How to extract Signature from PDF via Cloud PHP SDK
To get signature from PDF, we’ll use Aspose.PDF Cloud PHP SDK This Cloud SDK assists PHP programmers in developing cloud-based PDF creator, annotator, editor, and converter apps using PHP programming language via Aspose.PDF REST API. Simply create an account at Aspose for Cloud and get your application information. Once you have the App SID & key, you are ready to give the Aspose.PDF Cloud PHP SDK.
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Steps to get signature from PDF via Cloud PHP
Aspose.PDF Cloud developers can easily load & get signature from PDF in just a few lines of code.
- Upload a PDF Document
- Retrieves the signature fields from the PDF document with getDocumentSignatureFields
Extract signature from PDF using PHP
require __DIR__.'\..\..\vendor\autoload.php';
use Aspose\PDF\Configuration;
use Aspose\PDF\Api\PdfApi;
$config = [
'LOCAL_FOLDER' => "C:\\Samples\\",
'PDF_DOCUMENT_NAME' => "sample-signed.pdf",
];
class PdfSignatures {
private $pdfApi;
private $config;
private function _create_rest_api() {
$credentials = json_decode(file_get_contents("./Credentials/credentials.json"), true);
$configAuth = new Configuration();
$configAuth->setAppKey($credentials['key']);
$configAuth->setAppSid($credentials['id']);
$this->pdfApi = new PdfApi(null, $configAuth);
}
public function __construct($config) {
$this->config = $config;
$this->_create_rest_api();
}
public function uploadDocument() {
$filePath = $this->config['LOCAL_FOLDER'] . $this->config['PDF_DOCUMENT_NAME'];
$fileData = file_get_contents($filePath);
$this->pdfApi->uploadFile($this->config['PDF_DOCUMENT_NAME'], $fileData);
echo "File: '{$this->config['PDF_DOCUMENT_NAME']}' successfully uploaded.\n";
}
private function _showSignatureFieldsArray($fields): void {
if (empty($fields->list)) {
echo "Signature fields are empty!";
} else {
foreach ($fields->list as $item) {
echo "Signature field ID: '" . $item->signature->contact . "'";
}
}
}
public function getSignatureFields(): void {
if ($this->pdfApi) {
$response = $this->pdfApi->getDocumentSignatureFields($this->config['PDF_DOCUMENT_NAME']);
if ($response->code === 200) {
echo "getSignatureFields(): Signature fields successfully extracted from '" . $this->config['PDF_DOCUMENT_NAME'] . "':";
$this->_showSignatureFieldsArray($response->fields);
} else
echo "getSignatureFields(): Failed to extract signatures. Response code: " . $response->code;
}
}
}
try {
$signatures = new PdfSignatures($pdfApi, $configParams);
$signatures->uploadDocument();
$signatures->getSignatureFields();
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo "Error: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n";
}
Work with Signature in PDF
Extracting signatures from a PDF is essential for verifying document authenticity, auditing digital transactions, and ensuring compliance with legal or regulatory standards. By retrieving signature fields, organizations can confirm who signed the document, when it was signed, and whether the document has been altered since. This process helps maintain trust in digital workflows and provides traceable evidence of approval or agreement. Extract Signature from PDF documents with Aspose.PDF Cloud PHP SDK.
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- Add PDF document’s header & footer in text or image format.
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- Delete all stamps & tables from a page or entire PDF document.
- Delete a specific stamp or table from the PDF document by its ID.
- Replace single or multiple instances of text on a PDF page or from the entire document.
- Extensive support for converting PDF documents to various other file formats.
- Extract various elements of PDF files & make PDF documents optimized.
- You can try out our free App to test the functionality online.
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