problem converting docx to pdf

[Max75010]

Hi

i'm having a problem converting a docx generated by phpword into pdf with mpdf. (you can see issue #210).

Here is the code I'm using :

$phpWord = \PhpOffice\PhpWord\IOFactory::load( UPLOADS_INC . $filename );
$pdfWriter = \PhpOffice\PhpWord\IOFactory::createWriter( $phpWord, 'PDF' );
$pdfWriter->save( UPLOADS_INC . $pdfFilename );

And I keep having this error :

PHP Catchable fatal error: Argument 2 passed to DOMXPath::query() must be an instance of DOMNode, null given, called in /var/www/xxx/PhpWord/Reader/Word2007.php on line 145 and defined in /var/www/xxx/PhpWord/Shared/XMLReader.php on line 99, referer: XXX

Am I doing something wrong ?
I tried to convert a docx that hasn't been generated by phpword and I still have the error.

[ivanlanin]

Hi @Max75010. I have some questions:

1. Can you open the original file (UPLOADS_INC . $filename) with text processing application (MS Word, Pages, OpenOffice)?
2. Which PHPWord version were you using? You can see CHANGELOG.md
3. Which platform were you using to run PHPWord? (OS, webserver, PHP)

[Max75010]

Thanks for the reply.

I'm using version 0.11.1 - 2 June 2014.
I can open the original file without any problem on my computer and I'm using phpword on a ubuntu 10.04.4 / apache 2.2 / php 5.3.2

[Progi1984]

@Max75010 May be you have a specificity in your DOCX, not working with PHPWord. Could you add a link to your DOCX for tests ?

[Max75010]

Thanks for you replies.

Here is a wetransfer to the file (sorry I can't put the direct link but I'm using exactly the same docx)

http://we.tl/Qd52tNSZZY

I tried to use a new docx with only a few lines of text, and not generated by phpword, I still have the problem.

[ivanlanin]

I'm able to run your script with the doc that you sent. This issue probably arise for some system settings. Can you run samples/index.php using CLI or webbrowser to check the requirements? I suspect that either the ZipArchive or temp folder caused this problem.

[Max75010]

Requirement check:

PHP 5.3.0 ... passed
PHP extension XML ... passed
PHP extension ZipArchive (optional) ... passed
PHP extension GD (optional) ... passed
PHP extension XMLWriter (optional) ... passed
PHP extension XSL (optional) ... passed

I'm having the problem on the first line : $phpWord = \PhpOffice\PhpWord\IOFactory::load( UPLOADS_INC . $filename );

I tried to check if the path was the right path (with is_file()) and there is no problem with it. I also tried to put 777 authorizations on the directory where I put the docx and the files inside but it doesn't change anything.

[ivanlanin]

Sorry. I forgot that the temp folder check is not yet available in 0.11. See #238. Please create a script with something like this:

<?php
var_dump(is_writable(sys_get_temp_dir()));

The result should be true. If it's indeed true, we need to find other possible causes. Thanks.

[Max75010]

unfortunately, the result is bool(true).

[Progi1984]

May be https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/blob/master/src/PhpWord/Reader/Word2007.php#L144 return false.

@Max75010 could you check that ?

[Max75010]

I checked and it returns a DOMDocument object ..

[Progi1984]

Could you test with this code here : https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/blob/master/src/PhpWord/Shared/XMLReader.php#L99

return $this->xpath->query($path, $contextNode);

replaced by

if (is_null($contextNode)) {
    return $this->xpath->query($path);
} else {
    return $this->xpath->query($path, $contextNode);
}

[Max75010]

Now it works ! Thanks a lot !