31 PDF with PHP
PDF documents are used on the web for longer documents, contracts, invoices, and much more. This chapter shows you how to create and edit PDF documents with PHP.
With its Portable Document Format (PDF), Adobe has created a milestone. The format is considered cross-platform and looks the same on different platforms. How did this success come about? PDF was originally a project by Adobe cofounder John Warnock. Adobe wanted to find a format that would enable it to drive forward its vision of a paperless office. The developers looked at what Adobe already had: PostScript, and Adobe Illustrator, which was compatible with PostScript and already ran on Macs and in Windows. PDF was then developed as an improved PostScript version. A ...
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