Process Comments in PHP

Aspose.Words - Process Comments

Php Code

public static function main(){
// A sample infrastructure.
$dataDir = "/usr/local/apache-tomcat-8.0.22/webapps/JavaBridge/Aspose.Words-for-Java_For_PHP/src/programmingwithdocuments/workingwithcomments/processcomments/data/";

// Open the document.
$doc = new Java("com.aspose.words.Document", $dataDir . "TestFile.doc");
//ExStart
//ExId:ProcessComments_Main
//ExSummary: The demo-code that illustrates the methods for the comments extraction and removal.

// Extract the information about the comments of all the authors.
$comments = ProcessComments::extractComments($doc);
foreach ($comments as $comment ) {
echo java_values($comment) . "<br>";
}

// Remove comments by the "pm" author.
ProcessComments::removeComments($doc, "pm");
echo "Comments from \"pm\" are removed! <br>";

// Extract the information about the comments of the "ks" author.
$comments = ProcessComments::extractComments($doc, "ks");
foreach ($comments as $comment ) {
echo java_values($comment) . "<br>";
}

// Remove all comments.
ProcessComments::removeComments($doc);
echo "All comments are removed! <br>";

// Save the document.
$doc->save($dataDir . "Test File Out.doc");
//ExEnd
}
public static function extractComments() {
$args = func_get_args();
$doc = $args[0];
$collectedComments = new Java("java.util.ArrayList");

// Collect all comments in the document
$nodeType = Java("com.aspose.words.NodeType");
$comments = $doc->getChildNodes($nodeType->COMMENT, true)->toArray();
//echo "<PRE>"; echo java_inspect($comments); exit;

// Look through all comments and gather information about them.
$saveFormat = Java("com.aspose.words.SaveFormat");
foreach ($comments as $comment)
{
if(isset($args[1]) && !empty($args[1])) {
$authorName = $args[1];
if (java_values($comment->getAuthor()->equals(authorName)))
$collectedComments->add($comment->getAuthor() . " " . $comment->getDateTime() . " " . $comment->toString($saveFormat->TEXT));
} else {
$collectedComments->add($comment->getAuthor() . " " . $comment->getDateTime() . " " . $comment->toString($saveFormat->TEXT));
}
}
return $collectedComments;
}
public static function removeComments() {
$args = func_get_args();
$doc = $args[0];
if(isset($args[1]) && !empty($args[1])) {
$authorName = $args[1];
}

// Collect all comments in the document
$nodeType = Java("com.aspose.words.NodeType");
$comments = $doc->getChildNodes($nodeType->COMMENT, true);
$comments_count = $comments->getCount();

// Look through all comments and remove those written by the authorName author.
$i = $comments_count;
$i = $i - 1;
while($i >= 0) {
$comment = $comments->get($i);
//echo "<PRE>"; echo java_inspect($comment); exit;
if(isset($authorName)){
if (java_values($comment->getAuthor()->equals($authorName)))
$comment->remove();
} else {
$comment->remove();
}
$i--;
}
}

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