Hi Stewart,
Try again my friend. I've just been there and version 4 is definately
available. I won't ask why your vision is blury - you know what they say,
hairy palms and all that! ;o)
Thanks Dean for the info, I'll give it a whirl when I've got some free time.
Best regards,
- Paul -
----- Original Message -----
From: "Taylor, Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Grimes, Dean'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 1:39 PM
Subject: RE: [PHP] PDFlib 4.0.0.... any experiences..
> Dean,
>
> I too want to instal pdflib4, however I can't see a reference to pdflib4
on
> the web page you've given (unless my visions not working correctly of
> course). All the links are for pdflib3.3
>
> Are they on this actual page or are they hidden somewhere.
>
>
> -Stewart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Grimes, Dean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 20 April 2001 13:23
> To: 'David Bouw'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [PHP] PDFlib 4.0.0.... any experiences..
>
>
> I just sent a post yesterday on how to get this to work. I does work well.
> Here is the post I sent yesterday:
>
>
> Try using the new pdflib-4.0.0 .... It works great.
> Here is what you have to do:
>
> Goto: http://www.pdflib.com/pdflib/download/index.html
>
> and download the source for unix.
>
> Unzip and untar.
>
> cd to pdflib-4.0.0/bind/php/ext/pdf
>
> copy * php-4.0.4pl1/ext/pdf --- You may want to remove the current
contents
> of this directory first...
>
> cd pdflib-4.0.0
> configure --enable-php
> make - you will get an error indicating that a makefile was not found ...
> just ignore it.
> make install
>
> Link the newly created libraries to the /usr/lib directory:
> ln -s /usr/local/lib/libpdf* /usr/lib
>
> Next just rebuild PHP as normal only add --with-pdflib.
>
> Have fun...
>
>
> Dean
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Bouw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 6:08 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PHP] PDFlib 4.0.0.... any experiences..
>
>
> Hi there,
>
> Months ago I had a bad time getting PDFlib 3.0.0 to compile with PHP..
After
> I succeeded I was so glad I promised myself to never touch it again.. :-)
>
> Well, I now have a barcode font which I need to embed into a PDF
document..
> I did this a long time ago, but have forgotten what the exact settings
were
> that I used to accomplish this...
>
> With some searching I suddenly saw that PDFlib 4.0.0 was available.. !!
When
> I looked at the documentation I got a tinteling feeling in my stomach..
> Finally the package comes with all the Tif/Png etc libraries which you
first
> had to download seperately and try to compile with PDFlib.. Further this
> package has also been adapted to PHP (they even talk about it in the
> manual!!!) and it seems that you can also load the pdf as some kind of
> library when starting the script via the 'dl' function.. ( which I don't
yet
> have any experience with..)
>
> My question: Who has got some experience with this..? I grabbed a tarball
of
> php-4.0.4pl1 and pdflib4.0.0..
> Compiled both and tried to load the library via de dl option.. PHP can't
> seem to find this..
>
> I am now busy to try and do it the old way and compile PHP with the PDFlib
> option enabled..
> (did copy the /ext/pdf directory from pdflib to my php!)
> But if possible I would rather use the option in which the library is
loaded
> into PHP as an library.. Speed isues aren't important, I want an easy and
> flexible way the change PDFlib versions without needing to recompile
> anything..
> I also read that this was possible with the GD library..
>
> I will be glad if I can hear anyone with some experiences with this new
> PDFlib.. I look forward getting this to work!
>
> Thanks in advance..
> With kind regards
> David Bouw
>
>
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