Writers

HTML

The name of the writer is HTML.

php

<?php

$writer = IOFactory::createWriter($oPhpWord, 'HTML');
$writer->save(__DIR__ . '/sample.html');

When generating html/pdf, you can alter the default handling of white space (normal), and/or supply a fallback generic font as follows:

php

$writer = IOFactory::createWriter($oPhpWord, 'HTML');
$writer->setDefaultGenericFont('serif');
$writer->setDefaultWhiteSpace('pre-wrap');
$writer->save(__DIR__ . '/sample.html');

ODText

The name of the writer is ODText.

php

<?php

$writer = IOFactory::createWriter($oPhpWord, 'ODText');
$writer->save(__DIR__ . '/sample.docx');

PDF

The name of the writer is PDF.

php

<?php

$writer = IOFactory::createWriter($oPhpWord, 'PDF');
$writer->save(__DIR__ . '/sample.pdf');

To generate a PDF, the PhpWord object passes through HTML before generating the PDF. This HTML can be modified using a callback.

php

<?php

$writer = IOFactory::createWriter($oPhpWord, 'PDF');
$writer->setEditCallback('cbEditHTML');
$writer->save(__DIR__ . '/sample.pdf');

/**
 * Add a meta tag generator
 */
function cbEditHTML(string $inputHTML): string
{
    $beforeBody = '<meta name="generator" content="PHPWord" />';
    $needle = '</head>';

    $pos = strpos($inputHTML, $needle);
    if ($pos !== false) {
        $inputHTML = (string) substr_replace($inputHTML, "$beforeBody\n$needle", $pos, strlen($needle));
    }

    return $inputHTML;
}

Options

You can define options like :

font: default font

Options must be defined before creating the writer.

php

<?php

use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Settings;

Settings::setPdfRendererOptions([
    'font' => 'Arial'
]);

$writer = IOFactory::createWriter($oPhpWord, 'PDF');
$writer->save(__DIR__ . '/sample.pdf');

Specify the PDF Renderer

Before PHPWord can write a PDF, you must specify the renderer to use and the path to it. Currently, three renderers are supported:

To specify the renderer you use two static Settings functions:

setPdfRendererName: This sets the name of the renderer library to use. Provide one of Settings' three PDF_ constants to the function call.
setPdfRendererPath: This sets the path to the renderer library. This directory is the renderer's package directory within Composer's vendor directory.

In the code below, you can see an example of setting MPDF as the desired PDF renderer.

php

Settings::setPdfRendererName(Settings::PDF_RENDERER_MPDF);
Settings::setPdfRendererPath(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/mpdf/mpdf');

or you can edit settings in phpword.ini ( or phpword.ini.dist) file.

ini

pdfRendererName       = MPDF    ;DomPDF, TCPDF, MPDF
pdfRendererPath       = /path/to/your/renderer/folder

RTF

The name of the writer is RTF.

php

<?php

$writer = IOFactory::createWriter($oPhpWord, 'RTF');
$writer->save(__DIR__ . '/sample.rtf');

Word2007

The name of the writer is Word2007.

php

<?php

$writer = IOFactory::createWriter($oPhpWord, 'Word2007');
$writer->save(__DIR__ . '/sample.docx');

ZIP Adapter

You can change the ZIP Adapter for the writer. By default, the ZIP Adapter is ZipArchiveAdapter.

php

<?php

use PhpOffice\Common\Adapter\Zip\PclZipAdapter;
use PhpOffice\Common\Adapter\Zip\ZipArchiveAdapter;

$writer = IOFactory::createWriter($oPhpWord, 'Word2007');
$writer->setZipAdapter(new PclZipAdapter());
$writer->save(__DIR__ . '/sample.docx');