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PDF Page Manipulation - Merge, Copy, Delete, Rearrange - PHP Sample Code

Sample code for using Apryse SDK to copy pages from one document to another, delete and rearrange pages, and use ImportPages() method for very efficient copy and merge operations. Sample code provided in Python, C++, C#, Java, Node.js (JavaScript), PHP, Ruby and VB.

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1<?php
2//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3// Copyright (c) 2001-2023 by Apryse Software Inc. All Rights Reserved.
4// Consult LICENSE.txt regarding license information.
5//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6if(file_exists("../../../PDFNetC/Lib/PDFNetPHP.php"))
7include("../../../PDFNetC/Lib/PDFNetPHP.php");
8include("../../LicenseKey/PHP/LicenseKey.php");
9
10// Relative path to the folder containing the test files.
11$input_path = getcwd()."/../../TestFiles/";
12$output_path = $input_path."Output/";
13
14	PDFNet::Initialize($LicenseKey);
15	PDFNet::GetSystemFontList();    // Wait for fonts to be loaded if they haven't already. This is done because PHP can run into errors when shutting down if font loading is still in progress.
16
17	// Sample 1 - Split a PDF document into multiple pages
18	
19	echo nl2br("_______________________________________________\n");
20	echo nl2br("Sample 1 - Split a PDF document into multiple pages...\n");
21	echo nl2br("Opening the input pdf...\n");
22	$in_doc = new PDFDoc($input_path."newsletter.pdf");
23	$in_doc->InitSecurityHandler();
24
25	$page_num = $in_doc->GetPageCount();
26	for ($i = 1; $i <= $page_num; ++$i)
27	{	
28		$new_doc = new PDFDoc();
29		$new_doc->InsertPages(0, $in_doc, $i, $i, PDFDoc::e_none);
30		$new_doc->Save($output_path."newsletter_split_page_".$i.".pdf", SDFDoc::e_remove_unused);
31		echo nl2br("Done. Result saved in newsletter_split_page_".$i.".pdf\n");
32		$new_doc->Close();
33	}
34	$in_doc->Close();
35
36	// Sample 2 - Merge several PDF documents into one
37	
38	echo nl2br("_______________________________________________\n");
39	echo nl2br("Sample 2 - Merge several PDF documents into one...\n");
40	$new_doc = new PDFDoc();
41	$new_doc->InitSecurityHandler();
42
43	$page_num = 15;
44	for ($i = 1; $i <= $page_num; ++$i)
45	{	
46		echo nl2br("Opening newsletter_split_page_".$i.".pdf\n");
47		$in_doc = new PDFDoc($output_path."newsletter_split_page_".$i.".pdf");
48		$new_doc->InsertPages($i, $in_doc, 1, $in_doc->GetPageCount(), PDFDoc::e_none);
49		$in_doc->Close();
50	}
51	$new_doc->Save($output_path."newsletter_merge_pages.pdf", SDFDoc::e_remove_unused);
52	echo nl2br("Done. Result saved in newsletter_merge_pages.pdf\n");
53	$in_doc->Close();
54
55	// Sample 3 - Delete every second page
56	
57	echo nl2br("_______________________________________________\n");
58	echo nl2br("Sample 3 - Delete every second page...\n");
59	echo nl2br("Opening the input pdf...\n");
60	$in_doc = new PDFDoc($input_path."newsletter.pdf");
61	$in_doc->InitSecurityHandler();
62		
63	$page_num = $in_doc->GetPageCount();
64	while ($page_num>=1)
65	{
66		$itr = $in_doc->GetPageIterator($page_num);
67		$in_doc->PageRemove($itr);
68		$page_num -= 2;
69	}		
70		
71	$in_doc->Save($output_path."newsletter_page_remove.pdf", 0);
72	echo nl2br("Done. Result saved in newsletter_page_remove.pdf...\n");
73
74	//Close the open document to free up document memory sooner than waiting for the
75	//garbage collector
76	$in_doc->Close();
77
78	// Sample 4 - Inserts a page from one document at different 
79	// locations within another document
80		 
81	echo nl2br("_______________________________________________\n");
82	echo nl2br("Sample 4 - Insert a page at different locations...\n");
83	echo nl2br("Opening the input pdf...\n");
84		
85	$in1_doc = new PDFDoc($input_path."newsletter.pdf");
86	$in1_doc->InitSecurityHandler();
87
88	$in2_doc = new PDFDoc($input_path."fish.pdf");
89	$in2_doc->InitSecurityHandler(); 
90		
91	$src_page = $in2_doc->GetPageIterator();
92    $dst_page = $in1_doc->GetPageIterator();
93	$page_num = 1;
94    while ($dst_page->HasNext()) {
95        if ($page_num++ % 3 == 0) {
96            $in1_doc->PageInsert($dst_page, $src_page->Current());
97        }
98        $dst_page->Next();
99    }
100	
101	$in1_doc->Save($output_path."newsletter_page_insert.pdf", 0);
102	echo nl2br("Done. Result saved in newsletter_page_insert.pdf...\n");
103
104	//Close the open document to free up document memory sooner than waiting for the
105	//garbage collector
106	$in1_doc->Close();
107	$in2_doc->Close();
108
109	// Sample 5 - Replicate pages within a single document
110	
111	echo nl2br("_______________________________________________\n");
112	echo nl2br("Sample 5 - Replicate pages within a single document...\n");
113	echo nl2br("Opening the input pdf...\n");
114	$doc = new PDFDoc($input_path."newsletter.pdf");
115	$doc->InitSecurityHandler();
116		
117	// Replicate the cover page three times (copy page #1 and place it before the 
118	// seventh page in the document page sequence)
119	$cover = $doc->GetPage(1);
120	$p7 = $doc->GetPageIterator(7);
121	$doc->PageInsert($p7, $cover);
122	$doc->PageInsert($p7, $cover);
123	$doc->PageInsert($p7, $cover);
124		
125	// Replicate the cover page two more times by placing it before and after
126	// existing pages.
127	$doc->PagePushFront($cover);
128	$doc->PagePushBack($cover);
129		
130	$doc->Save($output_path."newsletter_page_clone.pdf", 0);
131	echo nl2br("Done. Result saved in newsletter_page_clone.pdf...\n");
132	$doc->Close();
133
134	// Sample 6 - Use ImportPages() in order to copy multiple pages at once 
135	// in order to preserve shared resources between pages (e.g. images, fonts, 
136	// colorspaces, etc.)
137	
138	echo nl2br("_______________________________________________\n");
139	echo nl2br("Sample 6 - Preserving shared resources using ImportPages...\n");
140	echo nl2br("Opening the input pdf...\n");
141	$in_doc = new PDFDoc($input_path."newsletter.pdf");
142	$in_doc->InitSecurityHandler();
143
144	$new_doc = new PDFDoc();
145	
146	$copy_pages = new VectorPage(); 
147	for ($itr=$in_doc->GetPageIterator(); $itr->HasNext(); $itr->Next())
148	{
149		$copy_pages->push($itr->Current());
150	}
151		
152	$imported_pages = $new_doc->ImportPages($copy_pages);
153	for ($i=0; $i<$imported_pages->size(); ++$i)
154	{
155		$new_doc->PagePushFront($imported_pages->get($i)); // Order pages in reverse order. 
156		// Use PagePushBack() if you would like to preserve the same order.
157	}		
158		
159	$new_doc->Save($output_path."newsletter_import_pages.pdf", 0);
160	PDFNet::Terminate();
161	echo nl2br("Done. Result saved in newsletter_import_pages.pdf...\n\n"
162		."Note that the output file size is less than half the size\n" 
163		."of the file produced using individual page copy operations\n" 
164		."between two documents\n");
165?>

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