PDF problem

[Jack]

Dear all
I want to convert a text file to pdf format and store it in somewhere in my
harddisk.
I had found out that there is a dll inside my php4.04 directory
("c:\php\extensions\php_pdf.dll") and from php.ini i had check that the

extension_dir=c:\php\extensions;
extension=php_pdf.dll had actived;

now i obtained a simple script from the net, and tried to test it , but it
return alot of errors!

Here is the testing script :
<?php
dl("php_pdf.dll");
# $Id: hello.php,v 1.9 2003/03/14 17:07:56 rp Exp $
/* create a new PDFlib object */
$p = PDF_new();
/* open new PDF file; insert a file name to create the PDF on disk */
PDF_open_file($p, "");
PDF_set_info($p, "Creator", "hello.php");
PDF_set_info($p, "Author", "Rainer Schaaf");
PDF_set_info($p, "Title", "Hello world (PHP)!");
PDF_begin_page($p, 595, 842); /* start a new page */
$font = PDF_load_font($p, "Helvetica-Bold", "winansi", "");
PDF_setfont($p, $font, 24.0);
PDF_set_text_pos($p, 50, 700);
PDF_show($p, "Hello world!");
PDF_continue_text($p, "(says PHP)");
PDF_end_page($p); /* close page */
PDF_close($p); /* close PDF document */
$buf = PDF_get_buffer($p);
$len = strlen($buf);
header("Content-type: application/pdf");
header("Content-Length: $len");
header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=hello.pdf");
print $buf;
PDF_delete($p); /* delete the PDFlib object */
?>

and here is the error message i got when i ran the script :

X-Powered-By: PHP/4.0.4pl1 Content-type: text/html
Warning: Function registration failed - duplicate name - pdf_set_info in
C:\InetPub\wwwroot\Nedcor Internal Live\test\hello.php on line 2
Warning: Function registration failed - duplicate name -
pdf_set_info_creator in C:\InetPub\wwwroot\Nedcor Internal
Live\test\hello.php on line 2
Warning: Function registration failed - duplicate name - pdf_set_info_title
in C:\InetPub\wwwroot\Nedcor Internal Live\test\hello.php on line 2
Warning: Function registration failed - duplicate name -
pdf_set_info_subject in C:\InetPub\wwwroot\Nedcor Internal
Live\test\hello.php on line 2
Warning: pdf: Unable to register functions, unable to load in Unknown on
line 0

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: pdf_new() in
C:\InetPub\wwwroot\Nedcor Internal Live\test\hello.php on line 6
PHP Warning: Unable to load dynamic library
'c:\php\extensions/libpdf_php.dll' - The specified procedure could not be
found. in Unknown on line 0

Can anyone seens this before? if so, could you please give me some hints how
i can convert a text file to pdf file under windows environment?


Thx alot

Jack

[Joerg Behrens]

"Jack" <nedcor4@nedcor.com.hk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:20030829085238.3663.qmail@pb1.pair.com...

> Dear all
> I want to convert a text file to pdf format and store it in somewhere in

my

> harddisk.
> I had found out that there is a dll inside my php4.04 directory
> ("c:\php\extensions\php_pdf.dll") and from php.ini i had check that the
>
> extension_dir=c:\php\extensions;
> extension=php_pdf.dll had actived;
>
> now i obtained a simple script from the net, and tried to test it , but it
> return alot of errors!
>
> Here is the testing script :
> <?php
> dl("php_pdf.dll");

This is not needed because you already have load the extension in your
php.ini when used 'extension=php_pdf.dll'

$ext = 'pdf';
if(!extension_loaded($ext)){
// windowsstyle = php_gd[2].dll
// unix = gd.so
dl((strIstr(PHP_OS, 'win')) ? 'php_'.$ext.($ext == 'gd2' )? 2: ''.'.dll' :
$ext.'.so');
}

might be a solution. But keep in mind that dl() cant use when safe_mode is
on and when running a threaded webserver and mod_php under windows.

> Warning: Function registration failed - duplicate name -
> pdf_set_info_creator in C:\InetPub\wwwroot\Nedcor Internal
> Live\test\hello.php on line 2

This ever happens when you try to load a extension twice or when creating a
function wich already exists.

regards
Joerg

[Michelle_L._Young@adobeforums.com]

Occasionally when I create PDF files and email them to my client's, the I's and L's convert to a colon. They look fine on my screen and print fine on my end. My client however is experiencing this. There is no rhyme or reason to when it happens either and it doesn't happen all the time. I work on a MacIntosh and the people having the problems when they receive my PDF's are using PC's. Any thoughts?

[Jon_Bessant@adobeforums.com]

Are you 100% sure ALL the fonts are embedded?

Otherwise you might be a victim of soft substitution occuring at the
client workstation in an attempt to soft-view the characters ...

Otherwise for test purposes, get at least one workstation on EXACTLY the
same version as yours ....

Jon

[peter kleinheider]

Hi Michelle

Once Adobe had an error in its Library where this occurred. If I remember correctly the same engine was also used in Acrobt 5 to display and print PDF's.

Some OEM's integrated this same PDF Library into their workflows and therefor also produce a "wrong" output. With todays versions of the workflows out in the field the problem is gone. Only companies that did not update might have problems. E.g. Trueflow 2 has this behavior.

Peter

[Michelle_L._Young@adobeforums.com]

Yes, all fonts are embedded. So if I'm hearing you guys correctly, upgrading to Acrobat 7.0 should solve this problem?

[peter kleinheider]

Correct, the side that does the output has to upgrade

Peter

[Michelle_L._Young@adobeforums.com]

Thank you so much for your help!