Templates (known as "form XObjects" in the PDF world)
are useful when you need to repeat something on multiple pages. By putting the repeated
PDF sequences in a template, the generated PDF file is smaller.
<?php
$p = PDF_new();
PDF_open_file($p);
$im = pdf_open_jpeg($p, "php-big.jpg");
$template = pdf_begin_template($p,595,842);
pdf_save($p);
pdf_place_image($p, $im, 4, 803, 0.25);
pdf_place_image($p, $im, 525, 803, 0.25);
pdf_moveto($p,0,795);
pdf_lineto($p,595,795);
pdf_stroke($p);
$font = PDF_findfont($p,"Times-Bold","host",0);
PDF_setfont($p,$font,38.0);
pdf_show_xy($p,"PDF Template Example",100,807);
pdf_restore($p);
pdf_end_template($p);
pdf_close_image ($p,$im);
PDF_begin_page($p,595,842);
pdf_place_image($p, $template, 0, 0, 1.0);
PDF_end_page($p);
PDF_begin_page($p,595,842);
pdf_place_image($p, $template, 0, 0, 1.0);
PDF_end_page($p);
PDF_close($p);
$buf = PDF_get_buffer($p);
$len = strlen($buf);
Header("Content-type:application/pdf");
Header("Content-Length:$len");
Header("Content-Disposition:inline; filename=gra2.pdf");
echo $buf;
PDF_delete($p);
?>
