PHP Extension Requires Chilkat v11.7.0+
PHP Extension
Page Numbers, Dates and the File Name in a PDF Watermark
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Demonstrates the placeholders a text watermark understands, each replaced per page as the watermark is added: {page} is the page number, {pages} the page count, {date:FORMAT} the current local date and time, and {filename} the name of the file that was loaded. Two braces give a literal brace. pageNumber.start sets what {page} is on the first page, which is how a numbering that ignores a cover is produced, and pageNumber.style formats both {page} and {pages} as decimal, romanUpper, romanLower, letterUpper or letterLower.Chilkat PHP Extension Downloads
<?php
include("chilkat.php");
$success = false;
// 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 four_pages.pdf
$pdf = new CkPdf();
$success = $pdf->LoadFile('qa_data/pdf/four_pages.pdf');
if ($success == false) {
print $pdf->lastErrorText() . "\n";
exit;
}
$json = new CkJsonObject();
$json->UpdateString('type','text');
$json->UpdateString('text','Page {page} of {pages} - printed {date:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm} - {filename}');
$json->UpdateString('id','pagefoot');
$json->UpdateString('position.align','bottom');
$json->UpdateNumber('position.margin','24');
$json->UpdateNumber('font.size','9');
$json->UpdateString('color','#505050');
$jsonOut = new CkJsonObject();
$success = $pdf->Watermark('add',$json,$jsonOut);
if ($success == false) {
print $pdf->lastErrorText() . "\n";
exit;
}
print 'footer pages: ' . $jsonOut->stringOf('pages') . "\n";
// Roman numerals that start at i on page 2, so that a cover page is not numbered.
$pdf2 = new CkPdf();
$success = $pdf2->LoadFile('qa_data/pdf/four_pages.pdf');
if ($success == false) {
print $pdf2->lastErrorText() . "\n";
exit;
}
$json2 = new CkJsonObject();
$json2->UpdateString('type','text');
$json2->UpdateString('text','- {page} -');
$json2->UpdateString('id','roman');
$json2->UpdateString('pages','2-');
$json2->UpdateInt('pageNumber.start',1);
$json2->UpdateString('pageNumber.style','romanLower');
$json2->UpdateString('position.align','bottom');
$json2->UpdateNumber('font.size','10');
$success = $pdf2->Watermark('add',$json2,$jsonOut);
if ($success == false) {
print $pdf2->lastErrorText() . "\n";
exit;
}
print 'roman pages: ' . $jsonOut->stringOf('pages') . "\n";
$success = $pdf->WriteFile('qa_output/four_pages_numbered.pdf');
if ($success == false) {
print $pdf->lastErrorText() . "\n";
exit;
}
// Sample output:
// footer pages: 1-4
// roman pages: 2-4
?>