I wonder if you could help, I have a question of using PHP -> PDF templates
I have written 3 simple scripts one to use an RFT as a template and resolve variables on the fly and also a version using PDFLIB functions and they both work OK.
The problem is I want to use PDF templates and resolve variables on the fly, and I keep getting the same error message from the web browser "The file is damaged and could not be repaired". I am using Acrobat 5.0
By the way, the script works fine if I comment out the PDF_REPLACE option. I assume these are causing some type of error?? I tried updating the Acrobat prefences/options to not load in a Browser but that just downloaded to my PC and the same error message appeared after I double clicked on it...
The PDF template small script is attached.
<?php
set_time_limit( 180 ); // this script can be very slow
//create short variable names
$name = $HTTP_POST_VARS['name'];
$score = $HTTP_POST_VARS['score'];
function pdf_replace( $pattern, $replacement, $string )
{
$len = strlen( $pattern );
$regexp = '';
for ( $i = 0; $i<$len; $i++ )
{
$regexp .= $pattern[$i];
if ($i<$len-1)
$regexp .= "()-{0,1}[0-9]*(){0,1}";
}
return ereg_replace ( $regexp, $replacement, $string );
}
if(!$name||!$score)
{
echo '<h1>Error:</h1>This page was called incorrectly';
}
else
{
//generate the headers to help a browser choose the correct application
header( 'Content-Disposition: filename=cert.pdf');
header( 'Content-type: application/pdf' );
$date = date( 'F d, Y' );
// open our template file
$filename = 'PHPCertification.pdf';
$fp = fopen ( $filename, 'r' );
//read our template into a variable
$output = fread( $fp, filesize( $filename ) );
fclose ( $fp );
// replace the place holders in the template with our data
$output = pdf_replace( '<<NAME>>', strtoupper( $name ), $output );
$output = pdf_replace( '<<Name>>', $name, $output );
$output = pdf_replace( '<<score>>', $score, $output );
$output = pdf_replace( '<<mm/dd/yyyy>>', $date, $output );
// send the generated document to the browser
echo $output;
}
?>
Rgds
