fdf_open

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

Open a FDF document

resource fdf_open ( string $filename )

Opens a file with form data.

You can also use fdf_open_string() to process the results of a PDF form POST request.

Parameters:

filename

Path to the FDF file. This file must contain the data as returned from a PDF form or created using fdf_create() and fdf_save().

Returns:

Returns a FDF document handle, or FALSE on error.

Examples:

Accessing the form data

<?php
// Save the FDF data into a temp file
$fdffp = fopen("test.fdf", "w");
fwrite($fdffp, $HTTP_FDF_DATA, strlen($HTTP_FDF_DATA));
fclose($fdffp);
 
// Open temp file and evaluate data
$fdf = fdf_open("test.fdf");
/* ... */
fdf_close($fdf);
?>