FDF Utility Library for PHP

This library produces FDF files for PDF Forms.

Left to finish

• add additional validation and tests for invalid configurations
• implement signature field support

Usage

Console Usage -

• Generate CSV Export from PDF

$ /path/to/fdf-utility/bin/fdf wesnick:fdf:csv-export /path/to/my/pdf.pdf path/to/my/csv/csv --pdftk=/path/to/pdftk

• Generate Example Filled PDF

$ /path/to/fdf-utility/bin/fdf wesnick:fdf:example-pdf /path/to/my/emtpy-pdf.pdf path/to/my/filled-pdf.pdf --pdftk=/path/to/pdftk

You can also use the lirbary's components directly. The class PdfForm is a useful reference point.

Installation

Use composer.

composer require wesnick/fdf-utility

Requirements

• PHP 7.1 or higher
• Symfony Process (>=4.4 or >=5.4)
• Symfony Console (dev, >=4.4 or >=5.4)

For PHP versions lower than 7.1 use the release v0.5.0
For Symfony versions between >=3.3 and <4.4 use the release v0.5.0
For Symfony versions between >=2.3 and <3.3 use the release v0.4.3

Acknowledgements

Much of the code for creating FDF files is based on Sid Steward's PDF work -- http://www.pdflabs.com The test pdf form is borrowed from active_pdftk, as well as some ideas about how to handle pdftk field dumps

Contributing

Fork and issue a Pull Request.

Running the Tests

$ phpunit

License

Released under the MIT License. See the bundled LICENSE file for details.