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Reading a php file like a web form

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 9:05 pm
by Paddy
Hi all,

Firstly, hi again. Haven't been around for a while.

I need to strip information from a pdf pretty much the same way you would with a form. The only info I have seen on PDFs with php is creating them. If I could just grab the whole content of the PDF in a string that would be fine.

Can anyone send me in the right direction?

Cheers.

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 7:09 am
by magicrobotmonkey
Do you mean the user fills out a pdf then you want to get the info from it?

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 6:54 pm
by Paddy
Exactly.

They fill out a pdf form, upload it, and then I use php to get the info out of it.

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 6:08 am
by magicrobotmonkey
Hmm.. I don't know - I've never heard of anything that goes that way... Maybe you'll have to reverse enginerr http://www.fpdf.org but I don't even know if its possible!

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 4:46 pm
by Paddy
Yeah, after extensive research I have not found anything.

If I do find a solution I will let you guys know.

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 5:47 pm
by Paddy
Kinda found a solution.

FDFs allow you to submit a form from a pdf to a web page for processin like a web form.

http://www.planetpdf.com/mainpage.asp?WebPageID=338