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textflow/text_on_color

Place a text line and a Textflow on a colored background.

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<?php
/*
 * Text on colored background:
 * Place a text line and a Textflow on a colored background
 *
 * Place a text line on a colored background using info_textline() to get the
 * dimensions of the text line. Place a text line using the "matchbox" option
 * which provides a more versatile way for text calculations.
 * Fit a Textflow on a colored background. The colored background is
 * created with a Textflow matchbox.
 *
 * Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 10
 * Required data: none
 */

/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
$searchpath = dirname(__FILE__,3)."/input";
$outfile = "";
$title = "Text on colored Background";

$tf = 0; $x = 50;

$textline = "Giant Wing Paper Plane";

$textflow =
    "To fold the famous rocket looper proceed as follows:\nTake a A4 " .
    "sheet. Fold it lenghtwise in the middle. Then, fold the upper " .
    "corners down. Fold the long sides inwards that the points A and B " .
    "meet on the central fold. Fold the points C and D that the upper " .
    "corners meet with the central fold as well. Fold the plane in the " .
    "middle. Fold the wings down that they close with the lower border " .
    "of the plane.";

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");

    /* Set an output path according to the name of the topic */
    if ($p->begin_document($outfile, "") == 0)
        throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg());

    $p->set_info("Creator", "PDFlib Cookbook");
    $p->set_info("Title", $title );

    /* Start Page */
    $p->begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=a4.width height=a4.height");

    /* --------- Text line: Method I -------- */

    /* Place a text line with a colored background using info_textline()
     * for retrieving the width and height of the default box for the
     * text. The height will be the capheight of the font by default. To
     * use another font property use the "matchbox" option as shown below.
     */
    $optlist = "fontname=NotoSerif-Regular fontsize=40 " . "fillcolor={gray 1}";
    $width = $p->info_textline($textline, "width", $optlist);
    $height = $p->info_textline($textline, "height", $optlist);

    /* Draw a rectangle with exactly the retrieved width and height */
    $p->setcolor("fill", "rgb", 0.0, 0.8, 0.8, 0);
    $p->rect($x, 700, $width, $height);
    $p->fill();

    /* Place the text line on the rectangle */
    $p->fit_textline($textline, $x, 700, $optlist);

    /* --------- Text line: Method II -------- */

    /* Place a text line with a colored background in a single
     * fit_textline() call. The "matchbox" option is used to specify the
     * rectangle to be colored. The "boxheight" suboption defines the height
     * of the matchbox while "offsetbottom" and "offsettop" adds some space
     * at the top and bottom. The width of the matchbox is specified by the
     * text width plus the space defined by "offsetleft" and "offsetright".
     */
    $optlist =
        "fontname=NotoSerif-Regular fontsize=40 " . "fillcolor={gray 1} " .
        "matchbox={fillcolor={rgb 0 0.8 0.8} " .
        "boxheight={ascender descender}}";

    /* Place the text line */
    $p->fit_textline($textline, $x, 600, $optlist);

    /* To increase the matchbox beyond the text, use "offsetbottom" and
     * "offsettop" to add some space at the top and bottom. Use "offsetleft"
     * and "offsetright" to add some space to the left and right.
     */
    $optlist =
        "fontname=NotoSerif-Regular  fontsize=40 " . "fillcolor={gray 1} " .
        "matchbox={fillcolor={rgb 0 0.8 0.8} " .
        "boxheight={ascender descender} " .
        "offsetleft=-8 offsetright=8 offsettop=8 offsetbottom=-8}";

    /* Place the text line */
    $p->fit_textline($textline, $x, 500, $optlist);

    /* --------- Textflow on a colored background -------- */

    /* Place a white Textflow on a green background. The background is 
     * created with a matchbox.
     */
    $optlist = "fontname=NotoSerif-Regular fontsize=20 fillcolor={gray 1}";

    $tf = $p->add_textflow($tf, $textflow, $optlist);
    if ($tf == 0)
        throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg());

    /* Vertical start of the rectangle. */
    $y = 430;

    /* Width for textflow */
    $width = 500;

    /*
     * Now fit the textflow while creating a colored matchbox as background.
     */
    $result = $p->fit_textflow($tf, $x, 0, $x + $width, $y,
                "matchbox={fillcolor={rgb 0.0 0.8 0.8}}");
    if ($result != "_stop") {
        /* Check for errors or more text to be placed */
    }

    /* Get the height of the Textflow placed. */
    $height = $p->info_textflow($tf, "textheight");

    /*
     * Place next rectangle by moving the vertical start point down according
     * to the height of the previous textflow plus an additional offset.
     */
    $y -= $height + 50;

    /*
     * Fit the Textflow a second time and this time add a margin for the
     * matchbox. To rewind to the initial Textflow status use "rewind=1".
     */
    $result = $p->fit_textflow($tf, $x, 0, $x + $width, $y,
                "rewind=1 matchbox={margin=-10 fillcolor={rgb 0.0 0.8 0.8}}");
    if ($result != "_stop")
    {
        /* Check for errors or more text to be placed */
    }

    $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=text_on_color.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;
?>