Special Characters, cause xml problems

[rhousham]

Hi when using the template processor and the setName function e.g
Saving as a doc file.

        $templateProcessor = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\TemplateProcessor($template);
        $templateProcessor->setValue('SOMETEXT',$text);
       $templateProcessor->saveAs($file);

You need to htmlspecialchars the $text because otherwise if it contains a & or presumably other special chars this will break the file and you cannot open it. (unless you want to go through the faff of turning into a zip file, finding the & in the document.xml and changing it to & a m p; ! )

So hence

       $text = htmlspecialchars($text);

above it is required

[gmta]

Please see the following issues for a more detailed insight on this topic:

• Special Characters (ampersand) in Title break docx output #401
• AddHTML & or & breaks #514

I am positive that you will be able to solve the issue using the information provided above. Good luck!

Hi, @rhousham.
This is resolved in scope of #483. The changes are currently available in develop branch.

Thanks for the feedback.