Posted by Bill Segraves on 02/20/07 18:25

"Perks" <andyperks@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi.
>
> I am trying to find out if it is possible to open a pdf file from
> within PHP, and parse its contents in order to extract all form
> fieldnames that might have been previously setup within the pdf
> itself.
>
> I want to find this out so that I can then generate a HTML form with
> all required questions, which when submitted, will generate a fdf /
> xfdf file, using the techniques from the following tutorial
> http://koivi.com/fill-pdf-form-fields/tutorial.php
>
> Ideally, I don't want to have to install any libraries to help with
> this though. Is it possible, and if so how?

Google is your friend.

Pdftk, available from www.accesspdf.com.

See the example "Fill PDF Forms Using an HTML Front-End" at
http://www.accesspdf.com/index.php?topic=pdftk for a solution.

Cheers,

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Bill Segraves

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