Re: [PLUG] Programmatically insert text into a PDF

[Shameel Arafin <algebraist@gmail.com>]

Amul:

You could try using FPDI (http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/39165.html) 
to read the PDFs in PHP, then use FPDF or TCPDF 
(http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/62199.html) to generate the new 
pdfs, with the form info filled in.

I have used FPDF to generate pdfs, it's quite simple. I have not used 
the other two libraries.

The advantage of using these libraries is that they're in PHP, so 
they're "cross platform and allows for web interactions".

Cheers,

Shameel

TuskenTower wrote:
> Has anyone ever used a PDF library to dynamically insert text into a PDF?
>
> My uncle pulls PDFs from various websites and fills them out for each
> customer contract.  His customer information is pulled in via a web
> form and hosted in a MySQL DB.  The PDFs don't change often and he is
> looking for a way to skip filling in the forms by hand.
>
> I have done some quick Google searches and came up with various
> libraries, but nothing that says in big letters, "this library lets
> you insert text into an existing PDF."  I am looking for something
> that is cross platform and allows for web interactions.
>
> thanks,
> Amul
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