PHP Read and Write in MS WORD

Question

I want to read/write word documents using PHP,

I know there is a function in php to work with COM objects which we can use to read and write word documents, but COM

Answer 1

Create / Write a MS RTF Word Document by using this pure PHP Code

Use this free Lib: https://github.com/phprtflite/PHPRtfLite

Works on Windows, Linux and Mac OS

Take a look at the Documentation over here: http://sigma-scripts.de/phprtflite/docs/

Also read this if you what to now more about Office File Formats:

https://joelonsoftware.com/2008/02/19/why-are-the-microsoft-office-file-formats-so-complicated-and-some-workarounds/

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// TAGS THAT WILL WORK: , 
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// SET VAR
$dir = dirname(__FILE__);

// PHPRtfLite
require_once $dir . '/PHPRtfLite/lib/PHPRtfLite.php';
PHPRtfLite::registerAutoloader();
$rtf = new PHPRtfLite();
$sect = $rtf->addSection();

// ADD CONTENT AS HTML
// 'Arial' 'Verdana' 'Tahoma' Times New Roman' etc.
// TEXT_ALIGN_LEFT, TEXT_ALIGN_RIGHT, TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER, TEXT_ALIGN_JUSTIFY
$sect->writeText(
  $headline, 
  new PHPRtfLite_Font(24, 'Arial'), 
  new PHPRtfLite_ParFormat(PHPRtfLite_ParFormat::TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER)
);                                                 
$sect->writeText(
  $content, 
  new PHPRtfLite_Font(12, 'Arial'), 
  new PHPRtfLite_ParFormat(PHPRtfLite_ParFormat::TEXT_ALIGN_LEFT)
);

// SAVE RTF DOCUMENT
$rtf->save($dir . '/' . basename(__FILE__, '.php') . '.rtf');