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cpdf_begin_text

Name

cpdf_begin_text — Starts text section

Synopsis

bool cpdf_begin_text(pdfdoc); resource pdfdoc: PDF document identifier

Returns

TRUE on success or FALSE on error

Description

This function merely denotes the start of a section of text. Other text display functions must be used to load fonts and display text. This function must be paired with a call to pdf_end_text() .

Version

Since versions 3.0.8 and 4.0

Example

Example 118. Display some text

// start a PDF document
$cpdf = cpdf_open(0, "test.pdf");

cpdf_set_title($cpdf, "My Title");

// create a 600x400 page
cpdf_page_init($cpdf, 1, 0, 600, 400, 1);

  
// start text display
cpdf_begin_text($cpdf);

// select the font
cpdf_set_font($cpdf, "Helvetica", 18, "WinAnsiEncoding");

// write a text string
cpdf_show_xy($cpdf, "This is a test", 50, 500);

// end text display
cpdf_end_text($cpdf);

cpdf_finalize_page($cpdf, 1);   

// close and write document
cpdf_finalize($cpdf);
cpdf_close($cpdf);

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