Embedding an image in document using php

[Sajeena]

<?php
// starting word
$text = "My Text";
 
//Start MS Word
$Word = new COM("word.application") or die("Failure: Word did not start");
echo("WORD has started.");
 
//Formating the Font
$Word->Visible=0;
$Word->Documents->Add();
$Word->Selection->Font->Name = "Arial";
$Word->Selection->Font->Size = 12;
$Word->Selection->Font->ColorIndex = 4;
 
//Add text to the document
$Word->Selection->TypeText($text);
 
//Insert Image
$Word->Selection->InlineShapes->AddPicture("f:\Projects\fida\3.jpg");
 
//Save document
$Word->Documents[1]->SaveAs("f:\Projects\fida\myword.doc");
$Word->quit;
 
 
?>

I have tried the abouve code for embedding an image in document using php.But i am getting an error
WORD has started.

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'com_exception' with message '<b>Source:</b> Microsoft Word<br/><b>Description:</b> This is not a valid file name. Try one or more of the following: * Check the path to make sure it was typed correctly. * Select a file from the list of files and folders.' in F:\Projects\fida\word.php:20
Stack trace:
#0 F:\Projects\fida\word.php(20): variant->AddPicture('f:\Projects?ida...')
#1 {main} thrown in F:\Projects\fida\word.php on line 20

Please help to get rid of these

[Dormilich]

backslashes are the general escape character in PHP. either you use single quotation marks (unparsed string) or you escape the backslashes (with backslashes).

\f - form feed character

[Sajeena]

Thanks for your help!it worked

[Sajeena]

Is there any function to set up header and footer in a word document using php

[Dormilich]

not that I’m aware of, seems rather unlikely (most servers do not run windows)

[Sajeena]

i have searched through so many documents ,but not found nay way to set header and footer for a word document using php while i create the document using COM functions.Its very urgent for me

[Dormilich]

I can’t help you much there, never used COM objects before. Judging from the manual I’d say you need the Word OLE Interface (because that what’s COM working with) to find header/footer functionality.