Re: [PEPr] Comment on PDF::PDF_PageExtractor

Hello, Am 01.07.2004 17:45 schrieb PEPr: > Stefan Neufeind (http://pear.php.net/user/neufeind) has commented on > the proposal for PDF::PDF_PageExtractor. > > Comment: > > I'm also in favor of having *one* PDF-read-class. Do you mean one package or really only one class? The first is possible, the second I would discourage in favor for a proper design. > There are other tools out which allow reading of PDFs, extracting > texts and images, reordering pages or even encrypting a PDF etc. How many of them are implemented with PHP and could be easily used on a simple shared host webspace? ;) > Also it would be nice if extracting/parsing would allow modifying of > existing PDFs (adding pages, or even just adding text to a page) and > saving it again. Can you give some more detailed information what you imagine of. I said it before, the parser will the foundation for all applications that modify .pdf files and would like to see it as seperate package in PEAR. All others can maybe summarized in a utility package. regards Stefan