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So I have created an html form which then posts the results to a php file that overlays them on a PDF and then emails that PDF to myself and the email that was put in the form. All I want to do now is find a simple way to make it so that the PDF includes a sequential number.
For example: When the form is filled out for the first time the number 0001 is input automatically into the PDF and 0002 for the second time and so on.
Is there an easy PHP function to accomplish this?
Essentially I am creating an online invoicing form so when I do service calls I can create an invoice on the spot from a web browser which is then emailed to my office and the client.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

For an incrementing number, you could keep a number in a database and then extract it, add 1 to it, use it, and then put it back in the DB for next time, but this seems complicated. Somebody in the comments mentioned using the timestamp, which would be done like so:
$invoicenumber = time(); //This number will always be unique
The time function works like so (copied from w3schools):
The time() function returns the current time in the number of seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT).
Since actual seconds can only go up (increment), this number will never be the same twice.
I hope this is helpful.
-Edit
You can also display this date/time in a readable format like so:
$time = time();
echo date("Y-m-d H:i:s",$time);
-Edit 2
If you want an incrementing number, you basically need a very simple database to save it, which might be as simple as a table called invoices, with a column called invoicenumber, which stores your invoice number in it. You could / probably should use this to store other invoice information in it too, so you'd have each invoice number saved (which means we want to only get the highest one)
Then your code would look like this, for each time you want to use it:
Firstly you'd have a database information file (settings.php or something similar) with your database definitions in it, which might look like this:
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_USER', 'db_username');
define('DB_PASS', 'db_password');
define('DB_NAME', 'database_name');
Your code would look like this:
//Establish a mysql connection
$mysqli = new mysqli(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME);
//Set up a query to get the highest number
$query = "SELECT invoicenumber FROM invoices ORDER BY invoicenumber DESC LIMIT 1";
//Get the result
$result = $mysqli->query($query);
$row = $result->fetch_assoc();
//If we have a record
if($row){
//New invoice number
$invoicenumber = $row['invoicenumber']++;
//Else (database is empty, so start at the beginning)
}else{
$invoicenumber = 1;
}
//Now we have our invoice number, so do whatever you want with it
/**
* Code here to use the number
* */
//Now we wanna add the new invoice to the database, so
/**
* Add any other info to this statement if you want.
* If any of it is user submitted data, be sure to use prepared statements
* (just look at php.net's documentation on prepared statements)
* w3schools also has some nice tutorials on how to safely insert stuff
* in to a database, so check it all out :)
* */
$query = "INSERT INTO invoices(invoicenumber) VALUES($invoicenumber)";
//Execute the query
if($mysqli->query($query)){
//Show success
echo "Invoice $invoicenumber has been added to the database.";
}else{
//Show error
echo "Unfortunately we could not add invoice $invoicenumber to the database.";
}
//Now we can clear up our resources
$stmt->free_result(); $stmt->close(); $mysqli->close();
Please note: this is a very basic example. Yours will have additions and enhanced security if you are using user submitted data, so please do your homework and make sure that you fully understand each line of this code before you proceed to use it.

Answer 2

I do exactly the same with patient accession numbers on patient reports.
include('/home/user/php/class.pdf2text.php');
$p2t = new PDF2Text();
$p2t->setFilename($pdf);
$p2t->decodePDF();
$data = $p2t->output();
$len = strlen($data);
$pos = strpos($data,$accession);
if (pos){
$in .= "$accession,";
$checked++;
}
else{
$missingPDF += 1;echo "\n<p> <span class='bold red'>INCORRECT ACCESSION NUMBER c=$row[0] p=$row[1]</span>\n";
}
if ($checked > 0){
$in = substr($in,0,-1) . ')';
$sql = "UPDATE `Patient` SET `PDF`=1 WHERE $in";
}
pdf2text.php
class PDF2Text {
// Some settings
var $multibyte = 4; // Use setUnicode(TRUE|FALSE)
var $convertquotes = ENT_QUOTES; // ENT_COMPAT (double-quotes), ENT_QUOTES (Both), ENT_NOQUOTES (None)
var $showprogress = true; // TRUE if you have problems with time-out
// Variables
var $filename = '';
var $decodedtext = '';
function setFilename($filename) {
// Reset
$this->decodedtext = '';
$this->filename = $filename;
}
function output($echo = false) {
if($echo) echo $this->decodedtext;
else return $this->decodedtext;
}
function setUnicode($input) {
// 4 for unicode. But 2 should work in most cases just fine
if($input == true) $this->multibyte = 4;
else $this->multibyte = 2;
}
function decodePDF() {
// Read the data from pdf file
$infile = #file_get_contents($this->filename, FILE_BINARY);
if (empty($infile))
return "";
// Get all text data.
$transformations = array();
$texts = array();
// Get the list of all objects.
preg_match_all("#obj[\n|\r](.*)endobj[\n|\r]#ismU", $infile . "endobj\r", $objects);
$objects = #$objects[1];
// Select objects with streams.
for ($i = 0; $i < count($objects); $i++) {
$currentObject = $objects[$i];
// Prevent time-out
#set_time_limit ();
if($this->showprogress) {
// echo ". ";
flush(); ob_flush();
}
// Check if an object includes data stream.
if (preg_match("#stream[\n|\r](.*)endstream[\n|\r]#ismU", $currentObject . "endstream\r", $stream )) {
$stream = ltrim($stream[1]);
// Check object parameters and look for text data.
$options = $this->getObjectOptions($currentObject);
if (!(empty($options["Length1"]) && empty($options["Type"]) && empty($options["Subtype"])) )
// if ( $options["Image"] && $options["Subtype"] )
// if (!(empty($options["Length1"]) && empty($options["Subtype"])) )
continue;
// Hack, length doesnt always seem to be correct
unset($options["Length"]);
// So, we have text data. Decode it.
$data = $this->getDecodedStream($stream, $options);
if (strlen($data)) {
if (preg_match_all("#BT[\n|\r](.*)ET[\n|\r]#ismU", $data . "ET\r", $textContainers)) {
$textContainers = #$textContainers[1];
$this->getDirtyTexts($texts, $textContainers);
} else
$this->getCharTransformations($transformations, $data);
}
}
}
// Analyze text blocks taking into account character transformations and return results.
$this->decodedtext = $this->getTextUsingTransformations($texts, $transformations);
}
function decodeAsciiHex($input) {
$output = "";
$isOdd = true;
$isComment = false;
for($i = 0, $codeHigh = -1; $i < strlen($input) && $input[$i] != '>'; $i++) {
$c = $input[$i];
if($isComment) {
if ($c == '\r' || $c == '\n')
$isComment = false;
continue;
}
switch($c) {
case '\0': case '\t': case '\r': case '\f': case '\n': case ' ': break;
case '%':
$isComment = true;
break;
default:
$code = hexdec($c);
if($code === 0 && $c != '0')
return "";
if($isOdd)
$codeHigh = $code;
else
$output .= chr($codeHigh * 16 + $code);
$isOdd = !$isOdd;
break;
}
}
if($input[$i] != '>')
return "";
if($isOdd)
$output .= chr($codeHigh * 16);
return $output;
}
function decodeAscii85($input) {
$output = "";
$isComment = false;
$ords = array();
for($i = 0, $state = 0; $i < strlen($input) && $input[$i] != '~'; $i++) {
$c = $input[$i];
if($isComment) {
if ($c == '\r' || $c == '\n')
$isComment = false;
continue;
}
if ($c == '\0' || $c == '\t' || $c == '\r' || $c == '\f' || $c == '\n' || $c == ' ')
continue;
if ($c == '%') {
$isComment = true;
continue;
}
if ($c == 'z' && $state === 0) {
$output .= str_repeat(chr(0), 4);
continue;
}
if ($c < '!' || $c > 'u')
return "";
$code = ord($input[$i]) & 0xff;
$ords[$state++] = $code - ord('!');
if ($state == 5) {
$state = 0;
for ($sum = 0, $j = 0; $j < 5; $j++)
$sum = $sum * 85 + $ords[$j];
for ($j = 3; $j >= 0; $j--)
$output .= chr($sum >> ($j * 8));
}
}
if ($state === 1)
return "";
elseif ($state > 1) {
for ($i = 0, $sum = 0; $i < $state; $i++)
$sum += ($ords[$i] + ($i == $state - 1)) * pow(85, 4 - $i);
for ($i = 0; $i < $state - 1; $i++) {
try {
if(false == ($o = chr($sum >> ((3 - $i) * 8)))) {
throw new Exception('Error');
}
$output .= $o;
} catch (Exception $e) { /*Dont do anything*/ }
}
}
return $output;
}
function decodeFlate($data) {
return #gzuncompress($data);
}
function getObjectOptions($object) {
$options = array();
if (preg_match("#<<(.*)>>#ismU", $object, $options)) {
$options = explode("/", $options[1]);
#array_shift($options);
$o = array();
for ($j = 0; $j < #count($options); $j++) {
$options[$j] = preg_replace("#\s+#", " ", trim($options[$j]));
if (strpos($options[$j], " ") !== false) {
$parts = explode(" ", $options[$j]);
$o[$parts[0]] = $parts[1];
} else
$o[$options[$j]] = true;
}
$options = $o;
unset($o);
}
return $options;
}
function getDecodedStream($stream, $options) {
$data = "";
if (empty($options["Filter"]))
$data = $stream;
else {
$length = !empty($options["Length"]) ? $options["Length"] : strlen($stream);
$_stream = substr($stream, 0, $length);
foreach ($options as $key => $value) {
if ($key == "ASCIIHexDecode")
$_stream = $this->decodeAsciiHex($_stream);
elseif ($key == "ASCII85Decode")
$_stream = $this->decodeAscii85($_stream);
elseif ($key == "FlateDecode")
$_stream = $this->decodeFlate($_stream);
elseif ($key == "Crypt") { // TO DO
}
}
$data = $_stream;
}
return $data;
}
function getDirtyTexts(&$texts, $textContainers) {
for ($j = 0; $j < count($textContainers); $j++) {
if (preg_match_all("#\[(.*)\]\s*TJ[\n|\r]#ismU", $textContainers[$j], $parts))
$texts = array_merge($texts, array(#implode('', $parts[1])));
elseif (preg_match_all("#T[d|w|m|f]\s*(\(.*\))\s*Tj[\n|\r]#ismU", $textContainers[$j], $parts))
$texts = array_merge($texts, array(#implode('', $parts[1])));
elseif (preg_match_all("#T[d|w|m|f]\s*(\[.*\])\s*Tj[\n|\r]#ismU", $textContainers[$j], $parts))
$texts = array_merge($texts, array(#implode('', $parts[1])));
}
}
function getCharTransformations(&$transformations, $stream) {
preg_match_all("#([0-9]+)\s+beginbfchar(.*)endbfchar#ismU", $stream, $chars, PREG_SET_ORDER);
preg_match_all("#([0-9]+)\s+beginbfrange(.*)endbfrange#ismU", $stream, $ranges, PREG_SET_ORDER);
for ($j = 0; $j < count($chars); $j++) {
$count = $chars[$j][1];
$current = explode("\n", trim($chars[$j][2]));
for ($k = 0; $k < $count && $k < count($current); $k++) {
if (preg_match("#<([0-9a-f]{2,4})>\s+<([0-9a-f]{4,512})>#is", trim($current[$k]), $map))
$transformations[str_pad($map[1], 4, "0")] = $map[2];
}
}
for ($j = 0; $j < count($ranges); $j++) {
$count = $ranges[$j][1];
$current = explode("\n", trim($ranges[$j][2]));
for ($k = 0; $k < $count && $k < count($current); $k++) {
if (preg_match("#<([0-9a-f]{4})>\s+<([0-9a-f]{4})>\s+<([0-9a-f]{4})>#is", trim($current[$k]), $map)) {
$from = hexdec($map[1]);
$to = hexdec($map[2]);
$_from = hexdec($map[3]);
for ($m = $from, $n = 0; $m <= $to; $m++, $n++)
$transformations[sprintf("%04X", $m)] = sprintf("%04X", $_from + $n);
} elseif (preg_match("#<([0-9a-f]{4})>\s+<([0-9a-f]{4})>\s+\[(.*)\]#ismU", trim($current[$k]), $map)) {
$from = hexdec($map[1]);
$to = hexdec($map[2]);
$parts = preg_split("#\s+#", trim($map[3]));
for ($m = $from, $n = 0; $m <= $to && $n < count($parts); $m++, $n++)
$transformations[sprintf("%04X", $m)] = sprintf("%04X", hexdec($parts[$n]));
}
}
}
}
function getTextUsingTransformations($texts, $transformations) {
$document = "";
for ($i = 0; $i < count($texts); $i++) {
$isHex = false;
$isPlain = false;
$hex = "";
$plain = "";
for ($j = 0; $j < strlen($texts[$i]); $j++) {
$c = $texts[$i][$j];
switch($c) {
case "<":
$hex = "";
$isHex = true;
$isPlain = false;
break;
case ">":
$hexs = str_split($hex, $this->multibyte); // 2 or 4 (UTF8 or ISO)
for ($k = 0; $k < count($hexs); $k++) {
$chex = str_pad($hexs[$k], 4, "0"); // Add tailing zero
if (isset($transformations[$chex]))
$chex = $transformations[$chex];
$document .= html_entity_decode("&#x".$chex.";");
}
$isHex = false;
break;
case "(":
$plain = "";
$isPlain = true;
$isHex = false;
break;
case ")":
$document .= $plain;
$isPlain = false;
break;
case "\\":
$c2 = $texts[$i][$j + 1];
if (in_array($c2, array("\\", "(", ")"))) $plain .= $c2;
elseif ($c2 == "n") $plain .= '\n';
elseif ($c2 == "r") $plain .= '\r';
elseif ($c2 == "t") $plain .= '\t';
elseif ($c2 == "b") $plain .= '\b';
elseif ($c2 == "f") $plain .= '\f';
elseif ($c2 >= '0' && $c2 <= '9') {
$oct = preg_replace("#[^0-9]#", "", substr($texts[$i], $j + 1, 3));
$j += strlen($oct) - 1;
$plain .= html_entity_decode("&#".octdec($oct).";", $this->convertquotes);
}
$j++;
break;
default:
if ($isHex)
$hex .= $c;
elseif ($isPlain)
$plain .= $c;
break;
}
}
$document .= "\n";
}
return $document;
}
}