Laravel PHPoffice PHPWord Download Doc File
Making doc file using laravel is not so much tough at all. We can use composer package phpoffice/phpword for making word document. Here in this blog we will show how to make word document file using phpoffice/phpword based on laravel framework. Let's start it
Install Composer Package phpoffice/phpword
composer require phpoffice/phpword
Make WordDocumentController
php artisan make:controller WordDocumentController
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WordDocumentController
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use PhpOffice\PhpWord\IOFactory;
use PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord;
class WordDocumentController extends Controller
{
public function createWordDocument()
{
// Create a new PHPWord object
$phpWord = new PhpWord();
// Add a new section to the document
$section = $phpWord->addSection();
// Add a title
$section->addTitle('Sample Word Document', 1);
// Add text
$section->addText(fake()->text(1000));
$section->addTextBreak();
// Add a table
$table = $section->addTable();
// Define table styles
$boldStyle = ['bold' => true];
$cellRowSpan = ['vMerge' => 'restart'];
$cellRowContinue = ['vMerge' => 'continue'];
$cellColSpan = ['gridSpan' => 3];
$cellHCentered = ['alignment' => 'center'];
$cellVCentered = ['valign' => 'center'];
// Add a row for the header
$table->addRow();
$table->addCell(3000, $cellVCentered)->addText('Name', $boldStyle);
$table->addCell(3000, $cellVCentered)->addText('Location', $boldStyle);
$table->addCell(3000, $cellVCentered)->addText('Contact', $boldStyle);
// Add data rows
$table->addRow();
$table->addCell(3000)->addText('John Doe');
$table->addCell(3000)->addText('New York');
$table->addCell(3000)->addText('[email protected]');
$table->addRow();
$table->addCell(3000)->addText('Jane Smith');
$table->addCell(3000)->addText('Los Angeles');
$table->addCell(3000)->addText('[email protected]');
// Save the document
$fileName = 'SampleDocument.docx';
$filePath = storage_path($fileName);
$writer = IOFactory::createWriter($phpWord, 'Word2007');
$writer->save($filePath);
// Return the document as a response for download
return response()->download($filePath)->deleteFileAfterSend(true);
}
}Define Necessary Route
use App\Http\Controllers\WordDocumentController;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
Route::get('/make-word-file', [WordDocumentController::class, 'createWordDocument']);
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Access to Route in Browser
Now access route http://127.0.0.1:8000/make-word-file and SampleDocument.docx will start downloading
Here is the expected downloaded docx file
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