PHPDOCX is offered as a free PHP library that allows you to create dynamically basic Microsoft Office Word documents (.docx) or as an enhanced Pro version that includes extra functionality and allows for more sophisticated formatting.
The main characteristics of both versions are summarized in the following table:
| Features for Free and Pro version | FREE Version | PRO Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEMPLATES | |||
| Templates for mail merge/multiple documents | |||
| Templates with Graphics and Pictures | |||
| Dynamic Generation of lists and tables | |||
| Multitext on templates | |||
| Multiple variables on templates | |||
| Advanced management of templates (text blocks) | |||
| Retrieve variables given in a document | |||
| Merge of HTML, RTF and .docx documents on templates | |||
| TEXT | Standard text formatting | ||
| Formatted paragraphs | |||
| External links | |||
| Page breaks | |||
| Widow/orphan control | |||
| Lists | |||
| Nested lists | |||
| Footnotes | |||
| Text boxes | |||
| Text templates | |||
| Text indenting with spaces and tabs | |||
| Text with style | |||
| Codification conversion to UTF8 for special characters inside PHPdocX | |||
| XML Rawcode Free | |||
| Custom Language for Documents Free | |||
| Spacing control | |||
| Customized bullets on list (dot, square, empty dot) | |||
| Newlines support | |||
| Embed RTF and docx document inside another document | |||
| STRUCTURE | General design options | ||
| Headers | |||
| Footers | |||
| Advanced headers/footers | |||
| Page numbering | |||
| Table of Contents* | |||
| Sectioning | |||
| Word Macros | |||
| Columns on a section | |||
| Checkbox support | |||
| TABLES | Basic tables | ||
| Advanced table formatting | |||
| Custom styles | |||
| IMAGES | Jpg, gif, png | ||
| Scaling and resizing | |||
| Advanced formatting | |||
| GRAPHS | 2D basic graphs | ||
| 2D advanced graphs | |||
| 3D graphs | |||
| Lines, shapes and figures | |||
| MATH | OMML support | ||
| MathML support | |||
| CONVERSION TOOLS | |||
| HTML | |||
| DOC ** | |||
| DEBUGGING | Unit testing | ||
| Logger Free | Only Logs warnings and errors | Warnings, errors, more info, debugging. | |
| HTML PARSER | Formatting through a CSS file with specific selectors | ||
| MULTIFORMATTING | Create Paragraphs with different formats | ||
| EXTRAS | .docx documents on read mode | ||
| Direct download trough browser | |||
| Support for Race Conditions | |||
| PHPversion check | |||
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