Re: [PHP] can pdf forms be used to submit data into db?

2003-08-28 Thread John W. Holmes
Chris Boget wrote: All the information is on www.php.net/fdf. I just read the above page and I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone would want to do this. Of course, it's likely that I am simply being myopic. Would anyone who's actually used fdf enlighten as to the need to do it this

Re: [PHP] can pdf forms be used to submit data into db?

2003-08-28 Thread Ryan . K . Look
John, that is EXACTLY what i want, now the question is...have you seen this implemented somewhere? so php would pass the data to a database and when a user/client wants to see that data again, php would re-generate the form with the data that is being requested right? and that is what FDF can

Re: [PHP] can pdf forms be used to submit data into db?

2003-08-28 Thread John W. Holmes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John, that is EXACTLY what i want, now the question is...have you seen this implemented somewhere? so php would pass the data to a database and when a user/client wants to see that data again, php would re-generate the form with the data that is being requested right?

Re: [PHP] can pdf forms be used to submit data into db?

2003-08-28 Thread Evan Nemerson
Take a look at php.net/fdf for input to database (easy part). As for automatically filling out the PDF, you can actually embed javascript in a PDF, although I'm not exactly sure how to do it. PlanetPDF.com will have the info, though. Also, there is an excellent PDF forum over at planetpdf.com

RE: [PHP] can pdf forms be used to submit data into db?

2003-08-28 Thread Roedel, Mark
Guess I'm a little late to this party, but... If you're still looking for help with tying a PDF form to a database, drop me a note. I've got some code I developed for our online admissions application that I can probably be talked into sharing. -- Mark Roedel Web Programmer / Analyst

[PHP] can pdf forms be used to submit data into db?

2003-08-27 Thread Ryan . K . Look
hi guys and gals, aloha from hawaii, Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but i just need to know if it is technically possible to have a pdf form be filled out online and then once the user hits submit, php takes the data and puts it into a db or some sort of db technology and if the need

Re: [PHP] can pdf forms be used to submit data into db?

2003-08-27 Thread Cesar Cordovez
Yes you can! All the information is on www.php.net/fdf. Cesar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi guys and gals, aloha from hawaii, Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but i just need to know if it is technically possible to have a pdf form be filled out online and then once the user hits

Re: [PHP] can pdf forms be used to submit data into db?

2003-08-27 Thread Chris Boget
Yes you can! All the information is on www.php.net/fdf. I just read the above page and I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone would want to do this. Of course, it's likely that I am simply being myopic. Would anyone who's actually used fdf enlighten as to the need to do it this way?

Re: [PHP] can pdf forms be used to submit data into db?

2003-08-27 Thread Curt Zirzow
* Thus wrote Chris Boget ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Yes you can! All the information is on www.php.net/fdf. I just read the above page and I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone would want to do this. Of course, it's likely that I am simply being myopic. Would anyone who's actually

Re: [PHP] can pdf forms be used to submit data into db?

2003-08-27 Thread Curt Zirzow
* Thus wrote Cesar Cordovez ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Yes you can! All the information is on www.php.net/fdf. You don't reall need to compile --with-fdftk, to generate fdf files. If you're not doing really fancy stuff (just filling out a form) then, be sure to take a look at the notes on this