fam_suspend_monitor
If you can't get the php_fdf.dll working in PHP 5.3 on Windows, one possible work around is to use the activeX version from the "FDF Toolkit for Windows" from the Adobe website. Here is part of a class I built for one of my projects.
<?php
class FDF{
public $NormalAP = 0;
public $RolloverAP = 1;
public $DownAP = 2;
protected $fdf;
public function __construct(){
$com = new COM('FdfApp.FdfApp');
$this->fdf = $com->FDFCreate();
}
public function setFile($fileName){
$this->fdf->FDFSetFile(str_replace(' ', '%20', $fileName));
}
public function setValue($name, $value){
$this->fdf->FDFSetValue($name, $value, true);
}
public function setAP($field, $whichFace, $fileName, $pageNumber){
$this->fdf->FDFSetAP($field, $whichFace, $fileName, $pageNumber);
}
public function savetoFile($saveFileName){
$this->fdf->FDFSavetoFile($saveFileName);
}
public function close(){
$this->fdf->FDFclose();
}
}
?>
XXXVII. Forms Data Format
Introduction
Forms Data Format (FDF) est un format de formulaire pour les documents PDF. Vous pouvez lire la documentation (en anglais) à http://partners.adobe.com/asn/acrobat/forms.jsp pour plus de détails sur les tenants et les aboutissants.
L'esprit de FDF est similaire à celui des formulaires HTML. Les différences résident dans les moyens de transmission des données au serveur, lorsque le bouton "submit" (soumettre) est pressé (ce qui est du ressort de Form Data Format) et le format de formulaire lui-même (qui est plutôt du ressort de Portable Document Format, PDF). Gérer des données FDF est un des objectifs des fonctions FDF. Mais il y en a d'autres. Vous pouvez aussi prendre un formulaire PDF, et pré-remplir les champs, sans modifier le formulaire lui-même. Dans ce cas, on va créer un document FDF (fdf_create()), remplir les champs (fdf_set_value()) et l'associer à un fichier PDF (fdf_set_file()). Finalement, le tout sera envoyé au client, avec le type MIME application/vnd.fdf. Le module "Acrobat reader" de votre navigateur va reconnaître ce type MIME, et lire le fichier PDF, puis le remplir avec FDF.
Si vous éditez un fichier FDF avec un éditeur de texte, vous trouverez un catalogue d'objet avec le nom de FDF. Cet objet peut contenir des entrées telles que Fields, F, Status etc. Les entrées les plus couramment utilisées sont Fields, qui indique une liste de champs de contrôle, et F qui contient le nom du fichier PDF a qui appartiennent ces données. Ces entrées sont désignées dans la documentation PDF sous le nom de /F-Key ou /Status-Key. La modification de ces entrées est possible avec les fonctions fdf_set_file() et fdf_set_status(). Les champs sont modifiables avec les fonctions fdf_set_value(), fdf_set_opt() etc.
Pré-requis
Vous aurez besoin du FDF toolkit SDK, disponible sur le site http://partners.adobe.com/asn/acrobat/forms.jsp. Depuis PHP 4.3, vous aurez besoin du SDK version 5.0. La bibliothèque FDF toolkit est disponible sous forme de bibliothèque compilée, éditée par Adobe, sur les systèmes d'exploitation Win32, Linux, Solaris et AIX.
Installation
Vous devez compiler PHP avec --with-fdftk[=DIR].
Note : Si vous rencontrez des problèmes lors de la configuration de FDF avec le support fdftk, vérifiez que le fichier d'en-tête fdftk.h et la bibliothèque libfdftk.so sont à leur place. Le fichier de configuration supporte la hierarchie de dossier de la distribution FDF SDK et l'organisation classique DIR/include et DIR/lib : vous pouvez donc utiliser l'un ou l'autre directement avec la distribution décompressée, ou bien en incluant le fichier d'en-têtes et la bibliothèque appropriée dans votre système, c'est-à -dire dans /usr/local/include et /usr/local/lib. Il ne reste plus qu'à configurer avec --with-fdftk=/usr/local.
Note aux utilisateurs Win32 : Afin d'activer ce module dans l'environnement Windows, vous devez copier les bibliothèques fdftk.dll depuis le dossier DLL de PHP/Win32 dans le dossier système SYSTEM32 de votre machine (par exemple : C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32 ou C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32).
Configuration à l'exécution
Cette extension ne définit aucune directive de configuration.
Types de ressources
fdf
La plupart des fonctions FDF nécessite une ressource de type fdf comme premier argument. Une ressource fdf est une structure qui représente un fichier FDF ouvert. Vous pouvez créer des ressources fdf avec les fonctions fdf_create(), fdf_open() et fdf_open_string().
Constantes pré-définies
Ces constantes sont définies par cette extension, et ne sont disponibles que si cette extension a été compilée avec PHP, ou bien chargée au moment de l'exécution.
- FDFValue (entier)
- FDFStatus (entier)
- FDFFile (entier)
- FDFID (entier)
- FDFFf (entier)
- FDFSetFf (entier)
- FDFClearFf (entier)
- FDFFlags (entier)
- FDFSetF (entier)
- FDFClrF (entier)
- FDFAP (entier)
- FDFAS (entier)
- FDFAction (entier)
- FDFAA (entier)
- FDFAPRef (entier)
- FDFIF (entier)
- FDFEnter (entier)
- FDFExit (entier)
- FDFDown (entier)
- FDFUp (entier)
- FDFFormat (entier)
- FDFValidate (entier)
- FDFKeystroke (entier)
- FDFCalculate (entier)
- FDFNormalAP (entier)
- FDFRolloverAP (entier)
- FDFDownAP (entier)
Exemples
Les exemples suivants montrent comment évaluer les données du formulaire.
- Table des matières
- fdf_add_doc_javascript -- Ajoute du code javascript dans un document FDF
- fdf_add_template -- Ajoute un template dans le document FDF
- fdf_close -- Ferme un document FDF
- fdf_create -- Crée un nouveau document FDF
- fdf_enum_values -- Appelle une fonction utilisateur à chaque valeur FDF
- fdf_errno -- Retourne le code d'erreur de la dernière opération FDF
- fdf_error -- Retourne le message d'erreur FDF
- fdf_get_ap -- Lit l'apparence d'un champ
- fdf_get_attachment -- Extrait un fichier intégré dans un document FDF
- fdf_get_encoding -- Lit la valeur de la clé /Encoding
- fdf_get_file -- Lit la valeur de la clé /F
- fdf_get_flags -- Lit les attributs d'un champ FDF
- fdf_get_opt -- Lit une valeur dans un tableau de valeur d'un champ FDF
- fdf_get_status -- Lit la valeur de la clé /STATUS
- fdf_get_value -- Retourne la valeur d'un champ FDF
- fdf_get_version -- Lit le numéro de version de l'API FDF
- fdf_header -- Emet les en-têtes HTTP spécifiques à FDF
- fdf_next_field_name -- Lit le nom du champ FDF suivant
- fdf_open_string -- Lit un document FDF à partir d'une chaîne de caractères
- fdf_open -- Ouvre un document FDF
- fdf_remove_item -- Configure le cadre FDF de destination pour le formulaire
- fdf_save_string -- Retourne un document FDF sous forme de chaîne
- fdf_save -- Sauvegarde un document FDF
- fdf_set_ap -- Fixe l'apparence d'un champ FDF
- fdf_set_encoding -- Modifie l'encodage des caractères
- fdf_set_file -- Crée un document PDF pour y afficher des données FDF
- fdf_set_flags -- Modifie une option d'un champ
- fdf_set_javascript_action -- Modifie l'action javascript d'un champ
- fdf_set_on_import_javascript -- Ajoute du code Javascript à être exécuté lorsque Acrobat ouvre un FDF
- fdf_set_opt -- Modifie une option d'un champ
- fdf_set_status -- Fixe la valeur de la clé /STATUS
- fdf_set_submit_form_action -- Modifie l'action d'un formulaire
- fdf_set_target_frame -- Configure le cadre de destination pour l'affichage du formulaire
- fdf_set_value -- Modifie la valeur d'un champ FDF
- fdf_set_version -- Modifie le numéro de version du fichier FDF
add a note
User Contributed Notes
Forms Data Format
bea dot el dot tea at gmail dot com
17-Aug-2011 09:01
info at theindigoworks dot com
12-Jul-2007 08:49
re. g8z at yahoo dot com 18-Oct-2004 06:46
I think there is a line missing in
foreach ($keys as $key => $value)
{
$key = addcslashes($key, "\n\r\t\\()");
$fdf .= "<< /T ($key) /V /$value >> \n";
}
I have changed it to read
$key = addcslashes($key, "\n\r\t\\()");
$value = addcslashes($value, "\n\r\t\\()");
$fdf .= "<< /T ($key) /V /$value >> \n";
Now all the check boxes and radio buttons are populated, not just the last one in the form as was happening before.
wesley_grant at yahoo dot com
11-Jan-2006 03:37
Changing the
session.cache_limiter
directive in the php.ini file to 'private'
seems to resolve the issue with sending fdf data and session headers at the same time to Internet Explorer.
bmount at livid dot us
19-Oct-2005 08:05
For those of you struggling with FDF in Internet Explorer, here is your solution:
DO NOT INITIALIZE A SESSION ON THE PAGE THAT GENERATES AND OUTPUTS FDF DATA.
This will fix the page not found error.
03-May-2005 01:08
Use "Yes" instead of "On" to populate checkboxes.
g8z at yahoo dot com
17-Oct-2004 11:46
This is for users who are looking for a way to merge HTML form data with a PDF Form, then output the PDF Form with data populated in it, to a web browser.
This is a pure PHP solution which does NOT require the FDF toolkit. Contributed by www.TUFaT.com
<?php
// the full http path to the PDF form
$form = 'http://my_domain.com/my_pdf_form.pdf';
function create_fdf ($pdffile, $strings, $keys)
{
$fdf = "%FDF-1.2\n%‚„œ”\n";
$fdf .= "1 0 obj \n<< /FDF << /Fields [\n";
foreach ($strings as $key => $value)
{
$key = addcslashes($key, "\n\r\t\\()");
$value = addcslashes($value, "\n\r\t\\()");
$fdf .= "<< /T ($key) /V ($value) >> \n";
}
foreach ($keys as $key => $value)
{
$key = addcslashes($key, "\n\r\t\\()");
$fdf .= "<< /T ($key) /V /$value >> \n";
}
$fdf .= "]\n/F ($pdffile) >>";
$fdf .= ">>\nendobj\ntrailer\n<<\n";
$fdf .= "/Root 1 0 R \n\n>>\n";
$fdf .= "%%EOF";
return $fdf;
}
// Fill in text fields
$strings = array(
'date' => '10/17/2004',
'full_name' => 'Joe Doe',
'phone_num' => '123-4567',
'company' => 'ACME Widgets',
'amount' => 'USD 100.00'
);
// Fill in check boxes/radio buttons
$keys = array('
gender' => 'male',//radio button
'is_adult' => 'Off',//checkbox
'urgent' => 'On'//checkbox
);
// Output the PDF form, with form data filled-in
header('Content-type: application/vnd.fdf');
echo create_fdf($form, $strings, $keys);
?>
sid at accesspdf dot com
07-Oct-2004 11:09
Basic FDF data is easy to create using native PHP; you don't need Adobe's FDF Toolkit. I wrote a function for this purpose called forge_fdf(). You can download it from:
http://www.pdfhacks.com/forge_fdf/
I created it for my book, PDF Hacks. An example of forge_fdf() in action can be viewed online:
http://pdfhacks.com/form_session/form_session-1.1/
Download the full code for this online example from:
http://pdfhacks.com/form_session/
Note how the PDF form data is submitted back to the server via POST rather than FDF. No need to parse FDF.
Cheers-
Sid Steward
ronsantiago at hotmail dot com
02-Oct-2004 09:18
Use these functions instead if you want to create an FDF file without installing the FDF toolkit. You would use it the same way as the fdf_* functions. BTW, I only wrote the basic library functions for creating FDFs.
define('ntk_FDFValue', 0);
define('ntk_FDFStatus', 1);
define('ntk_FDFFile', 2);
define('ntk_FDFID', 3);
define('ntk_FDFFf', 5);
define('ntk_FDFSetFf', 6);
define('ntk_FDFClearFf', 7);
define('ntk_FDFFlags', 8);
define('ntk_FDFSetF', 9);
define('ntk_FDFClrF', 10);
define('ntk_FDFAP', 11);
define('ntk_FDFAS', 12);
define('ntk_FDFAction', 13);
define('ntk_FDFAA', 14);
define('ntk_FDFAPRef', 15);
define('ntk_FDFIF', 16);
define('ntk_FDFEnter', 0);
define('ntk_FDFExit', 1);
define('ntk_FDFDown', 2);
define('ntk_FDFUp', 3);
define('ntk_FDFFormat', 4);
define('ntk_FDFValidate', 5);
define('ntk_FDFKeystroke', 6);
define('ntk_FDFCalculate', 7);
define('ntk_FDFNormalAP', 1);
define('ntk_FDFRolloverAP', 2);
define('ntk_FDFDownAP', 3);
function ntk_fdf_header() {
header('Content-type: application/vnd.fdf');
}
function ntk_fdf_create() {
$fdf['header'] = "%FDF-1.2\n%‚„œ”\n1 0 obj \n<< /FDF ";
$fdf['trailer'] = ">>\nendobj\ntrailer\n<<\n/Root 1 0 R \n\n>>\n%%EOF";
return $fdf;
}
function ntk_fdf_close(&$fdf) {
unset($fdf);
}
function ntk_fdf_set_file(&$fdf, $pdfFile) {
$fdf['file'] = $pdfFile;
}
function ntk_fdf_set_target_frame(&$fdf, $target) {
$fdf['target'] = $target;
}
function ntk_fdf_set_value(&$fdf, $fieldName, $fieldValue) {
$fdf['values'] = array_merge($fdf['values'], array($fieldName => $fieldValue));
}
function ntk_fdf_add_doc_javascript(&$fdf, $scriptName, $script) {
$fdf['docscripts'] = array_merge($fdf['docscripts'], array($scriptName => $script));
}
function ntk_fdf_set_javascript_action(&$fdf, $fieldName, $trigger, $script) {
$fdf['fieldscripts'] = array_merge($fdf['fieldscripts'], array($fieldName => array($script, $trigger)));
}
function ntk_fdf_save(&$fdf, $fdfFile = null) {
$search = array('\\', '(', ')');
$replace = array('\\\\', '\(', '\)');
$fdfStr = $fdf['header'];
$fdfStr.= "<< ";
if(isset($fdf['file'])) {
$fdfStr.= "/F (".$fdf['file'].") ";
}
if(isset($fdf['target'])) {
$fdfStr.= "/Target (".$fdf['target'].") ";
}
if(isset($fdf['docscripts'])) {
$fdfStr.= "/JavaScript << /Doc [\n";
// populate the doc level javascripts
foreach($fdf['docscripts'] as $key => $value) {
$fdfStr.= "(".str_replace($search, $replace, $key).")(".str_replace($search, $replace, $value).")";
}
$fdfStr.= "\n] >>\n";
}
if(isset($fdf['values']) || isset($fdf['fieldscripts'])) {
// field level
$fdfStr.= "/Fields [\n";
if(isset($fdf['fieldscripts'])) {
// populate the field level javascripts
foreach($fdf['fieldscripts'] as $key => $val) {
$fdfStr .= "<< /A << /S /JavaScript /JS (".str_replace($search, $replace, $val[0]).") >> /T (".str_replace($search, $replace, $key).") >>\n";
}
}
if(isset($fdf['values'])) {
// populate the fields
foreach($fdf['values'] as $key => $value) {
$fdfStr .= "<< /V (".str_replace($search, $replace, $value).") /T (".str_replace($search, $replace, $key).") >>\n";
}
}
$fdfStr.= "]\n";
}
$fdfStr.= ">>";
$fdfStr.= $fdf['trailer'];
if($fdfFile) {
$handle = fopen($fdfFile, 'w');
fwrite($handle, $fdfStr);
fclose($handle);
}
else {
echo $fdfStr;
}
}
m1tk4 at hotmail dot com
30-Jun-2004 10:34
If you want to add FDF support without rebuilding your RedHat EL3 / Fedora PHP RPMs, see instructions at http://phprpms.sourceforge.net/fdf
software at yvanrodrigues dot com
25-Mar-2004 02:16
Do not use version 6 of the fdftk.dll (windows) with PHP4.3.4, use the one that comes with PHP.
If you use the newer DLL fdf_create will not return a valid handle.
fleischer at mail dot com
18-Dec-2003 07:40
The code suggested by greg@... and adam@... is extremely helpful, but I've found out (the hard way) that unclosed parentheses within strings contained in the input array ($values in greg's code or $pdf_data in adam's) will cause Acrobat to issue an error to the effect that the file is corrupted. In other words, if there are strings such as "a) my first point; b) my second point" in the input array, the resulting PDF/FDF file will be considered corrupted by Acrobat. This apparently happens because all the field names in the structure of an FDF file are enclosed in parentheses.
The solution I've devised is to escape all opening and closing parentheses with a backslash, which in turn means you need to escape all backslashes. The code below does all that.
Erik
---------------
function output_fdf ($pdf_file, $pdf_data)
{
$fdf = "%FDF-1.2\n%‚„œ”\n";
$fdf .= "1 0 obj \n<< /FDF ";
$fdf .= "<< /Fields [\n";
$search = array('\\', '(', ')');
$replace = array('\\\\', '\(', '\)');
foreach ($pdf_data as $key => $val)
{
$clean_key = str_replace($search, $replace, $key);
$clean_val = str_replace($search, $replace, $val);
$fdf .= "<< /V ($clean_val)/T ($clean_key) >> \n";
}
$fdf .= "]\n/F ($pdf_file) >>";
$fdf .= ">>\nendobj\ntrailer\n<<\n";
$fdf .= "/Root 1 0 R \n\n>>\n";
$fdf .= "%%EOF";
return $fdf;
}
mirage at rateaprof dot com
08-May-2003 05:33
If you get the new fdftkv5.tar.gz from adobe's site (per the link above), you'll get some totally new spacing and capitalization of files. To make the current 4.3.1 configure, you need to do a few things.
untar fdftkv5.tar.gz into /usr/local
cd /usr/local
#for ease of use
ln -s FDFToolkit\ for\ UNIX fdf
cd fdf
ln -s Headers\ And\ Libraries HeadersAndLibraries
#may need to modify the following for your OS
ln -s LINUX linux
cd linux/C
ln -s LIBFDFTK.SO libfdftk.so
cd ..
cd ..
ln -s Headers headers
cd headers
ln -s FDFTK.H fdftk.h
And that should get you going... and to whoever is maintaining the configure script, please be aware there are changes in the FDF Toolkit.
Teemu
05-Mar-2003 06:17
Maybe you have to use Header-function that your browser will regonize xfdf-file. Like this:
Header( "Content-type: application/vnd.adobe.xfdf");
jeff at cowart dot net
19-Jan-2003 08:06
I have tried to use the scripts above by adam and Toppi and I have been unable to get them to work unless I save the generated fdf file and then open it manually in acrobat.
Toppi at i-Mehl dot De
26-Nov-2002 12:18
I tried a lot with FDF -> PDF and merging these documents...
in my opinon xfdf is more handy than fdf... for those who'd like to try: feel free to use this little function to generate an xfdf document from an array.
ToPPi
function array2xfdf($xfdf_data, $pdf_file) {
// Creates an XFDF File from a 2 dimensional
// Array Format: "array ("key1" => "content1", "key2" => "content2");
$xfdf = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>\n";
$xfdf .= "<xfdf xmlns='http://ns.adobe.com/xfdf/' xml:space='preserve'>\n";
$xfdf .= "<fields>\n";
// Loop -> Array to XFDF Data
foreach ($xfdf_data as $key => $val) {
$xfdf .= "<field name='".$key."'>\n";
$xfdf .= "<value>".$val."</value>\n";
$xfdf .= "</field>\n";
};
// XFDF "Footer"
$xfdf .= "</fields>";
$xfdf .= "<f href='".$pdf_file."'/>";
$xfdf .= "</xfdf>";
return $xfdf;
}
mitka at actdev.com
21-Oct-2002 04:24
IMPORTANT:
If you handled the FDF POSTs via $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA as in user contributed scripts above, it's good to know that once you decide to rebuild PHP with FDFToolkit support, $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA will be undefined.
Good news - $HTTP_FDF_DATA _will_ be defined instead. (Look at the example above).To get the user contributed scripts working in both plain PHP and PHP+FDFToolkit use
$HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA . $HTTP_FDF_DATA
where $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA mentioned.
Dimitri Tarassenko
adam at andemyte dot com
02-Aug-2002 11:30
Here is yet another example of generating pre-filled PDFs without using the FDF functions. This function takes two args: a URL to the PDF (like "http://domain.com/path/to/form.pdf" and an array with all the field's values.
/*
WARNING!! THIS FUNCTION SENDS HTTP HEADERS! It MUST be called before
any content is spooled to the browser, or the function will fail!
void output_fdf (string $pdf_file, array $pdf_data)
$pdf_file: a string containing a URL path to a PDF file on the
server. This PDF MUST exist and contain fields with
the names referenced by $pdf_data for this function
to work.
$pdf_data: an array of any fields in $pdf_file that you want to
populate, of the form key=>val; where the field
name is the key, and the field's value is in val.
*/
function output_fdf ($pdf_file, $pdf_data) {
$fdf = "%FDF-1.2\n%‚„œ”\n";
$fdf .= "1 0 obj \n<< /FDF ";
$fdf .= "<< /Fields [\n";
foreach ($pdf_data as $key => $val)
$fdf .= "<< /V ($val)/T ($key) >> \n";
$fdf .= "]\n/F ($pdf_file) >>";
$fdf .= ">>\nendobj\ntrailer\n<<\n";
$fdf .= "/Root 1 0 R \n\n>>\n";
$fdf .= "%%EOF";
/* Now we display the FDF data which causes Acrobat to start */
header ("Content-Type: application/vnd.fdf");
print $fdf;
}
noah at NOSPAMbrandfidelity dot com
08-Mar-2002 08:26
function parse($file) {
if (!preg_match_all("/<<\s*\/V([^>]*)>>/x",
$file,$out,PREG_SET_ORDER))
return;
for ($i=0;$i<count($out);$i++) {
$pattern = "<<.*/V\s*(.*)\s*/T\s*(.*)\s*>>";
$thing = $out[$i][1];
if (eregi($pattern,$out[$i][0],$regs)) {
$key = $regs[2];
$val = $regs[1];
$key = preg_replace("/^\s*\(/","",$key);
$key = preg_replace("/\)$/","",$key);
$key = preg_replace("/\\\/","",$key);
$val = preg_replace("/^\s*\(/","",$val);
$val = preg_replace("/\)$/","",$val);
$matches[$key] = $val;
}
}
return $matches;
}
gregDELETETHIS at laundrymat dot tv
21-Dec-2001 03:06
Here is an easy script to output fdf data to the browser without using the fdf toolkit or creating an actual fdf file on the server.
By the way acrobat is very picky about line breaks so you must leave the "\n" in the script. The script reads the variables posted to it from a form use POST and creates a fdf file from them. The field names posted to this script must match the field names in the pdf. Acrobat will ignore any that don't match.
<?php
//path to pdf file
$url="http://www.some_url.com/form.pdf";
$values=$HTTP_POST_VARS;
$fdfdata = "%FDF-1.2\n%‚„œ”\n";
$fdfdata .= "1 0 obj \n<< /FDF ";
$fdfdata .= "<< /Fields [\n";
//loop that adds the field names and values
foreach($values as $key=>$val)
{
$fdfdata.="<< /V ($val)/T ($key) >> ";
}
$fdfdata .= "]\n";
$fdfdata .= "/F ($url) >>";
$fdfdata .= ">>\nendobj\ntrailer\n<<\n/Root 1 0 R\n>>\n";
$fdfdata .= "%%EOF";
/*** Now we display the FDF data which causes Acrobat to start ***/
header ("Content-Type: application/vnd.fdf");
print $fdfdata;
?>
You can use javascript in the pdf to read the values from a GET method posted directly to the pdf. you can see both methods here: http://laundrymat.tv/pdf/
joe at koontz dot net
28-Apr-2000 04:42
The simplest thing to do is get the FDF data from $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA. (unless you have the server library installed none of the fdf data gets parsed!) This is typical of what you get:
%FDF-1.2
1 0 obj
<<
/FDF << /Fields [ << /V (0)/T (amount0)>> << /V (0)/T (amount1)>> << /V (0)/T (amount2)>>
<< /V (0)/T (amount3)>> << /V (0)/T (amount4)>> << /V (0)/T (amount5)>>
<< /V (0)/T (amount6)>> << /V (0)/T (amount7)>> << /V (0)/T (amount8)>>
<< /V (0)/T (amount9)>> << /V /0102 /T (chase_bk)>> << /V (0)/T (count)>>
<< /V (0)/T (invtotal)>> << /V (12/21/2000)/T (sent_ap)>> << /V /Off /T (spec_hand)>>
<< /V (041232)/T (transit_no)>> << /V (THIS FORM IS NOT COMPLETE!!!)/T (X)>>
]
/F (http://x.com/forms/AA00390q.pdf)>>
>>
endobj
trailer
<<
/Root 1 0 R
>>
%%EOF
kill everything before the [ and then parse it down into key value pairs.
I wrote this to create an FDF, make sure you do a
header("Content-type: application/vnd.fdf");
before you echo the returned value to the user.
<?php
function FDFput($FDFpage){
$A = "%FDF-1.2\n1 0 obj\n<< \n/FDF << /Fields [ \n";
$C = " ] \n" ;
if ($FDFpage>"" ) {$C .=" /F ($FDFpage)>>\n";}
$C .= ">>\n>> \nendobj\ntrailer\n\n<</Root 1 0 R>>\n%%EOF\n";
$B = "";
reset($FDFData);
while (list($key, $val) = each($FDFData))
{
if (strlen(trim($val)) > 0 && is_string($key))
{
$B .= "<</T ($key) /V (". $val . ")>>\n";
//echo "<</T ($key) /V (". $val . ")>>\n";
}
}
return $A.$B.$C;
}
?>
It ain't perfect - but it works. (I use HTML for posting to the server, FDF to the browser)
joe