Interesting, that's a good idea. I was not aware that it was possible
to load an existing PDF into memory and then add stuff to it.
On Dec 27, 2006, at 7:28 AM, tedd wrote:
At 6:32 AM -0800 12/27/06, Brian Dunning wrote:
Let's say I have a complicated PDF document, like a Christmas
card, that was made in Illustrator -- too complicated to easily
create from scratch using PDFlib. Is there a way to use PHP make
simple text changes - like changing "Dear XXX" to "Dear John"?
I've opened the files with a text editor and cannot locate the
simple text, it appears to be encoded somehow. The PDF has no
security or encryption in it. Thanks....
Brian:
I'm not saying that there is/isn't a way to do this, but I tried
and failed.
In my investigation, I found that the insides of a PDF file are not
conducive to a simple search and replace mechanism. The text is
encoded in some fashion that is not easy to decode and reassemble.
The solution I came up with was to combine the existing PDF file
with my coding and write over (on top of) the old to produce the
new PDF that I wanted. In your case, take your Christmas Card with
a big space where "xxx" appears and then write over that space with
"John" in your new code.
I wish someone would show me a simpler way to do this.
hth's
tedd
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