Cannot read and immediately write back out Word file with invalid XML entities in content

[tjarrett]

If you load a Word 2007 file that has invalid XML characters in the content (for example xml-characters-in.docx) and then immediately try to save that file back out doing something like this:

$test = \PhpOffice\PhpWord\IOFactory::load('xml-characters-in.docx');
$test->save('xml-characters-out.docx');

You get a corrupted Word file back (see xml-characters-out.docx).

This is probably related to #671, #401, #514, and other similar issues. However, I don't have a chance to scrub the content because I am reading and then immediately trying to save the result.

Maybe the Reader should scrub the incoming $textContent?

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[EasySoftwarePoland]

hello, any news on it? I've got the same problem... A simple sollution (not full) was a modification in src/PhpWord/Reader/Word2007/AbstractPart.php line 241 to:
$parent->addText(htmlspecialchars($textContent), $fontStyle, $paragraphStyle);
(added htmlspecialchars)