addSlide

The layout of the first slide when creating a presentation from scratch is set to 'Title Slide'. This layout can be customized in the new CreatePptx class:

$pptx = new CreatePptx(array('layout' => 'Title and Content'));

Parameters

options

Key	Type	Description
active	bool	If true set as internal active slide. Default as false.
cleanLayoutParagraphContents	bool	If false do not remove paragraph contents from the layout. Default as true.
cleanSlidePlaceholderTypes	array	Placeholder types to be cleaned from the layout. Default as: dt, ftr, hdr, sldNum. Allowed types: title (Title) body (Body) ctrTitle (Centered Title) subTitle (Subtitle) sldNum (Slide Number) ftr (Footer) hdr (Header) obj (Object) chart (Chart) tbl (Table) clipArt (Clip Art) dgm (Diagram) media (Media) sldImg (Slide Image) pic (Picture)
layout	string	Layout (name) to be used. If not set, the layout from the active slide is used. Default layouts: Title Slide Title and Content Section Header Two Content Comparison Title Only Blank Content with Caption Picture with Caption Title and Vertical Text Vertical Title and Text
position	int	Slide position. 0 is the first slide. -1 (last) as default. If section is set, use this position to add the slide in the section.
section	int	Section to add the slide. 0 is the first section. -1 is the last section. If not set, the slide is not added in a section.

Exceptions

The layout name doesn't exist.

Code samples

Example #1

require_once 'classes/CreatePptx.php';

$pptx = new CreatePptx();

$pptx->addSlide();

$pptx->savePptx('output');

The resulting PPTX looks like:

Example #2

require_once 'classes/CreatePptx.php';

$pptx = new CreatePptx();

$pptx->addSlide(array('layout' => 'Title and Content'));
$pptx->addSlide(array('layout' => 'Comparison'));

$pptx->savePptx('output');

The resulting PPTX looks like:

Example #3

require_once 'classes/CreatePptx.php';

// change the default layout of the first slide when creating a PPTX from scratch
$pptx = new CreatePptx(array('layout' => 'Title and Content'));

$pptx->addSlide(array('layout' => 'Two Content'));

$pptx->savePptx('output');

The resulting PPTX looks like:

Example #4

require_once 'classes/CreatePptx.php';

$pptx = new CreatePptxFromTemplate('template.pptx');

$pptx->addSlide(array('layout' => 'Title Slide'));
$pptx->addSlide(array('layout' => 'Title and Content'));

$pptx->savePptx('output');

The resulting PPTX looks like:

Release notes

phppptx 3.0:
- cleanLayoutParagraphContents option.

phppptx 2.0:
- position and section options.

phppptx 1.0:
- new method.