note 46624 added to ref.fdf

This is for users who are looking for a way to merge HTML form data with a PDF Form, then output the PDF Form with data populated in it, to a web browser. This is a pure PHP solution which does NOT require the FDF toolkit. Contributed by www.TUFaT.com <?php // the full http path to the PDF form $form = 'http://my_domain.com/my_pdf_form.pdf'; function create_fdf ($pdffile, $strings, $keys) { $fdf = "%FDF-1.2\n%‚„œ”\n"; $fdf .= "1 0 obj \n<< /FDF << /Fields [\n"; foreach ($strings as $key => $value) { $key = addcslashes($key, "\n\r\t\\()"); $value = addcslashes($value, "\n\r\t\\()"); $fdf .= "<< /T ($key) /V ($value) >> \n"; } foreach ($keys as $key => $value) { $key = addcslashes($key, "\n\r\t\\()"); $fdf .= "<< /T ($key) /V /$value >> \n"; } $fdf .= "]\n/F ($pdffile) >>"; $fdf .= ">>\nendobj\ntrailer\n<<\n"; $fdf .= "/Root 1 0 R \n\n>>\n"; $fdf .= "%%EOF"; return $fdf; } // Fill in text fields $strings = array( 'date' => '10/17/2004', 'full_name' => 'Joe Doe', 'phone_num' => '123-4567', 'company' => 'ACME Widgets', 'amount' => 'USD 100.00' ); // Fill in check boxes/radio buttons $keys = array(' gender' => 'male',//radio button 'is_adult' => 'Off',//checkbox 'urgent' => 'On'//checkbox ); // Output the PDF form, with form data filled-in header('Content-type: application/vnd.fdf'); echo create_fdf($form, $strings, $keys); ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.fdf.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+46624 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46624&report=yes Reason: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46624&report=yes&reason=bad+code Reason: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46624&report=yes&reason=spam Reason: useless example -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46624&report=yes&reason=useless+example Reason: contains commercial links -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46624&report=yes&reason=contains+commercial+links Reason: useless note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46624&report=yes&reason=useless+note Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+46624&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php