PHP Requires Chilkat v11.7.0+

Put a Letterhead Behind the First Page of a PDF

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Demonstrates the pdfPage type, which places a page of another PDF as the watermark. It is the way to use a letterhead, a cover overlay or a vector logo that was saved as a PDF, and unlike an image it stays sharp at any size because it is drawn, not resampled. "zOrder" set to back puts it behind the existing content, where a letterhead belongs, and "pages" set to first restricts it to page one. Chilkat2 PHP

<?php

use Chilkat2\JsonObject;
use Chilkat2\Pdf;

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// The PDF used in this example is available at two_page_memo.pdf

// The PDF used in this example is available at letterhead.pdf

$pdf = new Pdf();
try {
    $pdf->LoadFile('qa_data/pdf/two_page_memo.pdf');

    $json = new JsonObject();
    $json->UpdateString('type', 'pdfPage');
    $json->UpdateString('pdf.path', 'qa_data/pdf/letterhead.pdf');

    // The page of the source PDF to use (1 by default).  "match" instead of a number places source
    // page n on target page n, which suits a set of per-page backgrounds.
    $json->UpdateInt('pdf.page', 1);

    // Behind the memo's own text, on page one, scaled to the page.
    $json->UpdateString('zOrder', 'back');
    $json->UpdateString('pages', 'first');
    $json->UpdateString('scale.fit', 'page');
    $json->UpdateString('id', 'letterhead');

    $jsonOut = new JsonObject();
    $pdf->Watermark('add', $json, $jsonOut);
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

echo 'id: ', $jsonOut->StringOf('id'), ' pages: ', $jsonOut->StringOf('pages'), "\n";

try {
    $pdf->WriteFile('qa_output/memo_letterhead.pdf');
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

// Sample output:

// id: letterhead pages: 1