pdf_import/import_pages_into_layers
Import two pages and place them on two layers on the same output page.
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<?php
/*
* Import pages into layers:
* Import two pages and output them on two layers on the same page
*
* Import an English and a German PDF page and place them on an English and a
* German layer on the same page.
*
* Required software: PDFlib+PDI/PPS 9
* Required data: PDF document
*/
/* 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 = "Import Pages into Layers";
$fileEN = "PDFlib-real-world.pdf";
$fileDE = "PDFlib-real-world-D.pdf";
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, "openmode=layers") == 0)
throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg());
$p->set_info("Creator", "PDFlib Cookbook");
$p->set_info("Title", $title);
/* Open the first page of the English input PDF */
$indocEN = $p->open_pdi_document($fileEN, "");
if ($indocEN == 0)
throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg());
$pageEN = $p->open_pdi_page($indocEN, 1, "");
if ($pageEN == 0)
throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg());
/* Open the first page of the German input PDF */
$indocDE = $p->open_pdi_document($fileDE, "");
if ($indocDE == 0)
throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg());
$pageDE = $p->open_pdi_page($indocDE, 1, "");
if ($pageDE == 0)
throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg());
/* Start the page */
$p->begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=a4.width height=a4.height");
/* Define the layer "English" and place some English text on it */
$layerEN = $p->define_layer("English", "");
$p->begin_layer($layerEN);
/* Place the imported page on the English layer of the output page */
$p->fit_pdi_page($pageEN, 0, 0, "");
$p->close_pdi_page($pageEN);
/* Define the layer "German" which is hidden when opening the document
* or printing it
*/
$layerDE = $p->define_layer("German", "initialviewstate=false " .
"initialprintstate=false");
$p->begin_layer($layerDE);
/* Place the imported page on the German layer of the output page */
$p->fit_pdi_page($pageDE, 0, 0, "");
$p->close_pdi_page($pageDE);
/* At most one of the "English" and "German" layers should be visible */
$p->set_layer_dependency("Radiobtn", "group={" . $layerEN . " " .
$layerDE . "}");
/* Complete all layers */
$p->end_layer();
$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=import_pages_into_layers.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 $e) {
echo($e);
exit(1);
}
$p = 0;
?>