I have a PDF document with a text form field.
What i need is to replace this text form field for an image
Anybody knows how to get the position of a form element?
Or if it's possible to search items on a PDF, using FPDI or another library?
$pdf = new FPDI();
$pdf->setSourceFile("new.pdf");
$pdf->addPage();
$tplIdx = $pdf->importPage(1);
$pdf->useTemplate($tplIdx, 0, 0, 0, 0, true);
$pdf->Image('image.png',150,250,25);
$pdf->Output();
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good evening ! I need your help, I am trying to generate several PDFs with the TCPDF, I have been able to create a PDF one by one by passing the ID of the database to the function, but what I need is for it to automatically create several PDFs for each ID that it brings from the database, how can I achieve this?
Controller:
public function reportpdf($id){
ob_start();
$allowance= $this->allowance_m->get_allowance_byid($id);
$this->load->library('tcpdf');
$pdf = new
TCPDF('P','mm','A4',true,'UTF-8',false);
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->setXY(12,40);
$txt_pembuka = 'Allowance Report';
//$pdf->SetFontSize(16);
$pdf->SetFont('times', 'B', 16, '', 'false');
$pdf->MultiCell(0, 5, $txt_pembuka, 0, 'C', 0, 2, '', '', true);
$pdf->setXY(20,$pdf->getY()+7);
$pdf->SetFont('times', '', 12, '', 'false');
$pdf->cell(35,5,"Nama");
$pdf->cell(0,5,": ".$allowance->tarjeta);
$pdf->setXY(20,$pdf->getY()+7);
$pdf->cell(35,5,"Periode");
$periode = strtotime($allowance->monto);
$formatperiode = date('F Y',$periode);
$pdf->cell(0,5,": ".$formatperiode);
$pdf->setXY(20,$pdf->getY()+7);
$pdf->cell(35,5,"Uang Makan");
$pdf->cell(0,5,": Rp.".$allowance->nombre);
$pdf->Output();
ob_end_flush();
}
Model:
public function get_allowance_byid($id)
{
$db6 = $this->load->database('db6', TRUE);
$sql = "SELECT * FROM registros WHERE tarjeta='".$id."'";
return $db6->query($sql)->row();
}
If you want to create "several PDFs for each ID" it is recommended to first save the created PDF files in a local folder on your server before making them available to your user instead of prompting the created PDF directly in the browser as in your example. It is not practical to send multiple PDFs at once to the browser.
Add a path and a filename to the Output Method to save the PDF, preferably with an ID so you can find it again:
$pdf->Output('allowance_report_'.$id.'.pdf');
Documentation: https://tcpdf.org/docs/srcdoc/TCPDF/classes-TCPDF/#method_Output
In your case, you can either create multiple PDFs inside the method reportpdf() or make a new method for each file.
If you choose to do it inside your current method you can do something like:
public function reportpdf($id){
$allowance= $this->allowance_m->get_allowance_byid($id);
$this->load->library('tcpdf');
//CREATE YOUR FIRST PDF....
$pdf = new
TCPDF('P','mm','A4',true,'UTF-8',false);
$pdf->AddPage();
... ETC ...
// SAVE THE FIRST PDF BY PROVIDING A PATH AND A FILENAME
$pdf->Output('folder/allowance_report_'.$id.'.pdf');
//CREATE YOUR SECOND PDF....
$pdf = new
TCPDF('P','mm','A4',true,'UTF-8',false);
$pdf->AddPage();
... ETC ...
// SAVE THE SECOND PDF BY PROVIDING A PATH AND A FILENAME
$pdf->Output('folder/another_report_'.$id.'.pdf');
}
If you then want to send the PDFs to the browser I suggest you create a zip file containing all the created PDFs and prompt it through the browser.
I'm trying with PHP to fill form fields on an existing PDF and add an image to it.
I found the FPDM library to fill the form fields:
$formInputArray = ['field1' => 'test value', 'field2' => 'second value'];
$pdf = new FPDM('orginal-file.pdf');
$pdf->getEntries($templatePDF, 'PDF');
$pdf->Load($formInputArray);
$pdf->Merge();
$pdf->Output('F', 'form-filled-file.pdf');
That works so far.
In the next step i try to add an image with the Fpdi class to the edited document:
$pdf = new Fpdi();
$pdf->setSourceFile('form-filled-file.pdf');
$pageId = $pdf->importPage(1, \setasign\Fpdi\PdfReader\PageBoundaries::MEDIA_BOX);
$pdf->addPage();
$pdf->useTemplate($pageId);
$pdf->Image('test-image.jpg', 150*0.39, 150*0.39, 100*0.39);
$pdf->Output('F', 'finished-file.pdf');
The problem is, that Fpdi is converting the template pdf structure into an new pdf structure. So all given form fields are gone.
So the question is:
How can i add an image to an existing PDF with form fields?
I also looked at the iText / PDFtk (Serverside) and the mPDF PHP library, but they are not the right one because of the GPL license.
Is there an other way or an other library to fill form fields and add an image to an PDF in PHP?
We (Setasign - also author of FPDI) offer a commercial solution for both tasks: Filling PDF forms and fill fields with images in pure PHP.
If you'd used FPDM you was only able to fill in text fields. A replacement would be the SetaPDF-FormFiller Lite Component. The Full version would allow you to fill in also other field types such as checkboxes or radiobutton groups.
A simple example of filling a single text field and an additional field with an image would be:
<?php
require_once('library/SetaPDF/Autoload.php');
// or if you use composer require_once('vendor/autoload.php');
// create a file writer
$writer = new SetaPDF_Core_Writer_File('image-in-form-field.pdf');
// get the main document instance
$document = SetaPDF_Core_Document::loadByFilename($filename, $writer);
// now get an instance of the form filler
$formFiller = new SetaPDF_FormFiller($document);
// Get the form fields of the document
$fields = $formFiller->getFields();
// Let's fill a field
$fields['Text Field']->setValue("Some example text.");
// Now prepare an appearance for the Logo field
// First of all let's get the annotation of the form field
$annotation = $fields['Logo']->getAnnotation();
// Remember the width and height for further calculations
$width = $annotation->getWidth();
$height = $annotation->getHeight();
// Create a form xobject to which we are going to write the image.
// This form xobject will be the resulting appearance of our form field.
$xobject = SetaPDF_Core_XObject_Form::create($document, array(0, 0, $width, $height));
// Get the canvas for this xobject
$canvas = $xobject->getCanvas();
// Let's create an image xobject
$image = SetaPDF_Core_Image::getByPath('Logo.png')->toXObject($document);
// scale image into available space and align in the center
if ($image->getHeight($width) >= $height) {
$image->draw($canvas, $width / 2 - $image->getWidth($height) / 2, 0, null, $height);
} else {
$image->draw($canvas, 0, $height / 2 - $image->getHeight($width) / 2, $width);
}
// Now add the appearance to the annotation
$annotation->setAppearance($xobject);
// Flatten all appearances to the pages content stream
$fields->flatten();
// finish the document
$document->save()->finish();
This script is a short version of this demo.
I have blank id card's with following size:
For Europe printing is 85mmx55mm. So i made a background image using Google power point as mm to pixel:
But when i put it in the TCPDF then the image is not fitted exactly on the 85mmx55mm:
My code for TCPDF was as following:
$pdf = new TCPDF('L', 'mm', array(55,85));
$pdf->setPrintHeader(false);
$pdf->setPrintFooter(false);
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->SetAutoPageBreak(FALSE, 1);
// image in pixel: 319 × 207
$pdf->Image('background_image.jpg', 0, 0);
What am i doing wrong? Why the background_image.jpg is larger then array(55,85)?
I am using TCPDF library to write a custom size label with background image and multiple text blocks on it.
The user when sees the preview on screen of the PDF it should show in horizontal, but for printing, I need the full page rotated -90 degrees.
How can I just rotate the whole page for printing version without having to move anything?
Basically:
In my case I've already had to use a new document format for the special sizes my document required.
So I've duplicated that format, created one for Landscape and one for Portrait.
Then based on the $preview variable, if previewing I'm rendering the normal landscape document, but if not previewing, I'm using the Portrait format and orientation and also starting the transformation and rotating everything on page.
Hope this helps someone I've found no other "quick" way to accomplish this kind of full-page rotation.
<?php
// #1 get the preview attribute from
// the form that was submitted from the user
$preview= isset($_POST['preview'])?(int)$_POST['preview']:0;
// load TCPDF for CodeIgniter as a library
$this->load->library('Pdf');
// #2 set default orientation and format
$orientation='L';
$format='MAKE-L';
// #3 if not previewing, switch orientation and format to portrait
if (!$preview) {
$orientation='P';
$format='MAKE-P';
}
// create new pdf object
// (same as doing new TCPDF(), it is just the CodeIgniter wrapper)
$pdf = new Pdf($orientation, 'mm', $format, true, 'UTF-8', false);
// remove default header/footer
$pdf->setPrintHeader(false);
$pdf->setPrintFooter(false);
$pdf->SetMargins(0, 0, 0);
$pdf->AddPage($orientation, $format);
// #4 if not previewing, start transformation
// and rotate everything before inserting any content
if (!$preview) {
// Start Transformation
$pdf->StartTransform();
// Rotate counter-clockwise centered by (x,y)
$pdf->Rotate(-90, 70, 70); // <-- TODO: test this very well because 70 and 70 was just guessing, there is no math behind that so not sure if it will work always
}
// put your content here,
// for example set font and add a text
$pdf->SetFont('times', '', 7, '', true);
$pdf->writeHTMLCell(0, 0, 25.4, 2, 'lot number', 0, 1, 0, true, '', true);
/// end content
// #5 if not in preview mode, finish the transformation
if (!$preview) {
// Stop Transformation
$pdf->StopTransform();
}
$pdf->Output('example.pdf', 'I');
/**
* Last but very important note:
* I have added my formats in tcpdf/includes/tcpdf_static.php file.
* >> MAKE-L for Landscape
* >> MAKE-P for Portrait
*/
public static $page_formats = array(
// Make
'MAKE-L' => array( 396.850, 425.196), // = ( h 140 x w 150 ) mm
// Make
'MAKE-P' => array( 425.196, 396.850 ), // = ( h 140 x w 150 ) mm
// .. rest of formats here ../
);
The setPageFormat() method should do the job. You also can pass the parameter to the $format parameter of AddPage():
$pdf->AddPage($orientation, ['format' => $format, 'Rotate' => -90]);
I am facing an issue while editing the existing pdf.
Here I have a pdf where I just want to add a employee name on the first line of every page in pdf.
But when I try to do this using fpdf and fpdi then it will save the new pdf with employee name and all the other data has been removed from the pdf.
Here is the code which I am using for editing and saving a pdf.
<code>
<?php
define('FPDF_FONTPATH','font/');
require_once('fpdf.php');
require_once('fpdi.php');
$pdf = new FPDI();
// add a page
$pdf->AddPage();
// set the sourcefile
$pagecount = $pdf->setSourceFile('upload/linebreak.pdf');
// import page 1
$tplidx = $pdf->importPage(1);
for ($i = 1; $i < $pagecount; $i++) {
$tplidx = $pdf->ImportPage($i);
$pdf->useTemplate($tplidx, 10, 10, 200);
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->SetFont('Arial');
$pdf->SetTextColor(0,0,0);
$pdf->SetFontSize(8);
if ($i>=1) {
//$pdf->SetXY(50, 124);
$pdf->Write(1, "Emp Name : Sanjay Singh");
}
}
$pdf->Output("upload/new_linebreak_pdf.pdf", "F");
?>
<code>
My linebreak.pdf have data some thing like this (This is the employee rule for our organization..........This is the employee rule for our organization......This is the employee rule for our organization.....This is the employee rule for our organization....This is the employee rule for our organization)
On this I want to add a Employee Name on the first line but after editing it will generate new pdf like this(Emp Name : Sanjay Singh)
Where other data which is already their will get deleted.
Thanks In Advance !
Your problem is that you're calling methods for FPDI in the wrong order. Here are the steps to take:
Import the page you want to modify, get the template
Add a new blank page to the document
Load the template into that document
Write additional content to that document
Here is a brief code example illustrating the above concept. I have tested this and gotten the output expected.
$pdf = new FPDI();
$pageCount = $pdf->setSourceFile('file.pdf');
// Iterate through every page
for( $pageNo=1; $pageNo<=$pageCount; $pageNo++ )
{
// Import page
$templateId = $pdf->importPage($pageNo);
$pdf->getTemplateSize($templateId);
$pdf->addPage('P');
$pdf->useTemplate($templateId);
// Modify page
$pdf->SetFont('Arial');
$pdf->SetTextColor(0,0,0);
$pdf->SetFontSize(8);
$pdf->Text(50,124,"Emp Name : Sanjay Singh");
}
$pdf->Output("upload/new_linebreak_pdf.pdf", "F");