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pdf_import/shift_imported_page new

Place an imported PDF page and shift it horizontally and vertically.

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<?php
/*
 *  Place an imported PDF page and shift it horizontally and vertically
 *
 * Required software: PDFlib+PDI/PPS 9
 * Required data: input PDF
 */

/* 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 = "Shift Imported Page";
$infile = "lionel.pdf";

try {
    /* Amount to shift imported page to the right and up */
    $shift_x = 50; 
    $shift_y = 50;

    $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);

    /* Load page of the input PDF document */
    $doc = $p->open_pdi_document($infile, "");
    if ($doc == 0)
        throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg());
    
    $page = $p->open_pdi_page($doc, 1, "");
    if ($page == 0)
        throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg());

    /* --------------------------------------------------------
     * Place imported page at the lower left corner of the page
     * --------------------------------------------------------
     */
    $p->begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=a4.height height=a4.width");
    
    /* Place PDF page in lower left corner */
    $p->fit_pdi_page($page, 0, 0, "");

    $p->end_page_ext("");

    
    /* --------------------------------------------------------
     * Output the page at the with a shift of the page
     * --------------------------------------------------------
     */
    $p->begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=a4.height height=a4.width");
    
    /* Place PDF page in its original size, but shift it to the right and up */
    $p->fit_pdi_page($page, $shift_x, $shift_y, "");

    $p->end_page_ext("");
    
    $p->close_pdi_page($page);
    $p->close_pdi_document($doc);
    $p->end_document("");

    /*
     * Return the sub-document to the user. If all split documents are to
     * be processed, do something different, e.g. write the documents
     * to disk and create an HTML page with a list of links for the
     * sub-documents.
     */
    $buf = $p->get_buffer();
    $len = strlen($buf);

    header("Content-type: application/pdf");
    header("Content-Length: $len");
    header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=" . $outfile);
    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;

?>