Re: PHP and PDF

If you can edit the PDF file and have access to acrobat then you can use adobe's fdf format. Basically you just create a read-only text field on the original PDF and use php to fill in the value for it every time it's loaded here's some links http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.fdf.php http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/uwe20001116.php3 - good tutorial -------Original Message------- hello again. > thanks for the responses so far. > let me change something from my prevoius post. > let's say that i'm using an existing pdf form (i won't be creating a > new one), is it still possible to use php to update a number that'll be > printed on the pdf form each time it is accessed? > again, thanks in advance. > gregory > hernandg@newschool.edu >>>> "Brian McGarvie" <bmcgarvie@lennox-mckinlay.co.uk> - 7/1/02 11:50 AM >>>> > Actually I just for a brilliant Free PDF library... > www.fpdf.org > Excellent tutorials/docs... > Use PHP to dynamically generate your forms and include any info you > wish from a database i.e. the ID and so on... >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Gregory Hernandez [mailto:hernandg@newschool.edu] >> Sent: 01 July 2002 4:25 PM >> To: php-general@lists.php.net >> Subject: [PHP] PHP and PDF >> >> >> hello everyone-- >> >> i'd like to know if this can be solved with php. >> >> i'll be creating a pdf form that'll be downloaded, filled and turned >> in. >> the form must have a unique NUMBER printed on it each time it is >> downloaded. >> >> i'd like to use php to update this NUMBER (ie. counter + 1) each > time >> the form is >> accessed, and automatically print this NUMBER on the form that sits > on >> the server. >> >> is this possible? >> >> thanks in advance. >> >> >> gregory >> hernandg@newschool.edu >> >> >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php