PhpPresentation (.ppt generator) installation require_once lines - where do they go?

[Transistor]

[PhpPresentation was formerly called PhpPowerpoint but renamed to avoid any issues with Microsoft.]

The installation instructions, https://phppowerpoint.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installing.html, give the following instructions:

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Manual install

To install manually, download PHPOfficePHPPresentation package from GitHub and download PHPOfficeCommon package from GitHub. Extract the package and put the contents to your machine.

require_once 'path/to/PhpPresentation/src/PhpPresentation/Autoloader.php'; 
\PhpOffice\PhpPresentation\Autoloader::register(); 

require_once 'path/to/PhpOffice/Common/src/Common/Autoloader.php'; 
\PhpOffice\Common\Autoloader::register();

I've downloaded and unzipped the files onto my cPanel (reseller account - so no CLI).

Where do I put the lines of code? There are no instructions on the site.

Many thanks.

 

 

[requinix]

You put that code in the place where you want to use the library... That is, after all, the reason you have this, right? To make use of it in your own code?

[Moorcam]

On 11/24/2024 at 5:19 AM, Transistor said:

[PhpPresentation was formerly called PhpPowerpoint but renamed to avoid any issues with Microsoft.]

The installation instructions, https://phppowerpoint.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installing.html, give the following instructions:

require_once 'path/to/PhpPresentation/src/PhpPresentation/Autoloader.php'; 
\PhpOffice\PhpPresentation\Autoloader::register(); 

require_once 'path/to/PhpOffice/Common/src/Common/Autoloader.php'; 
\PhpOffice\Common\Autoloader::register();

I've downloaded and unzipped the files onto my cPanel (reseller account - so no CLI).

Where do I put the lines of code? There are no instructions on the site.

Many thanks.

 

 

They usually go in the top of the php file where you want to use them. For example, if you want them in index.php, you open index.php and paste them at the top:

<?php
// index.php
require_once 'path/to/PhpPresentation/src/PhpPresentation/Autoloader.php'; 
\PhpOffice\PhpPresentation\Autoloader::register(); 

require_once 'path/to/PhpOffice/Common/src/Common/Autoloader.php'; 
\PhpOffice\Common\Autoloader::register();

// and whatever after that
?>

Just change the paths to reflect the file locations.

[Transistor]

Thanks, guys. I didn't get back to this for a week.

I found that there was an error in the folder names after unpacking the files. The sample files all include `Sample_Header.php` (located in the samples folder. This has the lines,

 if (is_file(__DIR__ . '/../../Common/src/Common/Autoloader.php')) {
    include_once __DIR__ . '/../../Common/src/Common/Autoloader.php';
    PhpOffice\Common\Autoloader::register();
} else {
    throw new Exception('Can not find the vendor or the common folder!');
}

but the extraction of the install files created `Common-master`. Renaming the higher-level folder to `Common` seems to have resolved the problem.

Hopefully this will help someone else.