Comments on: pdftk-php Officially Released

By: ell

ell — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:18:38 +0000

html to pdf
what is the command line parameters convert html to pdf so it will have same view
as original html ?
and is it possible also to convert .pdf file to .html or .xml file(that wiil giver the 'real' cooridantes for each node)

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:08:56 +0000

Yeah, the Java errors you are getting are because pdftk is choking on your PDF (passthru() is working just fine now)

This could be because of fonts you have embedded in the PDF or because it's a newer version of the PDF standard. Try backsaving your form as a version 1.5 or 1.6 PDF (in the advanced options of the save dialog, hopefully) and try again.

Because you're getting character exceptions, I'd guess there's a problem with an embedded font. Try changing all the fonts to something uber universal like Times New Roman or Arial and take out any foreign characters you might have and see if that helps.

Also, check the new Troubleshooting page for more details.

By: Todor

Todor — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:51:07 +0000

I use Windows and if I change it to example/pdftk.exe it doesn’t work again Is there any way to send you the files via e-mail and you to take a look , I cannot fix it at all.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:58:33 +0000

What platform are you using with xampp? If you're on Windows, change example/pdftk to example/pdftk.exe. If you're on Linux or OS X you'll need to install pdftk system wide and put the absolute path to the installed binary.

By: Todor

Todor — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:22:36 +0000

I have the same problem but I don not change anything except the path to pdftk with the following row from pdftk-php.php: passthru(“example/pdftk $pdf_original fill_form $fdf_fn output - flatten”); I use xampp client and in the htdocs root folder I have a example folder in which is the pdftk.exe file. Thanks in advance

By: Joshua

Joshua — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:34:35 +0000

Problem solved. I am including it here for anyone running into this issue.

The problem was that I was calling the "download.php" with an include statement. It appears passthru() was trying to interpret the file as HTML instead of PDF. Changing MY code to header("Location: download.php") fixed the issue.

Cheers!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:33:24 +0000

The most common reason for that error is that pdftk can't run, either because the path can't be found or because it lacks sufficient privileges. Make sure you've typed the full path to pdftk in pdftk-php.php

I'm assuming it's happening because the browser can somehow legally access pdftk locally and probably not because of any problems with your LAMP stack itself. That said, you might want to check to make sure you haven't overprotected PHP or Apache--there might be something there that's restricting calls with passthru()

By: Joshua

Joshua — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:20:14 +0000

First off, thanks for the great info for an obscure solution. Your time is greatly appreciated!

I downloaded and installed everything according to your tutorial. Your example.pdf works great with the download.php, however, I can only get it to work when I use a browser on the server itself. A client connection yields the dreaded "not supported file type or the file has been corrupted"error.

Any clues to resolving this one?

I am using Fedora 11 w/Apache, PHP, MySQL (latestest stable builds) as well as .

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:39:00 +0000

Hey, just wanted to say thanks...I had asked quite a few questions a while back. My company has been using this program for almost a year now...

I have an input form for our service people to enter a client's information. I then have many applications saved as pdf's which will pre-populate with the help of your program when selected from a drop down. Because of our competitive industry, it is important for us to send out 2-3 applications for competitive quotes every year to each client. Since most of our clients (up to 1600 now) are in the system (as it's been a year) this program is going to help out tremendously from here on out. Instead of spending 30-45 minutes per client each year on the applications the time is going to be reduced to more like 3-5 minutes.

Just wanted to let you know how much you helped.

Thank you!

By: kimani

kimani — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:42:04 +0000

Thanks alot It worked when using acrobat professional.