set_option("searchpath={" . $searchpath . "}"); /* This means we must check return values of load_font() etc. */ $p->set_option("errorpolicy=return"); $p->set_option("stringformat=utf8"); if ($p->begin_document($outfile, "") == 0) throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg()); $p->set_info("Creator", "PDFlib Cookbook"); $p->set_info("Title", $title); /* Start page */ $p->begin_page_ext(150, 120, ""); /* Load the barcode font. * "FRE3OF9X.TTF" is a free 3 of 9 Barcode created by Matthew Welch. * See http://www.barcodesinc.com/free-barcode-font/. * * For a symbol barcode font, please change "unicode" to "builtin". * Please See PDFlib 8.0.4 Tutorial, chapter 5.4.2 and 5.4.3. */ $barcodefont = $p->load_font("FRE3OF9X", "unicode", "embedding"); if ($barcodefont == 0) throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg()); /* Output text with the barcode font. Note the following when creating * barcode text: To create a valid 3 of 9 barcode you have to begin and * end it with a special character. Scanners look for this character to * know where to start and stop reading the barcode. It is represented * in this font with the '*' character. So, to create a barcode for the * text "ABC123" you have to type out "*ABC123*". Note that barcode * readers will not include the *'s in the text they return. They will * just give you the "ABC123". */ $p->fit_textline("*ABC123*", 10, 75, "font=" . $barcodefont . " fontsize=20"); $normalfont = $p->load_font("Helvetica", "unicode", ""); if ($normalfont == 0) throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg()); $p->fit_textline("*ABC123* ", 10, 60, "font=" . $normalfont . " fontsize=10"); $p->fit_textline("which will be returned by the", 10, 30, "font=" . $normalfont . " fontsize=10"); $p->fit_textline("barcode reader as ABC123", 10, 10, "font=" . $normalfont . " fontsize=10"); /* Finish page */ $p->end_page_ext(""); $p->end_document(""); $buf = $p->get_buffer(); $len = strlen($buf); header("Content-type: application/pdf"); header("Content-Length: $len"); header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=barcode_font.pdf"); print $buf; } catch (PDFlibException $e) { echo("PDFlib exception occurred:\n". "[" . $e->get_errnum() . "] " . $e->get_apiname() . ": " . $e->get_errmsg() . "\n"); exit(1); } catch (Exception $e) { echo($e->getMessage()); exit(1); } $p = 0; ?>