Fix ampersand corrupting document

see: PHPOffice#1500
silverbackdan · Nov 7, 2018 · ac6211b · ac6211b
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diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Element/Text.php b/src/PhpWord/Element/Text.php
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ class Text extends AbstractElement
  */
  public function __construct($text = null, $fontStyle = null, $paragraphStyle = null)
  {
+ // escape ampersand. It could be here because $domElement->nodeValue returns as a simple ampersand (& instead of &amp;), or a user could have added ampersands with the addText method
+ $text = preg_replace('/(&)(?![0-9a-z]+;)/i', '&amp;', $text);
  $this->setText($text);
  $paragraphStyle = $this->setParagraphStyle($paragraphStyle);
  $this->setFontStyle($fontStyle, $paragraphStyle);