This package allows to merge OpenOffice and Ms Office templates with values, SQL and other data. OpenTBS is a plug-in for the TinyButStrong template engine. I can then open compressed documents in the format of OpenOffice or Microsoft Office and replace placeholders in the template by data which can be PHP variables, SQL queries, or other.

The resulting documents are saved to file, served for download or returned as a string. In fact OpenTBS can merge any OpenDocuments files, any OpenXML files, and any XML files compressed in a zip archive. Since version 1.3, you can also insert pictures in the documents, add and deleted any files in the archive.

Features of OpenTBS:
- Design templates directly with OpenOffice or MS Office.
- No exe file needed to merge documents.
- No temporary files needed to merge documents.
- Output directly as an HTTP download, a new file on the disk, or as a string (for file attachment for example).
- Works with both PHP 4 and PHP 5.
- No PHP extension is required (If the Zlib extension is enabled it becomes easier to use templates, see more detail below)
- OpenTBS has automatic extension recognition
- Add and delete files in the archive.

Requirement:
- PHP 4.0.6 or Higher
- TinyButStrong 3.7.0 or Higher
- Zlib extension enabled in PHP

What's new in This version:
- Restored lost spaces around merged TBS fields in Microsoft Word documents. The patch doesn't work for headers and footers, unfortunately.