Practical phppptx

HTML and CSS

Introduction

phppptx can transform HTML and CSS to add new contents in slides.

HTML and CSS

addHtml is the method to add HTML:

public function addHtml($html, $position, $options = array())

This method includes the following parameters:

$html: HTML/CSS to transform.
$position: position to add the new content. This can be an existing placeholder in the layout or a new text box.
$options: array to set extra options.

The following code adds HTML contents applying CSS styles:

$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));

Replacing variables in templates

When working with a template, replaceVariableHtml allows to replace a placeholder with HTML:

public function replaceVariableHtml($variables, $options = array())

The available parameters are:

$variables: placeholders to be replaced
$options: it's an array which can have these keys:
- 'activeSlide' (bool): if true, get only the active slide. Default as false.
- 'target' (string): slides (default), notesSlides, slideLayouts, slideMasters.
- 'type' (string): inline (only replaces the variable), block (default, removes the variable and its containing paragraph).

After loading the template, an easy replacement would be:

$pptx->replaceVariableHtml(array('VAR' => '<p style="font-size: 48px;"><b>php</b><em style="color:#C060E0;">pptx</em></p>'));

This code changes the placeholder VAR by a paragraph with the text "phppptx".

Tips and tricks

Install and enable Tidy and mbstring PHP extensions to transform HTML.

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