List item values are missing from docx file while convert as HTML file

[vschavala]

/* Here is my code*/

$PHPWord = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord();

$PHPWordLoad = \PhpOffice\PhpWord\IOFactory::load($file);

$objWriter = \PhpOffice\PhpWord\IOFactory::createWriter($PHPWordLoad, 'HTML');

$tmpfname = public_path('doczipfiles/temp.html');

$htmlWriter ->save($tmpfname);

[akosipau]

Up to this. I encountered the same issue as well.

[evomer]

same here

[vineetagarwal1981]

I also face the same issue and found that "ListItemRun.php" is missing from the PATH "src\PhpWord\Writer\HTML\Element" which is causing the issue.

I added the file and made the changes. I got the list value but was missing the bullet icon. I am currently trying to fix this issue. In the mean while if anyone want the file, please let me know

[lubobill1990]

+1

[bozzit]

@vineetagarwal1981 I could use the listItemRun.php file if you could make it available please. Just the data with out the bullets is sufficient for my needs. Thanks,

[vineetagarwal1981]

@vineetagarwal1981 I could use the listItemRun.php file if you could make it available please. Just the data with out the bullets is sufficient for my needs. Thanks,

@bozzit Below is the file that you require. Place this file at the PATH "src\PhpWord\Writer\HTML\Element"

Let me know if it's working for you

ListItemRun.zip

[lubobill1990]

@vschavala If you just want to convert html, I find it's better to convert with more specific tools. This is my solution and works better than PHPWord: https://gist.github.com/lubobill1990/701df4becce20af43e9122a26dc52a05

The main purpose of PHPWord is to compose a word document with PHP, but not convert between formats.

[bozzit]

@vineetagarwal1981 I could use the listItemRun.php file if you could make it available please. Just the data with out the bullets is sufficient for my needs. Thanks,

@bozzit Below is the file that you require. Place this file at the PATH "src\PhpWord\Writer\HTML\Element"

Let me know if it's working for you

ListItemRun.zip

Hi Yes thank you, If I have time I will attempt to make it output a unordered lists instead of the text within

elements.

at least I'm not loosing the text within the lists by adding this file.

[kristl78]

Same here.

If I generate a word document like here I will get this file structure:

• _rels
• theme
• document.xml
• fontTable.xml
• footnotes.xml
• numbering.xml
• settings.xml
• styles.xml
• webSettings.xml

With HTML generated lists this:

• _rels
• theme
• endnotes.xml
• fontTable.xml
• footer1.xml
• header1.xml
• settings.xml
• styles.xml
• stylesWithEffects.xml
• webSettings.xml

So you can see there is no numbering.xml. And also if you try to use libreoffice to generate a pdf all lists are empty.

[lubobill1990]

@kristl78 https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/issues/1462#issuecomment-438691752 I'm using this solution and it works well. Hope it can help.

[kristl78]

@lubobill1990 thank u but this is unfortunately not enough.

[tikumo]

I've used the solution from @vineetagarwal1981 but modified it a bit. The list items were not parsed as li tags, which I need for my project.

public function write() { if (!$this->element instanceof \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\ListItemRun) { return ''; } $content = '

'; $content .= $this->element->getElement(0)->getText(); $content .= '

'; return $content; }

[PhoenixRising2015]

I just install PHPWord using composer (6/8/2020) I also see the above problem (loss of list text) when attempting to convert a .docx to .html.
The version of PHPWord I installed did have the file mentioned above ListItemRun.php in the proper directory. However I still had the error. I also attempted to copy the file ListItemRun.php provided by @vineetagarwal1981 above into the element directory overwriting the installed copy of ListItemRun.php and that generated several exceptions. Therefor I backed that change out.
Has there been any resolution on how to convert .docx list to Html without losing the text ??

[PhoenixRising2015]

I've used the solution from @vineetagarwal1981 but modified it a bit. The list items were not parsed as li tags, which I need for my project.

public function write() { if (!$this->element instanceof \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\ListItemRun) { return ''; } $content = '* '; $content .= $this->element->getElement(0)->getText(); $content .= ''; return $content; }

Hi Could you provide a little more specifics for example in which php file did you place this code?

[Hector1567XD]

Hello @PhoenixRising2015! i have the same problem, did you find a solution?

[bozzit]

@Hector1567XD

Just create a file called.

"ListItemRun.php" in PATH "src\PhpWord\Writer\HTML\Element" With that code in it or look up in this thread there is a link ti a ZIP file with the "ListItemRun.php" in it.

[ryanzzeng]

Same here: I have the following list with numbers in docx file:

1. a
2. b
3. c

After converting to HTML file:

 a
 b
 c

[Lurtz963]

for anyone having this issue the solution by @tikumo works

public function write()
	{
if (!$this->element instanceof \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\ListItemRun) {
	return '';
	}
	$content = '';
	$content .= '<ul><li>';
	$content .= $this->element->getElement(0)->getText();
	$content .= '</li></ul>';
	$content .= "\n";
	return $content;
}

Replace the function write() in src\PhpWord\Writer\HTML\Element\ListItemRun.php with the code above and it will transform any listItemRun into a li element, however there is no way to create the parent ul for the lists afaik so I modified the function and make every list item a separated list as a temporary solution. If anyone has any solution for making the ul elements please let me know

[bozzit]

What I ended up doing is: I modified phpoffice/phpword/vendor/phpoffice/phpword/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Element/ListItemRun.php

protected function writeOpening()
    {
         $content =  sprintf('<li data-depth="%s" data-liststyle="%s" data-numId="%s">',  $this->element->getDepth(),
                                                                                          $this->element->getListFormat($this->element->getDepth()),
                                                                                          $this->element->getListId());

        return $content;
    }

Then created my own writer that extends AbstractWriter

class MyHtmlWriter extends AbstractWriter implements WriterInterface
{
.
.
.

    /**
     * Get content
     *
     * @return string
     */

    public function getContent()
    {
        $content = $this->getWriterPart('Body')->write();

        $lines = explode(PHP_EOL, $content);
 
        $newcontent = '';
        foreach ($lines as $line)
        {
            if (preg_match('/( |^)<li data-depth/', $line))
            {
            /** use the data-depth, data-liststyle and data-numid to add <ul> </ul> <ol></ol> 
               * where needed
               * /
           }
           else
           {
                $newcontent .= $line;
           }
        }

        $content = $newcontent;
.
.
.
        return $content;
    }

Hope this points you @Lurtz963 in the right directions.

[Lurtz963]

What I ended up doing is: I modified phpoffice/phpword/vendor/phpoffice/phpword/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Element/ListItemRun.php

protected function writeOpening()
    {
         $content =  sprintf('<li data-depth="%s" data-liststyle="%s" data-numId="%s">',  $this->element->getDepth(),
                                                                                          $this->element->getListFormat($this->element->getDepth()),
                                                                                          $this->element->getListId());

        return $content;
    }

Then created my own writer that extends AbstractWriter

class MyHtmlWriter extends AbstractWriter implements WriterInterface
{
.
.
.

    /**
     * Get content
     *
     * @return string
     */

    public function getContent()
    {
        $content = $this->getWriterPart('Body')->write();

        $lines = explode(PHP_EOL, $content);
 
        $newcontent = '';
        foreach ($lines as $line)
        {
            if (preg_match('/( |^)<li data-depth/', $line))
            {
            /** use the data-depth, data-liststyle and data-numid to add <ul> </ul> <ol></ol> 
               * where needed
               * /
           }
           else
           {
                $newcontent .= $line;
           }
        }

        $content = $newcontent;
.
.
.
        return $content;
    }

Hope this points you @Lurtz963 in the right directions.

I tried this solution but data-depth is always 0 and the rest of the attributes are empty

[bozzit]

My bad, forgot I had to implement, some of those methods for the other Attributes, and 0 is normal for depth if you don't have nested lists. Top level List is always 0.

index 6e48a69..ed83162 100644
--- a/3rdparty/phpoffice/phpword/vendor/phpoffice/phpword/src/PhpWord/Element/ListItemRun.php
+++ b/3rdparty/phpoffice/phpword/vendor/phpoffice/phpword/src/PhpWord/Element/ListItemRun.php
@@ -73,6 +73,24 @@ class ListItemRun extends TextRun
         return $this->style;
     }
 
+    public function getListFormat($depth)
+    {
+        if (isset($this->style->bulletListType[$depth]->format))
+        {
+            return $this->style->bulletListType[$depth]->format;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return 'bullet';
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    public function getListId()
+    {
+        return $this->style->numId;
+    }
+

[Lurtz963]

After a bit of struggle I was able to implement a similar solution @bozzit , for some reason I couldn't use a custom writer (It throws the error that is not a valid writer) so I modified HTML writer. I let the files here in case someone wants to use it or make a better version. ListItemRun.php goes in phpoffice/phpword/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Element and HTML.php goes in phpoffice/phpword/src/PhpWord/Writer

files.zip

[CaptBarbarossa]

After a bit of struggle I was able to implement a similar solution @bozzit , for some reason I couldn't use a custom writer (It throws the error that is not a valid writer) so I modified HTML writer. I let the files here in case someone wants to use it or make a better version. ListItemRun.php goes in phpoffice/phpword/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Element and HTML.php goes in phpoffice/phpword/src/PhpWord/Writer

files.zip

Thanks! Your code helped me)) I just added a loop to the function write in ListItemRun.php

public function write()
    {
        if (!$this->element instanceof \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\ListItemRun) {
            return '';
        }
        $content = '';
        $content .= sprintf('<li data-depth="%s" data-liststyle="%s" data-numId="%s">',  $this->element->getDepth(),
            $this->getListFormat($this->element->getDepth()),$this->getListId());

        $size_content = $this->element->countElements();
        for ($i=0; $i < $size_content; $i++){
            $content .= $this->element->getElement($i)->getText();
        }

        $content .= '</li>';
        $content .= "\n";
        return $content;
    }

[EvanShaw]

It's been 6 years and ListItemRun.php is still not implemented. Pretty crazy.

In any case, I took @CaptBarbarossa's code and extended it to handle all types of elements in the li, since there is no guarantee that a li only contains text:

<?php

namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\HTML\Element;

/**
 * ListItemRun element HTML writer
 *
 * @since 0.10.0
 */
class ListItemRun extends TextRun
{
    public function write()
    {
        if (!$this->element instanceof \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\ListItemRun) {
            return '';
        }
        $content = '';
        $content .= sprintf(
            '<li data-depth="%s" data-liststyle="%s" data-numId="%s">',
            $this->element->getDepth(),
            $this->getListFormat($this->element->getDepth()),
            $this->getListId()
        );

        $namespace = 'PhpOffice\\PhpWord\\Writer\\HTML\\Element';
        $container = $this->element;

        $elements = $container->getElements();
        foreach ($elements as $element) {
            $elementClass = get_class($element);
            $writerClass = str_replace('PhpOffice\\PhpWord\\Element', $namespace, $elementClass);
            if (class_exists($writerClass)) {
                /** @var \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\HTML\Element\AbstractElement $writer Type hint */
                $writer = new $writerClass($this->parentWriter, $element, true);
                $content .= $writer->write();
            }
        }

        $content .= '</li>';
        $content .= "\n";
        return $content;
    }

    public function getListFormat($depth)
    {
        return $this->element->getStyle()->getNumStyle();
    }

    public function getListId()
    {
        return $this->element->getStyle()->getNumId();
    }
}

The true as the last argument to new $writerClass($this->parentWriter, $element, true); prevents text from being wrapped in <p> tags so that everything inside the li is displayed inline.

If you're installing this package with composer (like I am), you can use the post-install-cmd hook in your composer.json file to copy this file into ./vendor/phpoffice/phpword/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Element/ListItemRun.php every time the package is installed