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PDFB Library - Barcodes in Dynamic PDFs

Live Demo of PDFB Library

  1. Let us take this base PDF as a template.
  2. Now write this simple PHP code.
  3. Voila! Generate the PDF on the fly!
  4. View the ReadMe.txt file for more info.

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Usage

  1. Download PDFB Library from the links above.
  2. Extract to any folder on your server that is accessible by a web browser.
  3. Go to demo.php on your server to test it. If you see a PDF, then success! Rejoice!
  4. Otherwise spend all night trying to figure out what's wrong.
  5. Before you give up, make sure you have PHP Image library setup correctly.

Sample Code

<?php

  require("pdfb/pdfb.php"); // Must include this

  class PDF extends PDFB
  {
    function Header()
    {
      // Add your code here to generate
      // Headers on every page
    }

    function Footer()
    {
      // Add your code here to generate
      // Footers on every page
    }
  }

  // Create a PDF Page object
  $pdf = new PDF("p", "pt", "letter");

  // Load the base PDF into template
  $pdf->setSourceFile("demo.pdf");
  $tplidx = $pdf->ImportPage(1);

  // Add new page & use the base PDF as template
  $pdf->AddPage();
  $pdf->useTemplate($tplidx);

  // See pdfb/pdfb.php for parameters on BarCode()
  // Create a Code 128-B barcode
  $pdf->BarCode("PKG1234", "C128B");

  // UPC-A Barcode
  $pdf->BarCode("73725735882", "UPCA", 300, 300);

  $pdf->Output();
  $pdf->closeParsers();

?>

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