Reading PDF templates

[jimoblak]

I'm seeking a method to read in a PDF template or form and then output a new PDF with data filled in. For example, a blank order form template would be stored on the server as a PDF file. A customer would fill in data using HTML <form>. Upon submission, PHP would stamp this data on the form template and generate a new PDF file.

The only PDF generation methods for PHP that I can find do not seem to allow the reading of another PDF file as a template. Am I looking in the wrong places? Can anyone suggest a package that will do this? Open Source is, of course, preferred.

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[DRJ478]

Look at the FDF functions.
I have used interactive PDFs with fields and dynamically filled them out. It works great:

http://www.php.net/fdf