addHtml

To embed accents and other non-ASCII characters such as á or ü, please check that the PHP Tidy extension and the PHP mbstring extension are installed and enabled.

Parameters

html

HTML and CSS content to be transformed.

position

Key	Type	Description
placeholder	array	The content is added in a placeholder of the layout. One of the following options can be used to get the text box. 'name' (string) placeholder name. 'descr' (string) placeholder alt text (descr) value. 'position' (int) placeholder position by order. 0 is the first order position. 'type' (string) title (Title), body (Body), ctrTitle (Centered Title), subTitle (Subtitle).
new	array	A new position is generated. 'coordinateX' (int) EMUs (English Metric Unit). 'coordinateY' (int) EMUs (English Metric Unit). 'sizeX' (int) EMUs (English Metric Unit). 'sizeY' (int) EMUs (English Metric Unit). 'name' (string) placeholder internal name. If not set, a random name is generated. 'order' (int) set the display order. Default after existing contents. 0 is the first order position. If the order position doesn't exist add after existing contents. 'textBoxStyles' (array) See addTextBox for text box styles.

options

Key	Type	Description
disableWrapValue	bool	If true disable using a wrap value with Tidy to prevent extra blank spaces. Default as false.
forceNotTidy	bool	False as default. If true, avoid using Tidy. Only recommended if Tidy can't be installed.
insertMode	string	Insert mode if the position contains an existing content: append replace Default as append.
parseCSSVars	bool	If true parses CSS variables.

Supported HTML contents and CSS styles

a tags
- see text element styles
br tags
p, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, li tags
- background-color
- dir: ltr, rtl
- text-align: left, center, right
ul, ol tags
- list-style-type: disc, circle, square, decimal, lower-alpha, lower-latin, lower-roman, upper-alpha, upper-latin, upper-roman, and PowerPoint list style names
span, b, cite, em, i, s, strong, var tags
- see text element styles
text element styles
- background-color
- color
- font-family
- font-size
- font-style: italic, oblique
- font-weight: bold, bolder, 700, 800, 900
- letter-spacing
- text-decoration: line-through, underline

Exceptions

PHP Tidy is not enabled.

Position not valid.

Code samples

Example #1

require_once 'classes/CreatePptx.php';

$pptx = new CreatePptx();

$html = '<p style="font-size: 48px;"><b>Lorem ipsum</b></p>';
$pptx->addHtml($html, array('placeholder' => array('name' => 'Title 1')));

$html = '<style>
    p {
        font-family: Arial;
        font-style: italic;
        text-decoration: underline;
        color: #2CA87A;
    }
</style>
<p>Lorem ipsum with Arial font</p>';
$pptx->addHtml($html, array('placeholder' => array('name' => 'Subtitle 2')));

$position = array(
    'coordinateX' => 770000,
    'coordinateY' => 507000,
    'sizeX' => 7000000,
    'sizeY' => 450000,
    'textBoxStyles' => array(
        'border' => array(
            'color' => 'FF0000',
            'dash' => 'dash',
            'width' => 48575,
        ),
    ),
);
$html = '<style>
    p {
        background-color: #AEBF7A;
    }
    .c1 {
        text-decoration: underline;
        font-size: 16pt;
    }
</style>
<p>
    <b>phppptx</b> can transform <span class="c1">HTML to PPTX</span>.
    <a href="https://www.phppptx.com">Link to phppptx</a>
</p>
';
$pptx->addHtml($html, array('new' => $position));

$pptx->savePptx('output');

The resulting PPTX looks like:

Release notes

phppptx 3.5:
- list tags (ul, ol, li).
- improved handle br tags.

phppptx 3.0:
- CSS variables.
- root and only-child selectors.
- improved CSS media query handling.
- CSS 8-digit HEX colors added as 6-digit HEX colors.

phppptx 2.5:
- default HTML content when adding an empty content.

phppptx 2.0:
- breaks.

phppptx 1.0:
- new method.