phpoffice or any phpWord library that can add comment to a word document?

Question

Is there any PHP Word Document Library that can allow me to add comments automatically, Such as this sample below,

Wherein comments can be seen on the right side on the document,

I have tried PHPOffice but it doesn't seem to have any comment capabilities,

$phpWord = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord();
        $phpWord->setDefaultFontSize(10);
        $phpWord->setDefaultFontName('Calibri');
        $phpWord->setDefaultParagraphStyle(
            array(
            'spaceAfter' => \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Shared\Converter::pointToTwip(0))
        );

$metaDataSection = $phpWord->addSection();
        $metaDataSection->addText(
            "Legal Name: "Sample Legal Name ",  
            array('bold' => true)
        );
$metaDataSection-> like addComment() functionality

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 13 '21 at 14:44

There is an example for doing exactly this on the PHPWord sources.

A fragment of the example is:

// Let's create a comment that we will link to a start element and an end element
$commentWithStartAndEnd = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\Comment('Foo Bar', new \DateTime());
$commentWithStartAndEnd->addText('A comment with a start and an end');
$phpWord->addComment($commentWithStartAndEnd);

$textrunWithEnd = $section->addTextRun();
$textrunWithEnd->addText('This ');
$textToStartOn = $textrunWithEnd->addText('is', array('bold' => true));
$textToStartOn->setCommentRangeStart($commentWithStartAndEnd);
$textrunWithEnd->addText(' another', array('italic' => true));
$textToEndOn = $textrunWithEnd->addText(' test');
$textToEndOn->setCommentRangeEnd($commentWithStartAndEnd);

There is also some information in the documentation.

phpoffice or any phpWord library that can add comment to a word document?

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