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PDF Generation With PHP
By: icarus, (c) Melonfire
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    2002-08-14

    Table of Contents:
  • PDF Generation With PHP
  • Getting Started
  • Anatomy Lesson
  • Pretty As A Picture
  • The Shortest Distance Between Two Points
  • Square Peg, Round Hole
  • Heaven Is A Place On Earth
  • Piece Of Pie

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    PDF Generation With PHP - Getting Started


    (Page 2 of 8 )

    In order to use PHP's PDF manipulation capabilities, you need to have the PDFLib library installed on your system. If you're working on Linux, you can download a copy from http://www.pdflib.com/ and compile it for your box. If you're running Windows, your job is even simpler - a pre-built PDF library is bundled with your distribution, and all you need to do is activate it by uncommenting the appropriate lines in your PHP configuration file.

    Additionally, you'll need a copy of the (free!) Adobe Acrobat PDF reader, so that you can view the documents created via the PDFLib library. You can download a copy of this reader from http://www.adobe.com/

    Once you've got everything in place, it's time to create a simple PDF file. Here goes:



    <?php
    // create handle for new PDF document
    $pdf = pdf_new();
    // open a file
    pdf_open_file($pdf, "philosophy.pdf");
    // start a new page (A4)
    pdf_begin_page($pdf, 595, 842);
    // get and use a font object
    $arial = pdf_findfont($pdf, "Arial", "host", 1); pdf_setfont($pdf, $arial, 10);
    // print text
    pdf_show_xy($pdf, "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,",50, 750); 
    pdf_show_xy($pdf, "than are dreamt of in your philosophy", 50,730);
    // end page
    pdf_end_page($pdf);
    // close and save file
    pdf_close($pdf);
    ?>
    Save this file, and then browse to it through your Web browser. PHP will execute the script, and a new PDF file will be created and stored in the location specified at the top of the script. Here's what you'll see when you open the file:

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