PHP PDF Question

[CanMan2004]

Hi all

I have a PDF creater, using the standard PHP functions.

Part of my code that im trying to work with looks like

[code]$color = "#57575A";
$string = str_replace("#","",$color);
$red = hexdec(substr($string,0,2)) / 255;
$green = hexdec(substr($string,2,2)) / 255;
$blue = hexdec(substr($string,4,2)) / 255;

pdf_setrgbcolor_fill($pdf, $red, $green, $blue);
pdf_setfont($pdf, $fontone, 27);
pdf_show_xy($pdf, $details, 150, 50);[/code]

Does anyone know how I can get that text to allign to the right of the page and not the left side of the page.

Does that make sense?

Thanks

Ed

[Jessica]

It's the first function on the documentation's comments.
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.pdf-show-xy.php

[magic2goodil]

i was going to say maybe something like:

[code]$textflow = PDF_create_textflow($pdf, $thetext, "fontname=Tahoma fontsize=9 align=right");[/code]

$pdf being your pdf instance, $thetext being some text :)

[CanMan2004]

magic2goodil

when I try your suggestion, I get

Call to undefined function: pdf_create_textflow()

Any ideas?

[Jessica]

Yeah, you could try the one I suggested. :)

[CanMan2004]

Hi jesirose

I tried that, but isnt that just for positioning, so 30px from the left and 40px from the bottom? I want to make the text go to right align, the reason is, because im pulling in content and need it to sit on the right and be able to expand

[Jessica]

you're positioning it right here:
pdf_show_xy($pdf, $details, 150, 50);

The function is exactly the same, but it starts on the right.

[magic2goodil]

HEre maybe this link will help..Perhaps you can write your code to html first and then use this script utility to make it to pdf..PErhaps it will keep your right alignment..

http://sourceforge.net/projects/html2fpdf

[CanMan2004]

sorry jesirose, im confused, at the moment, when I use

pdf_show_xy($pdf, $details, 150, 50);

it runs any text from the left to the right, I cant see how im supposed to alter this so text runs from right to left of the page.

Or am I being thick!

thanks magic2goo, I used to use that, but there is so many pages needed to run it, my pdf files are quite simple

[Jessica]

On the page I linked to is a function!
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.pdf-show-xy.php#59630

Copy and paste that function into your code, then call it like you would the regular one.

[magic2goodil]

[quote author=jesirose link=topic=121596.msg500389#msg500389 date=1168316679]
On the page I linked to is a function!
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.pdf-show-xy.php#59630

Copy and paste that function into your code, then call it like you would the regular one.
[/quote]

*hides cuz jesirose is getting angrrrry*  You wont like her when she's angry!  *sees her turn green*
*runs*
:P

[Jessica]

I prefer to turn blue, it's prettier

[CanMan2004]

Hi magic2goodil & jesirose

Okay, I managed to get it to print a word onto a PDF, but the text still runs from left to right and not right to left, I used the following
[CODE]
function pdf_show_xy_right(&$pdf, $text, $right, $bottom) {
  $fontname = pdf_get_parameter($pdf, "fontname", 0);
  $font = pdf_findfont($pdf, "Helvetica-Bold", "host", 0);
  $size = pdf_get_value($pdf, "fontsize", 0);
  $width = pdf_stringwidth($pdf, $text, $font, $size);
  pdf_show_xy($pdf, $text, $right-$width, $bottom);
}

pdf_show_xy_right($pdf, "Hello World", 100, 100);
[/CODE]
Do you know how to switch it to run from right to left?

[Jessica]

Wait, right align, or right to left like arabic?

[CanMan2004]

right align, so the text is the right way around but the text is aligned to the right of the page and the text runs from the right hand side to the left hand side, like

                            Hello world test one
                Another hello world test two

Does that make sense?

[magic2goodil]

Sorry, but I don't know enough about php pdf output to help you man..

[Jessica]

Okay I don't know that much about pdf, but before you had x 150, y 50. Why did you use 100, 100 for the right align one. Shouldn't the $right be > 150? Like, 400 maybe?

Sorry, that function looks okay to me. Good luck.