【IT168 文档】PDF全称Portable Document Format，译为可移植文档格式，是Adobe公司推出的便携文档格式。PDF具有与操作系统无关的特性，这一性能使它成为在Internet上进行电子文档发行和数字化信息传播的理想文档格式。今天我们来讨论如何使用PHP创建PDF文档，以及使用PHP修改PDF。
要想在PHP中使用PDF文档，我们需要用到TCPDF包，一个PHP用来读取PDF的类。
PHP创建PDF文档
你可以从下面给出的链接下载TCPDF包。
TCPDF - PHP class for PDF：http://sourceforge.net/projects/tcpdf/files/
这是一个免费且易用的插件包，下面我们给出一些示例来演示如何使用TCPDF包。
示例一：使用PHP生成一个简单的PDF文档
require_once('../config/lang/eng.php'); require_once('../tcpdf.php');
// create new PDF document
$pdf = new TCPDF(PDF_PAGE_ORIENTATION, PDF_UNIT, PDF_PAGE_FORMAT, true, 'UTF-8', false);
// set document information
$pdf->SetCreator(PDF_CREATOR);
$pdf->SetAuthor('Nicola Asuni');
$pdf->SetTitle('TCPDF Example 002');
$pdf->SetSubject('TCPDF Tutorial');
$pdf->SetKeywords('TCPDF, PDF, example, test, guide');
// remove default header/footer
$pdf->setPrintHeader(false);
$pdf->setPrintFooter(false);
// set default monospaced font
$pdf->SetDefaultMonospacedFont(PDF_FONT_MONOSPACED);
//set margins
$pdf->SetMargins(PDF_MARGIN_LEFT, PDF_MARGIN_TOP, PDF_MARGIN_RIGHT);
//set auto page breaks
$pdf->SetAutoPageBreak(TRUE, PDF_MARGIN_BOTTOM);
//set image scale factor
$pdf->setImageScale(PDF_IMAGE_SCALE_RATIO);
//set some language-dependent strings
$pdf->setLanguageArray($l);
// ---------------------------------------------------------
// set font
$pdf->SetFont('times', 'BI', 20);
// add a page
$pdf->AddPage();
// print a line using Cell()
$pdf->Cell(0, 10, 'Example 002', 1, 1, 'C');
// ---------------------------------------------------------
//Close and output PDF document
$pdf->Output('example_002.pdf', 'I'); ?>
// create new PDF document
$pdf = new TCPDF(PDF_PAGE_ORIENTATION, PDF_UNIT, PDF_PAGE_FORMAT, true, 'UTF-8', false);
// set document information
$pdf->SetCreator(PDF_CREATOR);
$pdf->SetAuthor('Nicola Asuni');
$pdf->SetTitle('TCPDF Example 002');
$pdf->SetSubject('TCPDF Tutorial');
$pdf->SetKeywords('TCPDF, PDF, example, test, guide');
// remove default header/footer
$pdf->setPrintHeader(false);
$pdf->setPrintFooter(false);
// set default monospaced font
$pdf->SetDefaultMonospacedFont(PDF_FONT_MONOSPACED);
//set margins
$pdf->SetMargins(PDF_MARGIN_LEFT, PDF_MARGIN_TOP, PDF_MARGIN_RIGHT);
//set auto page breaks
$pdf->SetAutoPageBreak(TRUE, PDF_MARGIN_BOTTOM);
//set image scale factor
$pdf->setImageScale(PDF_IMAGE_SCALE_RATIO);
//set some language-dependent strings
$pdf->setLanguageArray($l);
// ---------------------------------------------------------
// set font
$pdf->SetFont('times', 'BI', 20);
// add a page
$pdf->AddPage();
// print a line using Cell()
$pdf->Cell(0, 10, 'Example 002', 1, 1, 'C');
// ---------------------------------------------------------
//Close and output PDF document
$pdf->Output('example_002.pdf', 'I'); ?>
使用PHP修改PDF文档
下面我们讨论如何使用PHP修改PDF文档。假设我们需要将一张图片通过PHP程序加入到PDF中，示例代码如下：
示例二：使用PHP在PDF中增加一张图片
require_once('../config/lang/eng.php'); require_once('../tcpdf.php');
// create new PDF document
$pdf = new TCPDF(PDF_PAGE_ORIENTATION, PDF_UNIT, PDF_PAGE_FORMAT, true, 'UTF-8', false);
// set document information
$pdf->SetCreator(PDF_CREATOR);
$pdf->SetAuthor('Nicola Asuni');
$pdf->SetTitle('TCPDF Example 009');
$pdf->SetSubject('TCPDF Tutorial');
$pdf->SetKeywords('TCPDF, PDF, example, test, guide');
// set default header data
$pdf->SetHeaderData(PDF_HEADER_LOGO, PDF_HEADER_LOGO_WIDTH, PDF_HEADER_TITLE, PDF_HEADER_STRING);
// set header and footer fonts
$pdf->setHeaderFont(Array(PDF_FONT_NAME_MAIN, '', PDF_FONT_SIZE_MAIN));
$pdf->setFooterFont(Array(PDF_FONT_NAME_DATA, '', PDF_FONT_SIZE_DATA));
// set default monospaced font
$pdf->SetDefaultMonospacedFont(PDF_FONT_MONOSPACED);
//set margins
$pdf->SetMargins(PDF_MARGIN_LEFT, PDF_MARGIN_TOP, PDF_MARGIN_RIGHT);
$pdf->SetHeaderMargin(PDF_MARGIN_HEADER);
$pdf->SetFooterMargin(PDF_MARGIN_FOOTER);
//set auto page breaks
$pdf->SetAutoPageBreak(TRUE, PDF_MARGIN_BOTTOM);
//set image scale factor
$pdf->setImageScale(PDF_IMAGE_SCALE_RATIO);
//set some language-dependent strings
$pdf->setLanguageArray($l);
// ---------------------------------------------------------
// add a page
$pdf->AddPage();
// set JPEG quality
$pdf->setJPEGQuality(75);
// Image example
$pdf->Image('../images/image_demo.jpg', 50, 50, 100, 150, '', 'http://www.tcpdf.org', '', true, 150);
// ---------------------------------------------------------
//Close and output PDF document
$pdf->Output('example_009.pdf', 'I'); ?>
// create new PDF document
$pdf = new TCPDF(PDF_PAGE_ORIENTATION, PDF_UNIT, PDF_PAGE_FORMAT, true, 'UTF-8', false);
// set document information
$pdf->SetCreator(PDF_CREATOR);
$pdf->SetAuthor('Nicola Asuni');
$pdf->SetTitle('TCPDF Example 009');
$pdf->SetSubject('TCPDF Tutorial');
$pdf->SetKeywords('TCPDF, PDF, example, test, guide');
// set default header data
$pdf->SetHeaderData(PDF_HEADER_LOGO, PDF_HEADER_LOGO_WIDTH, PDF_HEADER_TITLE, PDF_HEADER_STRING);
// set header and footer fonts
$pdf->setHeaderFont(Array(PDF_FONT_NAME_MAIN, '', PDF_FONT_SIZE_MAIN));
$pdf->setFooterFont(Array(PDF_FONT_NAME_DATA, '', PDF_FONT_SIZE_DATA));
// set default monospaced font
$pdf->SetDefaultMonospacedFont(PDF_FONT_MONOSPACED);
//set margins
$pdf->SetMargins(PDF_MARGIN_LEFT, PDF_MARGIN_TOP, PDF_MARGIN_RIGHT);
$pdf->SetHeaderMargin(PDF_MARGIN_HEADER);
$pdf->SetFooterMargin(PDF_MARGIN_FOOTER);
//set auto page breaks
$pdf->SetAutoPageBreak(TRUE, PDF_MARGIN_BOTTOM);
//set image scale factor
$pdf->setImageScale(PDF_IMAGE_SCALE_RATIO);
//set some language-dependent strings
$pdf->setLanguageArray($l);
// ---------------------------------------------------------
// add a page
$pdf->AddPage();
// set JPEG quality
$pdf->setJPEGQuality(75);
// Image example
$pdf->Image('../images/image_demo.jpg', 50, 50, 100, 150, '', 'http://www.tcpdf.org', '', true, 150);
// ---------------------------------------------------------
//Close and output PDF document
$pdf->Output('example_009.pdf', 'I'); ?>
更多关于TCPDF - PHP class for PDF的示例可以参考：
http://www.tecnick.com/public/code/cp_dpage.php?aiocp_dp=tcpdf_examples
同时，你也可以使用TCPDF的基础属性进行PDF文档的管理。如果你想自己开发一个PHP的PDF文档类，可以参考PHP文档中关于PDF的一些函数介绍：http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.pdf.php
