with php how can i get this pdf http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf populte data dynamically in its?

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with php how can i get this pdf http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf populte data dynamically in its text or checkbox fields.

i knwo this is possible with asp.net but how can it be done in php, and so that the data is loaded from mysql.

thanks

Answer 1

There is a library called Acrostix that lets you do that rather easily:

http://chernyshevsky.blogspot.com/2006/01/introduction-to-acrostix.html

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Answer 2

I thought there was a php module (non standard so it's probably not on most hosting packages) that edits pdf.

An easier way is to populate each field with some unique token ~fname~, ~lname~, ~SSN~ etc. and use basic file io and replacestring functions. Just make sure to open the file as binary, not ascii.