A destination defines a particular view of a document, consisting of the following items:
The page of the document to be displayed.
The location of the document window on that page.
The magnification (zoom) factor to use when displaying the page.
Destinations may be associated with outline items (Document Outline (bookmarks)), annotations (Annotations), or actions (Actions). In each case, the destination specifies the view of the document to be presented when the outline item or annotation is opened or the action is performed. In addition, the optional document open action can be specified.
The following types are supported by Zend_Pdf
component.
Display the specified page, with the coordinates (left, top) positioned at the upper-left corner of the window and the contents of the page magnified by the factor zoom.
Destination object may be created using
Zend_Pdf_Destination_Zoom::create($page, $left = null, $top = null,
$zoom = null)
method.
Where:
$page
is a destination page
(a Zend_Pdf_Page
object or a page number).
$left
is a left edge of the displayed page
(float).
$top
is a top edge of the displayed page
(float).
$zoom
is a zoom factor (float).
NULL
, specified for $left
,
$top
or $zoom
parameter means
"current viewer application value".
Zend_Pdf_Destination_Zoom
class also provides
the following methods:
FloatgetLeftEdge()
;
setLeftEdge(float $left)
;
FloatgetTopEdge()
;
setTopEdge(float $top)
;
FloatgetZoomFactor()
;
setZoomFactor(float $zoom)
;
Display the specified page, with the coordinates (left, top) positioned at the upper-left corner of the window and the contents of the page magnified by the factor zoom. Display the specified page, with its contents magnified just enough to fit the entire page within the window both horizontally and vertically. If the required horizontal and vertical magnification factors are different, use the smaller of the two, centering the page within the window in the other dimension.
Destination object may be created using
Zend_Pdf_Destination_Fit::create($page)
method.
Where $page
is a destination page
(a Zend_Pdf_Page
object or a page number).
Display the specified page, with the vertical coordinate top positioned at the top edge of the window and the contents of the page magnified just enough to fit the entire width of the page within the window.
Destination object may be created using
Zend_Pdf_Destination_FitHorizontally::create($page,
$top)
method.
Where:
$page
is a destination page
(a Zend_Pdf_Page
object or a page number).
$top
is a top edge of the displayed page
(float).
Zend_Pdf_Destination_FitHorizontally
class also
provides the following methods:
FloatgetTopEdge()
;
setTopEdge(float $top)
;
Display the specified page, with the horizontal coordinate left positioned at the left edge of the window and the contents of the page magnified just enough to fit the entire height of the page within the window.
Destination object may be created using
Zend_Pdf_Destination_FitVertically::create($page,
$left)
method.
Where:
$page
is a destination page
(a Zend_Pdf_Page
object or a page number).
$left
is a left edge of the displayed page
(float).
Zend_Pdf_Destination_FitVertically
class also
provides the following methods:
FloatgetLeftEdge()
;
setLeftEdge(float $left)
;
Display the specified page, with its contents magnified just enough to fit the rectangle specified by the coordinates left, bottom, right, and top entirely within the window both horizontally and vertically. If the required horizontal and vertical magnification factors are different, use the smaller of the two, centering the rectangle within the window in the other dimension.
Destination object may be created using
Zend_Pdf_Destination_FitRectangle::create($page, $left, $bottom,
$right, $top)
method.
Where:
$page
is a destination page
(a Zend_Pdf_Page
object or a page number).
$left
is a left edge of the displayed page
(float).
$bottom
is a bottom edge of the displayed page
(float).
$right
is a right edge of the displayed page
(float).
$top
is a top edge of the displayed page
(float).
Zend_Pdf_Destination_FitRectangle
class also
provides the following methods:
FloatgetLeftEdge()
;
setLeftEdge(float $left)
;
FloatgetBottomEdge()
;
setBottomEdge(float $bottom)
;
FloatgetRightEdge()
;
setRightEdge(float $right)
;
FloatgetTopEdge()
;
setTopEdge(float $top)
;
Display the specified page, with its contents magnified just enough to fit its bounding box entirely within the window both horizontally and vertically. If the required horizontal and vertical magnification factors are different, use the smaller of the two, centering the bounding box within the window in the other dimension.
Destination object may be created using
Zend_Pdf_Destination_FitBoundingBox::create($page, $left, $bottom,
$right, $top)
method.
Where $page
is a destination page
(a Zend_Pdf_Page
object or a page number).
Display the specified page, with the vertical coordinate top positioned at the top edge of the window and the contents of the page magnified just enough to fit the entire width of its bounding box within the window.
Destination object may be created using
Zend_Pdf_Destination_FitBoundingBoxHorizontally::create($page,
$top)
method.
Where
$page
is a destination page
(a Zend_Pdf_Page
object or a page number).
$top
is a top edge of the displayed page
(float).
Zend_Pdf_Destination_FitBoundingBoxHorizontally
class
also provides the following methods:
FloatgetTopEdge()
;
setTopEdge(float $top)
;
Display the specified page, with the horizontal coordinate left positioned at the left edge of the window and the contents of the page magnified just enough to fit the entire height of its bounding box within the window.
Destination object may be created using
Zend_Pdf_Destination_FitBoundingBoxVertically::create($page,
$left)
method.
Where
$page
is a destination page
(a Zend_Pdf_Page
object or a page number).
$left
is a left edge of the displayed page
(float).
Zend_Pdf_Destination_FitBoundingBoxVertically
class
also provides the following methods:
FloatgetLeftEdge()
;
setLeftEdge(float $left)
;
All destinations listed above are "Explicit Destinations".
In addition to this, PDF document may contain a dictionary
of such destinations which may be used to reference from outside the
PDF (e.g.
'http://www.mycompany.com/document.pdf#chapter3
').
Zend_Pdf_Destination_Named
objects allow to refer
destinations from the document named destinations dictionary.
Named destination object may be created using
Zend_Pdf_Destination_Named::create(string $name)
method.
Zend_Pdf_Destination_Named
class provides the only one
additional method:
StringgetName()
;
Zend_Pdf
class provides a set of destinations processing
methods.
Each destination object (including named destinations) can be resolved using the
resolveDestination($destination)
method. It returns
corresponding Zend_Pdf_Page
object, if destination target
is found, or NULL
otherwise.
Zend_Pdf::resolveDestination()
method also takes
an optional boolean parameter $refreshPageCollectionHashes
,
which is true by default. It forces Zend_Pdf
object
to refresh internal page collection hashes since document pages list may be
updated by user using Zend_Pdf::$pages
property
(Working with Pages).
It may be turned off for performance reasons,
if it's known that document pages list wasn't changed since last method
request.
Complete list of named destinations can be retrieved using
Zend_Pdf::getNamedDestinations()
method. It returns
an array of Zend_Pdf_Target
objects, which are actually
either an explicit destination or a GoTo action
(Actions).
Zend_Pdf::getNamedDestination(string $name)
method returns
specified named destination (an explicit destination or a GoTo action).
PDF document named destinations dictionary may be updated with
Zend_Pdf::setNamedDestination(string $name, $destination)
method, where $destination
is either an explicit destination
(any destination except Zend_Pdf_Destination_Named
) or
a GoTo action.
If NULL
is specified in place of
$destination
, then specified named destination is removed.
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Unresolvable named destinations are automatically removed from a document while document saving. |
Example 40.18. Destinations usage example
$pdf = new Zend_Pdf(); $page1 = $pdf->newPage(Zend_Pdf_Page::SIZE_A4); $page2 = $pdf->newPage(Zend_Pdf_Page::SIZE_A4); $page3 = $pdf->newPage(Zend_Pdf_Page::SIZE_A4); // Page created, but not included into pages list $pdf->pages[] = $page1; $pdf->pages[] = $page2; $destination1 = Zend_Pdf_Destination_Fit::create($page2); $destination2 = Zend_Pdf_Destination_Fit::create($page3); // Returns $page2 object $page = $pdf->resolveDestination($destination1); // Returns null, page 3 is not included into document yet $page = $pdf->resolveDestination($destination2); $pdf->setNamedDestination('Page2', $destination1); $pdf->setNamedDestination('Page3', $destination2); // Returns $destination2 $destination = $pdf->getNamedDestination('Page3'); // Returns $destination1 $pdf->resolveDestination(Zend_Pdf_Destination_Named::create('Page2')); // Returns null, page 3 is not included into document yet $pdf->resolveDestination(Zend_Pdf_Destination_Named::create('Page3'));
Instead of simply jumping to a destination in the document, an annotation or outline item can specify an action for the viewer application to perform, such as launching an application, playing a sound, or changing an annotation's appearance state.
The following action types are recognized while loading PDF document:
Zend_Pdf_Action_GoTo
- go to
a destination in the current document.
Zend_Pdf_Action_GoToR
- go to
a destination in another document.
Zend_Pdf_Action_GoToE
- go to
a destination in an embedded file.
Zend_Pdf_Action_Launch
- launch
an application or open or print a document.
Zend_Pdf_Action_Thread
- begin reading
an article thread.
Zend_Pdf_Action_URI
- resolve a
URI.
Zend_Pdf_Action_Sound
- play a sound.
Zend_Pdf_Action_Movie
- play a movie.
Zend_Pdf_Action_Hide
- hides or shows
one or more annotations on the screen.
Zend_Pdf_Action_Named
- execute an action
predefined by the viewer application:
NextPage - Go to the next page of the document.
PrevPage - Go to the previous page of the document.
FirstPage - Go to the first page of the document.
LastPage - Go to the last page of the document.
Zend_Pdf_Action_SubmitForm
- send data to
a uniform resource locator.
Zend_Pdf_Action_ResetForm
- set fields
to their default values.
Zend_Pdf_Action_ImportData
- import field
values from a file.
Zend_Pdf_Action_JavaScript
- execute
a JavaScript script.
Zend_Pdf_Action_SetOCGState
- set the state of
one or more optional content groups.
Zend_Pdf_Action_Rendition
- control the
playing of multimedia content (begin, stop, pause, or resume
a playing rendition).
Zend_Pdf_Action_Trans
- update the display
of a document, using a transition dictionary.
Zend_Pdf_Action_GoTo3DView
- set
the current view of a 3D annotation.
Only Zend_Pdf_Action_GoTo
actions can be created by
user now. It can be done using
Zend_Pdf_Action_GoTo::create($destination)
method,
where $destination
is a
Zend_Pdf_Destination
object or string which can be used
to identify named destination.
It also supports the following methods:
Actions objects can be chained using Zend_Pdf_Action::$next
public property.
It's an array of Zend_Pdf_Action
objects, which also
may have their sub-actions.
Zend_Pdf_Action
class supports RecursiveIterator interface,
so child actions may be iterated recursively:
$pdf = new Zend_Pdf(); $page1 = $pdf->newPage(Zend_Pdf_Page::SIZE_A4); $page2 = $pdf->newPage(Zend_Pdf_Page::SIZE_A4); // Page created, but not included into pages list $page3 = $pdf->newPage(Zend_Pdf_Page::SIZE_A4); $pdf->pages[] = $page1; $pdf->pages[] = $page2; $action1 = Zend_Pdf_Action_GoTo::create( Zend_Pdf_Destination_Fit::create($page2)); $action2 = Zend_Pdf_Action_GoTo::create( Zend_Pdf_Destination_Fit::create($page3)); $action3 = Zend_Pdf_Action_GoTo::create( Zend_Pdf_Destination_Named::create('Chapter1')); $action4 = Zend_Pdf_Action_GoTo::create( Zend_Pdf_Destination_Named::create('Chapter5')); $action2->next[] = $action3; $action2->next[] = $action4; $action1->next[] = $action2; $actionsCount = 1; // Note! Iteration doesn't include top level action and // walks through children only $iterator = new RecursiveIteratorIterator( $action1, RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST); foreach ($iterator as $chainedAction) { $actionsCount++; } printf("Actions in a tree: %d\n", $actionsCount++); // Prints 'Actions in a tree: 4'
Special open action may be specify a destination to be displayed or an action to be performed when the document is opened.
Zend_Pdf_Target Zend_Pdf::getOpenAction()
method
returns current document open action (or null if open action is not set).
setOpenAction(Zend_Pdf_Target $openAction = null)
method sets document open action or clean it if $openAction
is null.
A PDF document may optionally display a document outline on the screen, allowing the user to navigate interactively from one part of the document to another. The outline consists of a tree-structured hierarchy of outline items (sometimes called bookmarks), which serve as a visual table of contents to display the document’s structure to the user. The user can interactively open and close individual items by clicking them with the mouse. When an item is open, its immediate children in the hierarchy become visible on the screen; each child may in turn be open or closed, selectively revealing or hiding further parts of the hierarchy. When an item is closed, all of its descendants in the hierarchy are hidden. Clicking the text of any visible item activates the item, causing the viewer application to jump to a destination or trigger an action associated with the item.
Zend_Pdf
class provides public property
$outlines
which is an array of
Zend_Pdf_Outline
objects.
$pdf = Zend_Pdf::load($path); // Remove outline item unset($pdf->outlines[0]->childOutlines[1]); // Set Outline to be displayed in bold $pdf->outlines[0]->childOutlines[3]->setIsBold(true); // Add outline entry $pdf->outlines[0]->childOutlines[5]->childOutlines[] = Zend_Pdf_Outline::create('Chapter 2', 'chapter_2'); $pdf->save($path, true);
Outline attributes may be retrieved or set using the following methods:
string getTitle()
- get outline item title.
setTitle(string $title)
- set outline item title.
boolean isOpen()
- true if outline is open
by default.
setIsOpen(boolean $isOpen)
- set isOpen state.
boolean isItalic()
- true if outline item
is displayed in italic.
setIsItalic(boolean $isItalic)
- set
isItalic state.
boolean isBold()
- true if outline item
is displayed in bold.
setIsBold(boolean $isBold)
- set
isBold state.
Zend_Pdf_Color_Rgb getColor()
- get outline
text color (null means black).
setColor(Zend_Pdf_Color_Rgb $color)
- set
outline text color (null means black).
Zend_Pdf_Target getTarget()
- get outline
target (action or explicit or named destination object).
setTarget(Zend_Pdf_Target|string $target)
- set
outline target (action or destination). String may be used to identify
named destination. Null means 'no target'.
array getOptions()
- get outline attributes
as an array.
setOptions(array $options)
- set outline options.
The following options are recognized: 'title', 'open', 'color', 'italic',
'bold', and 'target'.
New outline may be created in two ways:
Zend_Pdf_Outline::create(string $title[, Zend_Pdf_Target|string $target])
Zend_Pdf_Outline::create(array $options)
Each outline object may have child outline items listed in
Zend_Pdf_Outline::$childOutlines
public property.
It's an array of Zend_Pdf_Outline
objects,
so outlines are organized in a tree.
Zend_Pdf_Outline
class implements RecursiveArray interface,
so child outlines may be recursively iterated using RecursiveIteratorIterator:
$pdf = Zend_Pdf::load($path); foreach ($pdf->outlines as $documentRootOutlineEntry) { $iterator = new RecursiveIteratorIterator($documentRootOutlineEntry, RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST); foreach ($iterator as $childOutlineItem) { $OutlineItemTarget = $childOutlineItem->getTarget(); if ($OutlineItemTarget instanceof Zend_Pdf_Destination) { if ($pdf->resolveDestination($OutlineItemTarget) === null) { // Mark Outline item with unresolvable destination using RED color $childOutlineItem->setColor(new Zend_Pdf_Color_Rgb(1, 0, 0)); } } else if ($OutlineItemTarget instanceof Zend_Pdf_Action_GoTo) { if ($pdf->resolveDestination($OutlineItemTarget->setDestination()) === null) { // Mark Outline item with unresolvable destination using RED color $childOutlineItem->setColor(new Zend_Pdf_Color_Rgb(1, 0, 0)); } } } } $pdf->save($path, true);
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An annotation associates an object such as a note, sound, or movie with a location on a page of a PDF document, or provides a way to interact with the user by means of the mouse and keyboard.
All annotations are represented by Zend_Pdf_Annotation
abstract class.
Annotation may be attached to a page using
Zend_Pdf_Page::attachAnnotation(Zend_Pdf_Annotation $annotation)
method.
Three types of annotations may be created by user now:
Zend_Pdf_Annotation_Link::create($x1, $y1, $x2, $y2, $target)
where $target
is an action object or a destination or
string (which may be used in place of named destination object).
Zend_Pdf_Annotation_Text::create($x1, $y1, $x2, $y2, $text)
Zend_Pdf_Annotation_FileAttachment::create($x1, $y1, $x2, $y2, $fileSpecification)
A link annotation represents either a hypertext link to a destination elsewhere in the document or an action to be performed.
A text annotation represents a "sticky note" attached to a point in the PDF document.
A file attachment annotation contains a reference to a file.
The following methods are shared between all annotation types:
setLeft(float $left)
float getLeft()
setRight(float $right)
float getRight()
setTop(float $top)
float getTop()
setBottom(float $bottom)
float getBottom()
setText(string $text)
string getText()
Text annotation property is a text to be displayed for the annotation or, if this type of annotation does not display text, an alternate description of the annotation’s contents in human-readable form.
Link annotation objects also provide two additional methods:
setDestination(Zend_Pdf_Target|string $target)
Zend_Pdf_Target getDestination()