Manipulating PDF

Hi,

I know it is possible to create PDF's and read them within PHP. But I'm
after a method to read a PDF file, analyze it (dump structure or
whatever) and being able to modify it in a valid way.

And with modifying I don't mean just replacing text. I want to be able
to remap layout, change fonts, change standards (if possible, I don't
know). In other words, I want to have full control on the PDF and output
it to my definitions. At least I want to be able to analyze PDF's so
maybe I can built things myself upon the format.

Has anyone seen such a thing for PHP? Or does anybody has a hint how to
start doing it myself (maybe examples in Python or C which can be ported)?

Again, I'm not after PHPLib or FPDF, since these libraries are either
old or insufficient for what I want.

Thanks in advance.

Aschwin Wesselius

At 4:36 PM +0100 3/23/08, Aschwin Wesselius wrote:
>Again, I'm not after PHPLib or FPDF, since these libraries are
>either old or insufficient for what I want.

Hey, don't discount old things. :-)

I can do just about anything I want with those old files.

http://webbytedd.com/bb/pdf/

Cheers,

tedd

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A couple minutes of google searching I found this:
http://us2.php.net/pdf

(read the discussions below the reference entry)

php.net to the rescue again.

Good luck.

2008. 03. 23, vasárnap keltezéssel 11.57-kor tedd ezt Ã*rta:
> At 4:36 PM +0100 3/23/08, Aschwin Wesselius wrote:
> >Again, I'm not after PHPLib or FPDF, since these libraries are
> >either old or insufficient for what I want.
>
> Hey, don't discount old things. :-)
>
> I can do just about anything I want with those old files.
>
> http://webbytedd.com/bb/pdf/
>

where's the source for that?

greets,
Zoltán Németh

> Cheers,
>
> tedd
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