Illegal string offset warning in PHP 7

[likeuntomurphy]

Saving a document triggers an Illegal string offset 'w:compatSetting' warning, because $this->settings['w:compat'] is initialized as an empty string instead of an empty array in src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Part/Settings.php. This appears to be the case with PHP7 — PHP5 does not raise the warning.

[germansokolov13]

I've just downloaded PHPWord 0.13.0 via Composer and it's still an empty string instead of an empty array there. Not merged into a release?

[philwu]

I've just downloaded PHPWord 0.13.0 via Composer still get the problem.
Win10 build 14393+IIS
PHP 7.1.1

[thibaultvanc]

had same error on PHP 7.1.2 BUT :

try {
      $objWriter->save($path);

    } catch (Exception $e) {

    }
    return redirect('/'.$path);

WORK FOR ME

[shad0wfir3]

@thibaultvanc can you expand on where you implemented this? currently getting the same error on php 7.1.2

[DevSazal]

Doc file created successfully
but why this message is showing....

Warning: Illegal string offset 'w:compatSetting' in C:\xampp\htdocs\greek\vendor\phpoffice\phpword\src\PhpWord\Writer\Word2007\Part\Settings.php on line 173

Notice: Array to string conversion in C:\xampp\htdocs\greek\vendor\phpoffice\phpword\src\PhpWord\Writer\Word2007\Part\Settings.php on line 173

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in C:\xampp\htdocs\greek\vendor\phpoffice\phpword\src\PhpWord\Writer\Word2007\Part\Settings.php on line 80

[wqj97]

Still have problem today

[Jaspur]

Same issue here. PHP 7.1.3

[likeuntomurphy]

This has been merged into the develop branch and is slated for inclusion in v0.14.0. However, the release is on hold indefinitely because the project does not have an active maintainer.

Your best bet is to fork the develop branch or apply the patch to your local copy.

[Jaspur]

Still, when I add this in composer.json:

"phpoffice/phpword": "dev-master",

And run this (word.patch is a file with content of the patch from the commit above):

git apply --stat word.patch

It still returns the error:

Illegal string offset 'w:compatSetting'

@likeuntomurphy

[likeuntomurphy]

Ok, try composer require phpoffice/phpword:dev-develop — that should do it once for all:

$ composer require phpoffice/phpword:dev-develop
./composer.json has been updated
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
Package operations: 0 installs, 1 update, 0 removals
  - Updating phpoffice/phpword (dev-master 0a3f873 => dev-develop 4decaff):  Checking out 4decaffd53

There are still many things I don’t know about composer, and I didn't realize this would work.

[juanwilde]

dev-develop did the trick! Now it's time to wait for 0.14 release

[Alexmg86]

000e36a

[maulik37]

this is work fine for me
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46202824/how-to-fix-warning-illegal-string-offset-in-laravel-5-4/46482346#46482346

[carlosmolano]

Change en file...

PHPOffice\PHPWord\Writer\Word2007\Part\Settings

private function getSettings()
{
.......

        'w:compat' => ' ',

       ........
}

Updated to

private function getSettings()
{
.......

        'w:compat' => array('@attributes' => array('w:val' => '')),

       ........
}

[germansokolov13]

Times change, generations replace each other. And they still fight their formidable foe. The two single quotes keep the upper hand in the php-development battle.

[fauzannoorazhar]

Change en file...

PHPOffice\PHPWord\Writer\Word2007\Part\Settings

private function getSettings()
{
.......

        'w:compat' => ' ',

       ........
}

Updated to

private function getSettings()
{
.......

        'w:compat' => array('@attributes' => array('w:val' => '')),

       ........
}

its work for me, thanks