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Name

cpdf_open — Opens a new pdf document

Synopsis

int cpdf_open(compression[, filename]); int compression: Document compression string filename (optional): Document filename

Returns

PDF document identifier or FALSE on error

Description

Opens a new PDF document and returns a new document identifier which is passed to other functions.

If compression has any other value than 0, document compression will be turned on.

If a filename is not speicifed, the document is created in memory and must be output using cpdf_output_buffer() or cpdf_save_to_file() . If a file name is specified, the file will automatically be saved when the document is closed using cpdf_close() .

Version

Since versions 3.0.8 and 4.0

Example

Example 137. Create an in-memory document

// start a PDF document
$cpdf = cpdf_open(0);

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

// display text  
cpdf_begin_text($cpdf);
cpdf_set_font($cpdf, "Helvetica", 18, "WinAnsiEncoding");
cpdf_show_xy($cpdf, "This is a test", 50, 500);
cpdf_end_text($cpdf);

// finish page
cpdf_finalize($cpdf);

// write out to browser
header("Content-type: application/pdf");
cpdf_output_buffer($cpdf);
cpdf_close($cpdf);

Example 138. Create a document on disk

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

// create a 600x400 page
cpdf_page_init($cpdf, 1, 0, 600, 400, 1);
  
// display text 
cpdf_begin_text($cpdf);
cpdf_set_font($cpdf, "Helvetica", 18, "WinAnsiEncoding");
cpdf_show_xy($cpdf, "This is a test", 50, 500);
cpdf_end_text($cpdf);

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

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