pdf_import/starter_pdfimpose
Import all pages from one or more existing PDFs, and place c x r pages on each sheet of the output PDF (imposition).
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<?php
/*
* PDF impose:
* Import all pages from one more existing PDFs, and place col x row pages
* on each sheet of the output PDF (imposition). If there are annotations
* on an imported page these are also imported and scaled or rotated as
* required.
*
* Required software: PDFlib+PDI/PPS 9
* Required data: PDF documents
*/
/* 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 = "PDF Impose";
$pdffiles = array(
"markup_annotations_input.pdf",
"PLOP-datasheet.pdf",
"pCOS-datasheet.pdf"
);
$col = 0;
$row = 0;
$scale = 1; // scaling factor of a page
$rowheight; // row height for the page to be placed
$colwidth; // column width for the page to be placed
$sheetwidth = 595; // width of the sheet
$sheetheight = 842; // height of the sheet
$maxcols = 2; $maxrows = 2; // maxcols x maxrows pages will be placed on one sheet
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", $title );
/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------
* Define the sheet width and height, the number of maxrows and columns
* and calculate the scaling factor and cell dimensions for the
* multi-page imposition.
* ---------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
if ($maxrows > $maxcols)
$scale = 1.0 / $maxrows;
else
$scale = 1.0 / $maxcols;
$rowheight = $sheetheight * $scale;
$colwidth = $sheetwidth * $scale;
$pageopen = false; // is a page open that must be closed?
/* Loop over all input documents */
for ($i=0; $i < count($pdffiles); $i++) {
/* Open the input PDF */
$indoc = $p->open_pdi_document($pdffiles[$i], "");
if ($indoc == 0){
print("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg());
continue;
}
$endpage = $p->pcos_get_number($indoc, "length:pages");
/* Loop over all pages of the input document */
for ($pageno = 1; $pageno <= $endpage; $pageno++) {
$page = $p->open_pdi_page($indoc, $pageno, "");
if ($page == 0) {
print("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg());
continue;
}
/* Start a new page */
if (!$pageopen) {
$p->begin_page_ext($sheetwidth, $sheetheight, "");
$pageopen = true;
}
/* The save/restore pair is required to get an independent
* clipping area for each mini page. Note that clipping
* is not required for the imported pages, but affects
* the rectangle around each page. Without clipping we
* would have to move the rectangle a bit inside the
* imported page to avoid drawing outside its area.
*/
$p->save();
// Clipping path for the rectangle
$p->rect($col * $colwidth, $sheetheight - ($row + 1) * $rowheight,
$colwidth, $rowheight);
$p->clip();
$optlist = "boxsize {" . $colwidth . " " . $rowheight . "} fitmethod meet";
$p->fit_pdi_page($page, $col * $colwidth,
$sheetheight - ($row + 1) * $rowheight, $optlist);
$p->close_pdi_page($page);
/* Draw a frame around the mini page */
$p->set_graphics_option("linewidth=" . $scale);
$p->rect($col * $colwidth, $sheetheight - ($row + 1) * $rowheight,
$colwidth, $rowheight);
$p->stroke();
$p->restore();
// Start a new row if the current row is full
$col++;
if ($col == $maxcols) {
$col = 0;
$row++;
}
// Close the page if it is full
if ($row == $maxrows) {
$row = 0;
$p->end_page_ext("");
$pageopen = false;
}
}
$p->close_pdi_document($indoc);
}
if ($pageopen) {
$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=starter_pdfimpose.pdf");
print $buf;
}
catch (PDFlibException $e) {
echo("PDFlib exception occurred in starter_pdfimpose sample:\n" .
"[" . $e->get_errnum() . "] " . $e->get_apiname() . ": " .
$e->get_errmsg() . "\n");
exit(1);
}
catch (Throwable $e) {
echo($e);
exit(1);
}
$p = 0;
?>