Header/Footer misalignment when spanning sections

[scottgrobinson]

When using a header or footer along with sections that span multiple pages, the header/footer is aligned on page 1, but then misaligns on subsequent pages because it appears to be inserted "inside" the section.

Is this a bug, or is there a way of forceably saying "Stick the header/footer on the base of the page ignoring any sections"

Page 1 - Aligned footer

Page 2 - Footer missaligned and is inside the "section"

Example Document TestFile.docx

Minimal code to replicate

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

class PlaylistExportController extends Controller
{
    public function generateRandomString($length = 10) {
        $characters = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
        $charactersLength = strlen($characters);
        $randomString = '';
        for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
            $randomString .= $characters[rand(0, $charactersLength - 1)];
        }
        return $randomString;
    }

    public function index($type)
    {
        $phpWord = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord();
        $phpWord->getCompatibility()->setOoxmlVersion(15);

        $tableStyle = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Table;
        $tableStyle->setUnit(\PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Table::WIDTH_PERCENT);
        $tableStyle->setWidth(100 * 50);

        $headerFooterTableStyle = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Table;
        $headerFooterTableStyle->setUnit(\PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Table::WIDTH_PERCENT);
        $headerFooterTableStyle->setWidth(100 * 50);

        for ($y = 0; $y <= 3; $y++) {
            $section = $phpWord->addSection(['marginLeft' => 300, 'marginRight' => 300, 'marginTop' => 600, 'breakType' => 'continuous']);

            $footer = $section->addFooter();
            $footertable = $footer->addTable($headerFooterTableStyle);
            $footertable->addRow();
            $footertable->addCell(2000)->addPreserveText('{Page {PAGE} of {NUMPAGES}');
            $footertable->addCell(2000)->addText('Generated '.date('d/m/y h:i:s A'));

            $section->addText('Section  - ' . $this->generateRandomString() . '<w:br/>');

            $tablesection = $phpWord->addSection([
                'colsNum' => 2,
                'colsSpace' => 100,
                'breakType' => 'continuous',
            ]);
            $table = $tablesection->addTable();

            for ($x = 0; $x <= 200; $x++) {
                $table->addRow();
                $table->addCell()->addText($this->generateRandomString());
            }
            $tablesection->addPageBreak();
        }

        $phpWord->save('TestFile.docx', 'Word2007', true);
    }
}

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[scottgrobinson]

I am unable to debug further - Any suggestions or guidance would be more than welcome.