使用PHP在PDF文件上插入文本而无需额外的软件

Question

I have a PDF file that my users can fill out their name using a html form, and that name would be inserted on a specific location in the file.

What classes are best for achieving this, without installing extra server side software?

Answer 1

You can use FPDI for this task: It allows you to import pages of existing documents into a structure which you can re-use with FPDF. This way you are able to re-create the document while adding additional content to it.

If you want to modify an existing document (FPDI has some limitations because of its internal structure) you may checkout the SetaPDF-Stamper component (not free). It allows you to add new content to an existing document without re-creating it from scratch (as you have to do with FPDI).