Thanks in large part to the excellent support of Adobe, PDF documents have become the de-facto standard for exchanging information when typographical accuracy is a must. Written by author Ron Goff, with a foreword by Thomas Merz (developer of PDFlib and founder of PDFlib GmbH), Beginning PDF Programming with PHP and PDFlib provides an excellent introduction to using the PDFlib library to create beautiful documents of varying complexity from a PHP script. With chapters on topics ranging from the very basics of PDF manipulation all the way to complex functionality such as the personalization and stamping of pre-compiled PDF documents at runtime, this book will help you build a solid base of understanding of how PDFlib works and how it is used from PHP, from which you’ll be able to expand your knowledge into more complex areas. – Covers PDFlib 5 and 6 – Includes example uses for Plop (linearization), PPS (personalization) and blocking – Provides lots of examples in easy-to-understand PHP scripting – Demonstrates how to protect and encrypt PDF files Like all our books, Beginning PDF Programming focuses on deliverying a concise, to-the-point learning experience, with plenty of examples and a step-by-step approach that will jumpstart your PDFlib experience. Table of Contents 1. Installation 2. Creating Your First PDF 3. Formatting with PDFlib 4. Font Management 5. Using the Block Tool 6. Optimization, Security and Compatibility 7. Practical Applications 8. Function Reference