How can PHPWord be used to generate DOCX files and control their download behavior?

To generate DOCX files using PHPWord and control their download behavior, you can create a PHP script that generates the DOCX file using PHPWord, saves it to a temporary location on the server, and then sends it to the user as a download. You can set the appropriate headers to force the browser to download the file instead of displaying it. 

<?php
require 'vendor/autoload.php'; // Include PHPWord library

// Create a new PHPWord object
$phpWord = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord();

// Add content to the PHPWord object
$section = $phpWord->addSection();
$section->addText('Hello, World!');

// Save the PHPWord object as a DOCX file
$objWriter = \PhpOffice\PhpWord\IOFactory::createWriter($phpWord, 'Word2007');
$filename = 'example.docx';
$objWriter->save($filename);

// Set appropriate headers for the download
header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
header('Content-Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' . $filename . '"');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($filename));
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate');
header('Pragma: public');
header('Expires: 0');

// Send the file to the user
readfile($filename);

// Delete the temporary file
unlink($filename);
?>

Keywords

PHPWord DOCX files download behavior generation control

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