note 17752 added to ref.fdf

Here is an easy script to output fdf data to the browser without using the fdf toolkit or creating an actual fdf file on the server. By the way acrobat is very picky about line breaks so you must leave the "\n" in the script. The script reads the variables posted to it from a form use POST and creates a fdf file from them. The field names posted to this script must match the field names in the pdf. Acrobat will ignore any that don't match. <?php //path to pdf file $url="http://www.some_url.com/form.pdf"; $values=$HTTP_POST_VARS; $fdfdata = "%FDF-1.2\n%‚„œ”\n"; $fdfdata .= "1 0 obj \n<< /FDF "; $fdfdata .= "<< /Fields [\n"; //loop that adds the field names and values foreach($values as $key=>$val) { $fdfdata.="<< /V ($val)/T ($key) >> "; } $fdfdata .= "]\n"; $fdfdata .= "/F ($url) >>"; $fdfdata .= ">>\nendobj\ntrailer\n<<\n/Root 1 0 R\n>>\n"; $fdfdata .= "%%EOF"; /*** Now we display the FDF data which causes Acrobat to start ***/ header ("Content-Type: application/vnd.fdf"); print $fdfdata; ?> You can use javascript in the pdf to read the values from a GET method posted directly to the pdf. you can see both methods here: http://laundrymat.tv/pdf/ -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.fdf.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+17752 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+17752 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+17752