phpword - maintaining formatting

[maxelct]

Hi

 

I am using phpword to create a set of word documents - pupil reports.

 

Its all working well except that I am using a html form to generate some text - which of course has minimal formatting - <p>, <h1>, <ol> etc

 

I have been able to get the text into the field in my worddoc template but only if I put it through htmlspecialchars - - -

$d=htmlspecialchars($descriptors["Number"]['H2'], ENT_HTML5);
$templateProcessor->setValue('SpeakingDesc', $d);

but of course I then end up with text like this:
 

Speaking: P9b

<p><strong>Number and Place Value</strong></p> <p>Pupils count in steps of 2, 3, and 5 from 0, and in tens from any number - forward and

 

Is there a way to retain some measure of formatting for the text?

 

Thanks