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<div id="function.fdf-open" class="refentry">
<div class="refnamediv">
<h1 class="refname">fdf_open</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">fdf_open</span> — <span class="dc-title">Open a FDF document</span></p>
</div>
<a name="function.fdf-open.description"></a><div class="refsect1 description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">resource</span> <span class="methodname"><b>fdf_open</b></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <tt class="parameter">$filename</tt></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Opens a file with form data.
</p>
<p class="para">
You can also use <a href="function.fdf-open-string.php" class="function">fdf_open_string()</a> to process the
results of a PDF form POST request.
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.fdf-open.parameters"></a><div class="refsect1 parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><dl>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">filename</tt></i>
</span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
Path to the FDF file. This file must contain the data as returned from
a PDF form or created using <a href="function.fdf-create.php" class="function">fdf_create()</a> and
<a href="function.fdf-save.php" class="function">fdf_save()</a>.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.fdf-open.returnvalues"></a><div class="refsect1 returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns a FDF document handle, or <b><tt class="constant">FALSE</tt></b> on error.
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.fdf-open.examples"></a><div class="refsect1 examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><div class="example">
<p><b>Example #1 Accessing the form data</b></p>
<div class="example-contents programlisting">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Save the FDF data into a temp file<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fdffp </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">fopen</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"test.fdf"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"w"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fwrite</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fdffp</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$HTTP_FDF_DATA</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">strlen</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$HTTP_FDF_DATA</span><span style="color: #007700">));<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fclose</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fdffp</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Open temp file and evaluate data<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fdf </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">fdf_open</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"test.fdf"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* ... */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fdf_close</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fdf</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
</div>
</div><p>
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.fdf-open.seealso"></a><div class="refsect1 seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"><a href="function.fdf-open-string.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fdf_open_string()</a> - Read a FDF document from a string</li>
<li class="member"><a href="function.fdf-close.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fdf_close()</a> - Close an FDF document</li>
<li class="member"><a href="function.fdf-create.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fdf_create()</a> - Create a new FDF document</li>
<li class="member"><a href="function.fdf-save.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fdf_save()</a> - Save a FDF document</li>
</ul><p>
</p>
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