addSection

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addSection

BASIC / ADVANCED / PREMIUM

Inserts a new section into the PowerPoint presentation.

Description

public addSection($options = array())

This method allows the creation of new sections in the PowerPoint presentation.

A default section can be set in the new CreatePptx class:

$pptx = new CreatePptx(array('section' => 'My section'));

Parameters

options

Key	Type	Description
allowDuplicateSectionNames	bool	If true creates a new section if a section with the same name already exists. Default as false.
name	string	Section name. Default as 'New section'.
moveSlidesWithoutSections	bool	If true move slides without sections to this new section. Default as false.
position	int	Position. 0 is the first position. -1 (last) as default.

Code samples

Example #1

require_once 'classes/CreatePptx.php';

$pptx = new CreatePptx();

$pptx->addSection();

$pptx->savePptx('output');

The resulting PPTX looks like:

Example #2

require_once 'classes/CreatePptx.php';

$pptx = new CreatePptx(array('section' => 'First Section'));

// add a new slide. If the section is not set, the slide is added without a section
$pptx->addSlide(array('layout' => 'Title Only', 'section' => 0));

$pptx->addSection(array('name' => 'Other section'));

// add a new slide in the last section. Last position as default
$pptx->addSlide(array('layout' => 'Title and Content', 'section' => -1));

// add a new slide in the first section. Last position as default
$pptx->addSlide(array('layout' => 'Comparison', 'section' => 0));

// add a new slide in the first section in the second position (0 is the first position)
$pptx->addSlide(array('layout' => 'Title Only', 'section' => 1, 'position' => 1));

$pptx->savePptx('output');

The resulting PPTX looks like:

Release notes

phppptx 2.0: new method.