Re: Fatal Error: PDFlib error ...

On Wednesday 10 December 2003 09:08 pm, Matthias Nothhaft wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to get the pdflib work... > > I use pdflib 4.0.3 downloaded from pdflib.de and php 4.3.4 on Debian Linux. > > I wrote this test code: > > <?php > > dl("libpdf_php.so"); > > $pdf = pdf_new(); > pdf_begin_page($pdf, 421, 595); > pdf_set_font($pdf, "Helvetica", 24, "host"); > pdf_show_xy($pdf, "Hello World!", 75, 200); > pdf_end_page($pdf); > pdf_close($pdf); > > $buffer = pdf_get_buffer($pdf); > > $f = fopen("test.pdf", "bw"); > fwrite($f, $buffer); > fclose($f); > > ?> > > and got > > Fatal error: PDFlib error: function 'PDF_begin_page' must not be called > in 'object' scope in /var/www/Software/cms4rent/pdftest.php on line 5 > > Why is that? google (including quotes): "must not be called in 'object' scope" result #2: http://www.alt-php-faq.org/local/87/ Rather cryptic error message... hmpf. > > > Any help would be great. > > Regards, > Matthias -- Evan Nemerson evan@coeus-group.com http://coeusgroup.com/en -- "It is an unfortunate fact that every man who seeks to disseminate knowledge must contend not only against ignorance itself, but against false instruction as well. No sooner do we deem ourselves free from a particularly gross superstition, than we are confronted by some enemy to learning who would set aside all the intellectual progress of years, and plunge us back into the darkness of medieval disbelief." -HP Lovecraft