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/*
Generates a populated Job Card PDF using the data in the supplied array and returns an application file path to the newly generated PDF.
Requires the inclusion of the util function: 'generateJobCardFDF($inputData)'
*/
function generatePopulatedJobCardPDF($jobCardData){
//Format the form data
$formData['Job_Number']=$jobCardData[''];
$formData['Customer']=$jobCardData[''];
$formData['Description']=$jobCardData[''];
$formData['Notes']=$jobCardData[''];
$formData['Preparation']=$jobCardData[''];
$formData['Undercoat']=$jobCardData[''];
$formData['Topcoat']=$jobCardData[''];
$formData['Packing']=$jobCardData[''];
//Generate FDF content
$fdf_content=$this->generateFDF($formData);
//Create temp file for FDF
$FDFName=$this->generateGUID();
$inputPath='/var/www/html/CSR/template/job_card.pdf';
$outputPath='/var/www/html/CSR/template/'.$FDFName.'.pdf';
$FDFPath='/var/www/html/CSR/template/'.$FDFName.'.fdf';
//$FDFfile = tempnam('var/www/html/CSR/template/', $FDFName);
$result=file_put_contents($FDFPath, $fdf_content);
if(!$result){
echo "fill_put_contents has failed.<br>";
}else{
echo "file_put_contents finished with byte count: ".$result."<br>";
}
//Build the function call
$functionCall='pdftk '.$inputPath.' fill_form '.$FDFPath.' output '.$outputPath.' 2>&1';
//Fire the function
exec($functionCall, $result);
//The below is if you want to run the equivelant from command line
//pdftk /var/www/html/CSR/template/job_card.pdf fill_form /var/www/html/CSR/template/wwwwu7mMH.fdf output /var/www/html/CSR/template/filled4.pdf
//Process the result
if(count($result)>0){
for($i=0;$i<count($result);$i++){
echo $result[$i];
echo "<br>";
}
}else{
echo "Result object is empty.";
}
//Direct the user to the new object
redirect(base_url().'template/'.$FDFName.'.pdf', 'refresh');
}
private function generateJobCardFDF($inputData){
$FDFText="%FDF-1.2
%‚„œ”
1 0 obj
<<
/FDF
<<
/Fields [
<<
/V (".$inputData['Packing'].")
/T (Packing)
>>
<<
/V (".$inputData['Undercoat'].")
/T (Undercoat)
>>
<<
/V (".$inputData['Topcoat'].")
/T (Topcoat)
>>
<<
/V (".$inputData['Preparation'].")
/T (Preparation)
>>
<<
/V (".$inputData['Job_Number'].")
/T (Job_Number)
>>
<<
/V (".$inputData['Customer'].")
/T (Customer)
>>
<<
/V (".$inputData['Description'].")
/T (Description)
>>
<<
/V (".$inputData['Notes'].")
/T (Notes)
>>]
>>
>>
endobj
trailer
<<
/Root 1 0 R
>>
%%EOF
";
return $FDFText;
}
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