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<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">fdf_create</span> — <span class="dc-title">Create a new 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_create</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
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Creates a new FDF document.
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This function is needed if one would like to populate input fields in a
PDF document with data.
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Returns a FDF document handle, or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on error.
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<p><strong>Example #1 Populating a PDF document</strong></p>
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$outfdf </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">fdf_create</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fdf_set_value</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$outfdf</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"volume"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$volume</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fdf_set_file</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$outfdf</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"http:/testfdf/resultlabel.pdf"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fdf_save</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$outfdf</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"outtest.fdf"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fdf_close</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$outfdf</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Header</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-type: application/vnd.fdf"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fp </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">fopen</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"outtest.fdf"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"r"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fpassthru</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fp</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">unlink</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"outtest.fdf"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<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-save.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fdf_save()</a> - Save a FDF document</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.fdf-open.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fdf_open()</a> - Open a FDF document</span></li>
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