blocks/duplicate_block
Duplicate a PDFlib Block to any number of pages.
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<?php
/*
* Duplicate block:
* Duplicate a PDFlib block to any number of pages
*
* Import a PDF page containing a block and place it with fit_pdi_page() on
* the first page of the output document. Fill the contained text block with the
* number of the current page.
* On subsequent pages, place the imported PDF page with the "blind" option
* supplied so that the actual page contents will not be placed, but the block
* can be filled nevertheless. Fill the text block with the number of the
* respective page.
*
* Required software: PPS 10
* Required data: PDF document containing blocks
*/
/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
$searchpath = dirname(__FILE__,3)."/input";
/* By default annotations are also imported. In some cases this
* requires the Noto fonts for creating annotation appearance streams.
* We therefore set the searchpath to also point to the font directory.
*/
$fontpath = dirname(__FILE__,3)."/resource/font";
$outfile = "";
$title = "Duplicate Block";
$infile = "announcement_blocks.pdf";
/* Name of the block contained on the imported page */
$blockname = "page";
try {
$p = new PDFlib();
$p->set_option("searchpath={" . $searchpath . "}");
$p->set_option("searchpath={" . $fontpath . "}");
/* This means we must check return values of load_font() etc. */
$p->set_option("errorpolicy=return");
if ($p->begin_document($outfile, "") == 0)
throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg());
$p->set_info("Creator", "PDFlib Cookbook");
$p->set_info("Title", $title);
/* Open a PDF containing a block to store the page number */
$indoc = $p->open_pdi_document($infile, "");
if ($indoc == 0)
throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg());
/* Open the first page of the imported document */
$inpage = $p->open_pdi_page($indoc, 1, "");
if ($inpage == 0)
throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg());
/* Get the width and height of the imported page */
$width = $p->pcos_get_number($indoc, "pages[0]/width");
$height = $p->pcos_get_number($indoc, "pages[0]/height");
/* Start the output page with the size given by the imported page */
$p->begin_page_ext($width, $height, "");
/* Place the imported page */
$p->fit_pdi_page($inpage, 0, 0, "");
/* Fill the text block with the number of the first page */
$p->fill_textblock($inpage, $blockname, "1", "");
/* Finish page */
$p->end_page_ext("");
/* -----------------------------------------------
* Duplicate the block on several subsequent pages
* -----------------------------------------------
*/
for ($i = 2; $i <= 5; $i++)
{
/* Start the output page with the size given by the imported page */
$p->begin_page_ext($width, $height, "");
/* Place the imported page on the output page but supply the "blind"
* option to suppress the actual page contents. The block is
* available to be filled nevertheless.
*/
$p->fit_pdi_page($inpage, 0, 0, "blind");
/* Fill the text block with the number of the current page */
$p->fill_textblock($inpage, $blockname, $i,
"");
/* Output some descriptive text */
$optlist = "fontname=NotoSerif-Regular fontsize=16";
$text = "Page " . $i . ": The page number is filled " .
"in the block duplicated from page 1";
$p->fit_textline($text, 30, 400, $optlist);
/* Finish page */
$p->end_page_ext("");
}
$p->close_pdi_page($inpage);
$p->end_document("");
$p->close_pdi_document($indoc);
$buf = $p->get_buffer();
$len = strlen($buf);
header("Content-type: application/pdf");
header("Content-Length: $len");
header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=duplicate_block.pdf");
print $buf;
} catch (PDFlibException $e) {
echo("PDFlib exception occurred:\n".
"[" . $e->get_errnum() . "] " . $e->get_apiname() .
": " . $e->get_errmsg() . "\n");
exit(1);
} catch (Throwable $e) {
echo("PHP exception occurred: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n");
exit(1);
}
$p = 0;
?>