If you can edit the PDF file and have access to acrobat then you can use
adobe's fdf format. Basically you just create a read-only text field on the
original PDF and use php to fill in the value for it every time it's loaded
here's some links
http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.fdf.php
http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/uwe20001116.php3 - good tutorial
-------Original Message-------
hello again.
> thanks for the responses so far.
> let me change something from my prevoius post.
> let's say that i'm using an existing pdf form (i won't be creating a
> new one), is it still possible to use php to update a number that'll be
> printed on the pdf form each time it is accessed?
> again, thanks in advance.
> gregory
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> "Brian McGarvie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - 7/1/02 11:50
AM >>>>
> Actually I just for a brilliant Free PDF library...
> www.fpdf.org
> Excellent tutorials/docs...
> Use PHP to dynamically generate your forms and include any info you
> wish from a database i.e. the ID and so on...
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Gregory Hernandez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: 01 July 2002 4:25 PM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: [PHP] PHP and PDF
>>
>>
>> hello everyone--
>>
>> i'd like to know if this can be solved with php.
>>
>> i'll be creating a pdf form that'll be downloaded, filled and turned
>> in.
>> the form must have a unique NUMBER printed on it each time it is
>> downloaded.
>>
>> i'd like to use php to update this NUMBER (ie. counter + 1) each
> time
>> the form is
>> accessed, and automatically print this NUMBER on the form that sits
> on
>> the server.
>>
>> is this possible?
>>
>> thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>> gregory
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>>
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