Add page number in template using phpWord

Question

I would like to have the number of pages of my document in a template processed by phpWord.

I tried to do it with the following code :

In my template I have "the number of pages is ${total_pages}$

And I tried the following php code :

    $pages_text = new TextRun();
    $pages_text->addField('NUMPAGES');
    $processor->setComplexValue('total_pages',$pages_text);

Problem is it always prints 1 as a number of page. So i have "the number of page is 1" even if my template has 4 pages.

Could you help me with that ?

Thank you

Nicolas Goosen · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-28 09:26:24Z

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Have you tried preserveText? Might be simpler.

$footer->addPreserveText('Page {PAGE} of {NUMPAGES}.');

You can also use {SECTIONPAGES}. You can't add preserve text into a text run, however, so it must be used just like the addText method.

answered Oct 28, 2019 at 9:26

Nicolas Goosen

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The problem is that I am using a template, so the only way I have to replace a variable is with a textrun object ...

@PierreFtn I have the same problem, do we have any solution of this issue?