Using PHP how can I show editable PDF form and then on submit get the information? I have a PDF form which I have converted to editable PDF form using Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro, I now want to show it in the browser so that user can fill. On submit I want to get the information entered in that form and store in the database.
To read and write a pdf you can use some PDF libraries like FPDI or PDFtoHTML.
Follow this link Read pdf files with php
But in your use case I am not sure why you are using a PDF form if your intention is just to save the user inputs into database. I would recommend use a HTML form instead, will be easier for you to manage.
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Trying to allow outputs in PDF format from a website. One of the PDF's is a document that I have to build using data from a database, and just fill in a template. I'm using TCPDF to create the PDF files from the website.
Rather than having to construct the whole form in HTML and fill that in and convert it to PDF, I was wondering if I could have a pdf stored on the web hosting with the empty fields as interactive form fields, and fill it using TCPDF and the data from the database? Or if not, is there another way of doing this? Or is it just going to be simpler to build the form as an empty HTML shell and fill it in using database data before parsing to pdf?
You cannot fill in a PDF form with TCPDF but you only can create one. You may use FPDI to import the PDF form (without form fields!) and write to the positions of the form fields manually. If you need to fill in a PDF form with PHP you may take a look at the SetaPDF-FormFiller component (not free!). It's that easy:
$document = SetaPDF_Core_Document::loadByFile('pdfForm.pdf');
$formFiller = new SetaPDF_FormFiller($document);
$fields = $formFiller->getFields();
$fields['name']->setValue('Your name');
$fields['age']->setValue('25');
$document->save()->finish();
For customised forms , instead of creating html forms and using that to get input from user , how can we use PDF to get input from user and when posting how to store all input in xfdf .
Can any one please help me to solve this issue and v r using php
Instead of creating a HTML form, you create a PDF form and submit the data as XFDF, which can then easily imported into a database, for example.
For creating PDF forms, there are quite a few tutorials around.
I'm trying to import some XML data into XFA form through web server.
So, I have a HTML form which user populate, that data is stored in MySQL database. On other side I have an XFA form created in LiveCycle and wrapped in PDF, when user finish populating online form I need to place user's data in the XFA form and trigger the print it.
How can I do this? So far I had success using FPDM for real PDF form. Can I somehow convert XFA to real PDF form? Will I be able to print the PDF file through browser automatically when user clicks the button?
This is what I found, but it's too expensive to buy a licence:
http://itextpdf.com/product/xfa_worker
I'm struggling with this one for a while, any help is welcoming.
Thanks in advance,
VUkasin
I created a pdf form using acrobat. The form has a submit button, and I would like to actually submit the entire form, and upload it to the server. Is there a way to do this? I am experienced with PHP, and other languages, but not so much with anything to do with PDF Forms.
During form creation, when you select the submit action for your button, Acrobat shows a dialog which asks you for the URL to submit the form data to. This dialog allows you to also select how the form shall be submitted. (At least it's this way in my ancient Acrobat 9.5.)
If you want the whole form to be submitted, i.e. a complete PDF with filled-in form fields, select the option for the complete PDF document.
If you don't want to get the base document you already have, but merely want to retrieve the additions as incremental update, select the option for the FDF and check step-wise changes box. You can build the complete PDF from the original form and these incremental updates.
For some backgrounds see my answer to your other question.
i created a system using php..
on my system..there is a form...in that form has a submit button and view in pdf button ..
so my question is how to transform my php form into pdf form..user can view the form in pdf format even he did not submit the form yet and the details that he enter is appear in the pdf format form..please help me..
You'll need to create the form in Acrobat Pro, PDFpen Pro, FoxIt Reader (with appropriate add-ons), etc. In doing that, you can include a form control button that submits the form values to a URL as POST. Write a PHP script to receive that POST similar to an HTML form POST, and you're good to go.
From there, you just post the PDF to your site and let the visitor's PDF tools do the rest.
Note that form validation is also handled in-PDF. The tool you use to create the form will include a bunch of ready-to-go validations you can use (e.g., phone number or social security number), and if something's missing, you can incorporate JavaScript. Note that the JS runs in the PDF reader, not the browser, so it'll work even if the user has JS turned off.