- Introduce comprehensive guides on features such as charts, tables, checkboxes, images, and batch processing.
- Provide step-by-step usage instructions, including a quick start.
- Highlight deprecated features and recommend migrating to export classes.
- Include detailed configuration and architectural insights.
- Add `mkdocs.yml` for structured documentation navigation.

- Document automatic XML escaping for text values and introduce a dedicated [XML Escaping & Security](xml-escaping.md) guide.
- Update `TemplateProcessor::replace()` to handle UTF-8, prevent double-escaping, and support `allowTags` for preserving trusted inline formatting.
- Disable PHPWord's internal output escaping to avoid redundancy.
- Extend unit tests to validate escaping, UTF-8 preservation, null handling, and special character encoding.
- Update documentation for clarity on new functionality and security best practices.

- Add strict typing with `declare(strict_types=1)` across all classes for better type enforcement.
- Update property types and annotations for clarity and consistency.
- Replace legacy switch-case with `match()` in exporter logic for improved readability.
- Refactor `cloneRecursiveBlocks` and related methods for type safety and better parameter handling.
- Introduce helper methods like `filterVariableReplacements` for better code organization.
- Transition classes like `Writer`, `PDFExporter`, and `GlobalVariables` to `final` for immutability.
- Apply quality-of-life improvements, including null coalescing assignments (`??=`), consistent spacing, and code deduplication.

- Add GitHub Actions CI workflow for PHPUnit tests and MkDocs builds.
- Upgrade `mkdocs.yml` to use Material theme with enhanced navigation, accessibility, and styling features.
- Define documentation requirements in `docs/requirements.txt`.
- Include `.readthedocs.yaml` for Read the Docs configuration.
- Document optional GitHub Pages deployment details in `README.md`.
- Add `.gitignore` for ignoring build artifacts and vendor files.
- Extend `wordexport.stub` with a `values` method for consistency.
- Add default `phpunit.xml.dist` for standardized testing configuration.

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- Replace `tempnam()` usage with `createUniqueTempFile()` to avoid PHP deprecations.
- Simplify and modernize `tempDir()` directory creation logic.
- Add recursion for directory creation with proper checks and error handling.
- Update related methods for consistent usage of `createUniqueTempFile()`.

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