text_output/transparent_text
Create some transparent text.
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<?php
/*
* Transparent text:
* Create some transparent text
*
* Display a background image and show transparent text in the foreground.
* Create transparency by applying an extended graphics state with the
* "opacityfill" option set to a value less than 1.
*
* Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 10
* Required data: image file
*/
/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
$searchpath = dirname(__FILE__,3)."/input";
$outfile = "";
$title = "Transparent Text";
$imagefile = "nesrin.jpg";
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 image */
$image = $p->load_image("auto", $imagefile, "");
if ($image == 0)
throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg());
/* Start page */
$p->begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=a4.height height=a4.width");
/* Draw a yellow background rectangle */
$p->setcolor("fill", "rgb", 1, 0.9, 0.58, 0);
$p->rect(0, 0, 842, 595);
$p->fill();
/* Output a background image */
$p->fit_image($image, 50, 50, "");
/* Save the current graphics state. The save/restore of the current
* state is not necessarily required, but it will help you get back to
* a graphics state without any transparency.
*/
$p->save();
/* Create an extended graphics state with transparency set to 50%, using
* create_gstate() with the "opacityfill" option set to 0.5.
*/
$gstate = $p->create_gstate("opacityfill=.5");
/* Apply the extended graphics state */
$p->set_gstate($gstate);
/* Display some red text which will be transparent according to the
* graphics state set
*/
$p->setcolor("fill", "rgb", 1, 0.9, 0.58, 0);
$p->fit_textline("My favorite holiday photo", 100, 100,
"fontname=NotoSerif-Bold fontsize=50");
/* Restore the current graphics state */
$p->restore();
$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=transparent_text.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;
?>