TemplateProcessor, some values are not replaced (incl. debug)

[kaystrobach]

Given you have word document, with placeholders like ${some.object.path} any change in any place of the document can add some xml inside the brackets of the placeholder.

$template = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\TemplateProcessor($this->templatePath);
throw  new \Exception(print_r($template->getVariables(), TRUE));

gives f.e. the following array

[0] => student.aktenzeichen
[1] => student.registraturSba
[2] => student.kontakt.vorname
[3] => st</w:t></w:r><w:r><w:t>u</w:t></w:r><w:r><w:t>dent.kontakt.nachname
[4] => student.kontakt.strasse
[5] => st</w:t></w:r><w:r><w:t>u</w:t></w:r><w:r><w:t>dent.kontakt.hausnummer
[6] => student.kontakt.plz
[7] => student.kontakt.ort
[8] => student.kontakt.nachname

3 and 5 will never be replaced as they are screwed up by word 😢 as i use getVariables to obtain real object pathes from my domain model i used strip_tags to transform it into a useable object path again.

But neither giving the broken values 3 / 5 to set values gives a successfull replacement ... any idea? my current approach is to digg deeper into the setValueForPart function and understand what you do with value cleaning ...

[kaystrobach]

the following workaround makes the replacement a lot more robust for me!

current workaround:

        $variables = $template->getVariables();

        foreach ($variables as $variable) {
            if (strpos($variable, '.')) {
                list($object, $path) = explode('.', strip_tags($variable), 2);
                if (isset($this->variables[$object])) {
                    $value = $this->resolve($this->variables[$object], $path);
                    $template->setValue($variable, $value);
                    $template->setValue(strip_tags($variable), $value);

                    $this->logger->log('WordView Variable: ' . $variable . ' = ' . $value, LOG_DEBUG);
                }
            }
        }

        $this->logger->log('WordView leftovers', LOG_DEBUG, print_r($template->getVariables(), TRUE));

mean i do 2 replacements per document, one with the xml tags included and one with the xml removed with strip tags ... this makes it a little more robust for me, IMHO this should be fixed with some kind of mapping table, as the correct areas are detected.

[ghost]

Fixed.