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<h1 class="refname">fdf_open</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">fdf_open</span> — <span class="dc-title">Open a FDF document</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">resource</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>fdf_open</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$filename</code></span>
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Opens a file with form data.
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You can also use <span class="function"><a href="function.fdf-open-string.html" class="function">fdf_open_string()</a></span> to process the
results of a PDF form POST request.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.fdf-open-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">filename</code></em></span>
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Path to the FDF file. This file must contain the data as returned from
a PDF form or created using <span class="function"><a href="function.fdf-create.html" class="function">fdf_create()</a></span> and
<span class="function"><a href="function.fdf-save.html" class="function">fdf_save()</a></span>.
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.fdf-open-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns a FDF document handle, or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on error.
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<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 Accessing the form data</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Save the FDF data into a temp file<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fdffp </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">fopen</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"test.fdf"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"w"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fwrite</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fdffp</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$HTTP_FDF_DATA</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">strlen</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$HTTP_FDF_DATA</span><span style="color: #007700">));<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fclose</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fdffp</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Open temp file and evaluate data<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fdf </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">fdf_open</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"test.fdf"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* ... */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fdf_close</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fdf</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.fdf-open-string.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fdf_open_string()</a> - Read a FDF document from a string</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.fdf-close.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fdf_close()</a> - Close an FDF document</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.fdf-create.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fdf_create()</a> - Create a new FDF document</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.fdf-save.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fdf_save()</a> - Save a FDF document</span></li>
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