gazalec Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 does anyone know of any code the allows you to modify an exisiting PDF file using PHP, i have tried a few but all come up with fatal errors Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/43967-modifiy-existing-pdf-through-php/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
severndigital Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 how do you plan to modify it? are you just adding text / photos to it. or do you want to modify the text/photos that are already embedded within the pdf file? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/43967-modifiy-existing-pdf-through-php/#findComment-213446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazalec Posted March 23, 2007 Author Share Posted March 23, 2007 well the existing pdf file only have an image on as a background and i just want to write over the top of it Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/43967-modifiy-existing-pdf-through-php/#findComment-213449 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jguy Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Check out this cool php class....I use it all the time: FPDF: http://www.fpdf.org/ Very, very easy to use.... based on XY cord system and "cells". Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/43967-modifiy-existing-pdf-through-php/#findComment-213450 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazalec Posted March 23, 2007 Author Share Posted March 23, 2007 sorry to sound really dumb but what do i do when i download it ??? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/43967-modifiy-existing-pdf-through-php/#findComment-213479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jguy Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Dude, There's a file in there, README that will tell you what to do. Also there is some nice docs on the web site as well. Simply put, you untar/unzip it in your web dir and go from there. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/43967-modifiy-existing-pdf-through-php/#findComment-213841 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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