneBlock('clone', 3); for it but nothing happens. When I open this generated file I see the same structure.

${clone}
${name}
${phone}
${email}
${/clone}

Could you help me? What should I do to clone this block?

And one more question. Can I use variables in the cloned block more than one time, somethings like this:

$document->setValue('name#1', 'Name 1');
$document->setValue('name#2', 'Name 2');

Best regards, Eugene

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[franzholz]

The example "vendor/phpoffice/phpword/samples/Sample_07_TemplateCloneRow.php" answers your questions.

[eugene-brit]

I've seen this examle. But in this example says about table rows and I've asked about "text blocks".

[rando85]

I think the problem is with Word, if you check the xml code you can notice the vars are not saved as well, Word insert many tags between the name of your var and the ${ }

You can try deleting and retyping the tags but the setValue won't help you.

[chc88]

See this issue: #341

My fix for the cloneBlock also includes the addition of _1 and _2 to variables within the cloned block

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