PDF_fill_textblock

(PECL pdflib >= 2.0.0)

PDF_fill_textblockFill text block with variable data

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PDF_fill_textblock ( resource $pdfdoc , int $page , string $blockname , string $text , string $optlist ) : int

Fills a text block with variable data according to its properties.

This function is only available in the PDFlib Personalization Server (PPS).

User Contributed Notes

Anonymous 02-Jul-2009 01:54
This function's purpose is to fill in an AcroForm field.  The concept of "Block" comes from the PDFlib Personalization Server (PPS) terminology.
stephen at pacificscreening dot com 29-Apr-2009 02:24
You should be aware that the PDF Lib documentation says that this method should return a textflow handle that can then be used on subsequent calls (i.e. to have an arbitrary number of boxes and have the text continue to spill over). It does not, at least not in my version of PHP (4.3.8). I had to dig around and find a message in the official message boards saying it does NOT work this way. The only way to do textflow is to use pdf_fit_textflow() and grab the locations of the target box each time.