Calling PHPword third party libraries in Code Igniter - php

Question

I have a problem with calling PHPWord library in Code Igniter, I already using PHPExcel and there are no problems everything goes smoothly.
But I have a problem with this PHPWord, because when I tried to use the same method to call the PHPExcel, it doesnt solve anything. I still seeing an error.
It's not like I don't search it on the google, I already searched it, but still, no one can solve my problem, I don't where is the problem.
So let me explain what is the problem.
FYI: I using PHP 7.1.1
Because the PHP version, PHPWord got some errors that says a class named as a String that is known as variable, so because of that error, I changed it to Strings all of them that associated with that class.
After I changed it, I want to call the class with library file.
This is the file:
<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
require_once APPPATH.'/third_party/PHPWord/Autoloader.php';
use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Autoloader as Autoloader;
use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Settings as Settings;
use PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord as PhpWord;
/* I tried two different ways */
// class Word extends PhpWord {
// public function __construct() {
// parent::__construct();
// }
// }
Autoloader::register();
Settings::loadConfig();
And this is the Controller code that calls the class.
$this->load->library('word');
$section = $this->word->createSection(array('orientation'=>'landscape'));
After I did that, it says Non-existent class: Word, I don't know anymore where is the problem, is it because I changed the class name? or it doesn't compatible with my CI version(3)?
Because I already tried different ways and still cannot solve this problem, can someone help me with this problem and show me what I did wrong? Thank you.

Answer 1

I haven't tried with PHP7 but I found this Github repo which worked for me.
https://github.com/webeasystep/phpword_codeigniter
I just copied the application\third_party\PhpWord folder and application\library\PhpWord.php into the same locations in my project and then used some of the code from the controller provided, e.g...
public function test()
{
$this->load->library('Phpword');
$phpWord = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord();
$phpWord->getCompatibility()->setOoxmlVersion(14);
$phpWord->getCompatibility()->setOoxmlVersion(15);
$filename = 'test.docx';
// add style settings for the title and paragraph
$section = $phpWord->addSection();
$section->addText("Hello, world");
$section->addTextBreak(1);
$section->addText("It's cold outside.");
$objWriter = \PhpOffice\PhpWord\IOFactory::createWriter($phpWord, 'Word2007');
$objWriter->save($filename);
// send results to browser to download
header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.$filename);
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
header('Expires: 0');
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
header('Pragma: public');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($filename));
flush();
readfile($filename);
unlink($filename); // deletes the temporary file
exit;
}
This works fine, I get a .docx when I hit my controller/test in a browser

Answer 2

Following library is working smoothly for me for PHP 7 version without any error.
https://github.com/rifqisucahyo/CI_PHPWord
class Word extends PHPWord {
public function __construct() {
parent::__construct();
$this->load->library('word');
}
function index() {
require_once APPPATH."/third_party/PHPWord.php";
$PHPWord = $this->word; // New Word Document
$section = $PHPWord->createSection(); // New portrait section
// Add text elements
$section->addText('Hello World!');
$section->addTextBreak(2);
$section->addText('Mohammad Rifqi Sucahyo.', array('name'=>'Verdana', 'color'=>'006699'));
$section->addTextBreak(2);
$PHPWord->addFontStyle('rStyle', array('bold'=>true, 'italic'=>true, 'size'=>16));
$PHPWord->addParagraphStyle('pStyle', array('align'=>'center', 'spaceAfter'=>100));
// Save File / Download (Download dialog, prompt user to save or simply open it)
$section->addText('Ini Adalah Demo PHPWord untuk CI', 'rStyle', 'pStyle');
$filename='just_some_random_name.docx'; //save our document as this file name
header('Content-Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document'); //mime type
header('Content-Disposition: attachment;filename="'.$filename.'"'); //tell browser what's the file name
header('Cache-Control: max-age=0'); //no cache
$objWriter = PHPWord_IOFactory::createWriter($PHPWord, 'Word2007');
$objWriter->save('php://output');
}
}