Describe the problem

I think it would be useful to add something like

$header->addPreserveText("{AUTHOR}");
or
$header->addField('AUTHOR')

this way the field will auto adapt if the user change the author of the word file

Describe the expected behavior

i tried to edit the PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Element/Field.php:

 private function writeAuthor(ElementField $element): void
 {
 $xmlWriter = $this->getXmlWriter();
 $xmlWriter->startElement('w:fldSimple');
 $xmlWriter->writeAttribute('w:instr', 'AUTHOR');
 $xmlWriter->endElement(); // w:fldSimple 
}

and in PhpWord/element/Field.php:

protected $fieldsArray = [
 'AUTHOR' => [ ],
 ...
];

Priority

• I want to crowdfund the feature (with @algora-io) and fund a community developer.
• I want to pay the feature and fund a maintainer for that. (Contact @Progi1984)