How to modify .doc or .docx file in php

Question

I have to modify the uploaded .doc or .docx file in php. I googled but i only found how to read that but not as it is. I want the word file as it is and put text at the bottom of that MS Word file. How is this possible anyone know please reply.

Thanks,

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I have used following code :-

$w='Test';
$fp = fopen('c:/text.doc', 'a+');
fwrite($fp, $w);
fclose($fp);

It appended the string but not showing in the word document. When i changed the extension of doc file to xml then it shows the string at the end. why should not it showing in doc file.

Thanks,

Answer 1

For Docx files, you can easily use an zip reader such as TbsZip in order to read and edit the main XML sub-file (Docx files are actually zip archive files). For DOC files, it is very difficult because it is a binary file.

Here is an example of code with TbsZip:

<?php

$x = "Hello World!";

include_once('tbszip.php');

$zip = new clsTbsZip();

// Open the document
$zip->Open('mydoc.docx');
$content = $zip->FileRead('word/document.xml');
$p = strpos($content, '</w:body>');
if ($p===false) exit("Tag </w:body> not found in document.");

// Add the text at the end
$content = substr_replace($content, '<w:p><w:r><w:t>'.$x.'</w:t></w:r></w:p>', $p, 0);
$zip->FileReplace('word/document.xml', $content, TBSZIP_STRING);

// Save as a new file
$zip->Flush(TBSZIP_FILE, 'new.docx');

Answer 2

Documents in the DOCX format should be XML (zipped), so you can try to parse and modify them...

See here for details about the format.