Conversion plugin phppptx

Running the first example and available options

Running the first example

You can transform files with the CreatePptx class methods or directly calling the transformation classes.

This would be an easy example to create a PPTX and convert it to PDF:

require_once 'classes/CreatePptx.php';

// instantiate the CreatePptx class in a new object
$pptx = new CreatePptx();

// add a content to the slide
$content = array(
    'text' => 'My title',
);
$pptx->addText($content, array('placeholder' => array('name' => 'Title 1')));

$pptx->savePptx('file');

// do the transformation to PDF
$pptx->transform('file.pptx', 'file.pdf');

Or to transform an existing PPTX:

require_once 'classes/CreatePptx.php';

// instantiate the CreatePptx class in a new object
$pptx = new CreatePptx();

// transform an existing PPTX
$pptx->transform('file.pptx', 'file.pdf');

The conversion plugin type to use in both examples is the one defined in the configuration file config/phppptxconfig.ini.

Available options

The transform method has some parameters which you may have to customize.

Here's the signature of the method:

public function transform($source, $target, $method = null, $options = array())

These are the available parameters:

source

Path to the PPTX that you want to convert to a different format.

target

Path to the resulting transformed document (PDF, PPT or ODP).

method

Method used to transform the document: 'libreoffice', 'mspowerpoint'.

'libreoffice' method options

The possible keys and values are:

Key	Type	Description
debug	bool	False by default. Returns debug information about the conversion plugin.
extraOptions	string	Extra parameters to be used when doing the conversion.
homeFolder	string	Set a custom home folder to be used for the conversions.
outdir	string	Set the outdir path. Useful when the PDF output path is not the same than the running script.

'mspowerpoint' method options

The possible keys and values are:

Key	Type	Description
selectedContent	string	Scope: 'active' (default) or 'documents'.

Transformation classes

If you don't need to generate a new presentation and you just need to make the conversion, you can directly instantiate the following classes:

TransformLibreOffice, for LibreOffice
TransformMSPowerPoint, for MS PowerPoint

Working with these classes is as simple as including the autoloader:

require_once 'classes/CreatePptx.php';

Then instantiate an object with the desired class:

For LibreOffice:

$transform = new TransformLibreOffice();

for MS PowerPoint:

$transform = new TransformMSPowerPoint();

And then call the transformation:

$transform->transform('file.pptx', 'file.pdf');

The transformation classes don't have a method option.

Next - Preparing the presentations for their conversion