images/tiling_pattern
Define a tiling pattern containing an image and use it to cover the page background with tiles.
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<?php
/*
* Tiling pattern:
* Define a tiling pattern containing an image and use it to cover the page
* background with tiles
*
* Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 9.0.2
* Required data: image file
*/
/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
$searchpath = dirname(__FILE__,3)."/input";
$outfile = "";
$title = "Tiling Pattern";
$imagefile = "background_image.png";
$pagewidth = 595; $pageheight = 842;
error_reporting(E_ALL);
try{
$p = new pdflib();
$p->set_option("searchpath={" . $searchpath . "}");
/* 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);
/* Load the background image */
$image = $p->load_image("auto", $imagefile, "");
if ($image == 0)
throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg());
/* Retrieve the image dimensions */
$imagewidth = $p->info_image($image, "imagewidth", "");
$imageheight = $p->info_image($image, "imageheight", "");
/* The image may have a resolution above 72 dpi. If we used the
* returned dimensions (in points) for the pattern height and width
* and placed our image into the pattern, it wouldn't match the
* pattern size, and a white margin would be left. To make the pattern
* the same size as the image we calculate the image size
* based on its resolution.
*
* Retrieve the original image resolution:
*/
$resx = $p->info_image($image, "resx", "");
$resy = $p->info_image($image, "resy", "");
/* Calculate the image dimensions for 72 dpi */
if ($resx > 0) {
$imagewidth = $imagewidth * 72 / $resx;
$imageheight = $imageheight * 72 / $resy;
}
/* Create a pattern using the retrieved image dimensions.
* The painttype parameter must be set to 1 since a colorized
* image is used (as opposed to an image mask).
*/
$pattern = $p->begin_pattern_ext($imagewidth, $imageheight,"");
$p->fit_image($image, 0, 0, "");
$p->end_pattern();
$p->close_image($image);
/* Start page */
$p->begin_page_ext($pagewidth, $pageheight, "");
/* Set a fill color and create and fill a rectangle with the dimensions
* of the page. Encapsulate the setcolor() call with save() and
* restore() to be able to proceed with the original colors.
*/
$p->save();
$p->setcolor("fill", "pattern", $pattern, 0, 0, 0);
$p->rect(0, 0, $pagewidth, $pageheight);
$p->fill();
$p->restore();
/* Output some page contents */
$font = $p->load_font("NotoSerif-Bold", "unicode", "");
if ($font == 0)
throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg());
$fontsize = 14;
$p->set_text_option("font=" . $font . " fontsize=" . $fontsize);
$p->fit_textline( "The page background consists of a small image pattern",
20, 700, "");
$p->fit_textline("which will be output on the page repeatedly.",
20, 700 - $fontsize, "");
$p->end_page_ext("");
$p->end_document("");
$buf = $p->get_buffer();
$len = strlen($buf);
header("Content-type: application/pdf");
header("Content-Length: $len");
header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=tiling_pattern.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;
?>