PDF Creation Doesn't seem to work at all 1

[SPYDERIX]

Hi,

I am trying to create a dynamic pdf using php but can't seem to get it to work. I was looking at: PHP.net and tried an example but it's not ouputting a pdf just the code you would see if you opened a pdf in notepad.

The code I'm using is:

<?php 
$pdf = pdf_new(); 

pdf_open_file($pdf); 
pdf_begin_page($pdf, 595, 842); 
pdf_set_font($pdf, "Times-Roman", 30, "host"); 
pdf_set_value($pdf, "textrendering", 1); 
pdf_show_xy($pdf, "A PDF document created in memory!", 50, 750); 
pdf_end_page($pdf); 
pdf_close($pdf); 

$data = pdf_get_buffer($pdf); 

header("Content-type: application/pdf"); 
header("Content-disposition: inline; filename=test.pdf"); 
header("Content-length: " . strlen($data)); 

echo $data; 
?>

I am running php on apache under win32 and have uncommented the apporpriate line in the php.ini but when I call the page with that code I get the following output:

%PDF-1.3 %äãÏÒ 5 0 obj <> stream xœs áÒw3P06PIã2T)@h¨`j `Ä!¹\ I. G…7…”üäÒÜÔ¼…ä¢ÔÄ’Ô…Ì<…ÜÔÜü¢JE͐,.×.!gˆendstream endobj 6 0 obj 84 endobj 4 0 obj <> endobj 8 0 obj <> >> endobj 3 0 obj <> endobj 7 0 obj <> endobj 1 0 obj <> endobj 2 0 obj <> endobj xref 0 9 0000000000 65535 f 0000000537 00000 n 0000000591 00000 n 0000000351 00000 n 0000000188 00000 n 0000000015 00000 n 0000000170 00000 n 0000000443 00000 n 0000000291 00000 n trailer <<1DD0F4665D017D8251424299BB688F26>] >> startxref 638 %%EOF

What do I do to get this to return a pdf file? And one other question is: Is it possible to open a pre-made pdf template and simply insert variables into certain parts and then output a new dynamic pdf with the data in it?

Thanks alot!

NATE

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[sleipnir214]

That looks like the beginning of a PDF file to me.

I'm wondering what would happen if you were to change the "Content-disposition:" line from "inline" to "attachment"

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[SPYDERIX]

sleipnir214,

Ok that has finally created the first pdf. But that created a dialog box to open and ask if I wanted to save or open it. I want it to display in the browser though like any other pdf would do.

Any ideas?

Also is it possible to open a premade pdf and insert stuff into it and then output the new version without harming the blank template?

Thanks!

NATE

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[sleipnir214]

How your browser opens the file is probably dependent on the headers sent by the server. I use Opera, so my browser doesn't have a choice.

You're probably going to have fetch a small PDF by hand from your server using telnet to figure out what headers you need to set.


Using a PDF as a template is a PDI function. I've never done it -- but I recommend that you start looking in the PHP online manual at those PDF functions that have "pdi" in their names.

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[SPYDERIX]

Great. Thanks alot sleipnir214

NATE

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