<?php //path to the CreateDocx class within your PHPDocX installation require_once '../../../classes/CreateDocx.inc'; $docx = new CreateDocx(); //Set the background color of the document $docx->setBackgroundColor('FFFFCC'); //Include a paragraph of plain text $docx->addText('This document should have a pale yellow background color.'); $docx->createDocx('example_setBackgroundColor_1');