Problem saving edited zip archive (docx)

Question

So here is my code:

<?php

$zip = new ZipArchive;
if ($zip->open('test.docx') === TRUE) {

 $xmlString = $zip->getFromName('word/document.xml');
 $xmlString = str_replace('$FIRST_AND_LAST_NAME', 'John Doe', $xmlString);
    $zip->addFromString('word/document.xml', $xmlString);

 echo 'ok';

    $zip->close();
} else {
    echo 'failed';
}

Its purpose is simple. It opens a test.docx file, searches for all occurences of a string "$FIRST_AND_LAST_NAME" and replaces them with "John Doe".

It works perfectly on my Windows development server (the "John Doe" string is in the docuemnt when I open it).

It does not work on my Lunux production server ("$FIRST_AND_LAST_NAME" string is still there, there is no "John Doe").

There is no error or notice, the "ok" is printed without any errors. I made sure the test.docx file has priviledges set to 777.

Answer 1

If close() returns false, there was an error writing out the archive.

Use getStatusString to get the exact error message.

Answer 2

Add sleep(1) before $zip->addFromString('word/document.xml', $xmlString);

It works on my Ubuntu 12.04

Don't forget to type your variable in same time when you create a docx file, I mean never type FIRST_AND_LAST_NAME and then you add a symbol $ after that. It creates different XML code.

Answer 3

Ok, I have used a class I found at phpclasses:

http://phpclasses.web4u.cz/package/6278-PHP-Edit-a-Zip-archive-in-pure-PHP-no-temporary-files.html

Here is the working code:

private function GenerateDocx($theTemplate, array $theReplacemenArray, $theOutputFile)
{
    $aSearchArray = array();
    foreach(range('A','Z') as $aLetter) {
        $aSearchArray[] = str_repeat($aLetter, 5);
    }
    $aArrayCountDifference = count($aSearchArray) - count($theReplacemenArray);
    $aSearchArray = array_slice($aSearchArray, 0, -$aArrayCountDifference);     

    require_once('tbszip.php');
    $tbszip = new clsTbsZip();
    $tbszip->Open($theTemplate);

    $aXmlPath = 'word/document.xml';

    if (true === $tbszip->FileExists($aXmlPath)) {

        $aXmlString = $tbszip->FileRead($aXmlPath);

        $aXmlString = str_replace($aSearchArray, $theReplacemenArray, $aXmlString);

        if (1 != $tbszip->FileReplace($aXmlPath, $aXmlString)) {
            throw new Exception('FileReplace() failed.');
        }

        $tbszip->Flush(TBSZIP_FILE, $theOutputFile);

        $tbszip->Close();

    }
}