Edit PDF in PHP SDK

Use REST API to edit PDF in PHP programmatically

When developers modify a PDF document with this PHP library, what is actually being edited is the Document Object Model (DOM). Thus, almost any changes can be made to the PDF document represented as DOM. With the provided PHP SDK, developers can easily edit a document: modify text, update tables, add images and so on. Just load a PDF, make the necessary changes programmatically and export the result to the same or any supported save format.

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Edit PDF in PHP using REST API

Our PHP library gives developers the ability to modify a PDF document directly by editing its Document Object Model (DOM), which means no additional software needs to be installed.

Edit text in PDF file using PHP

The most popular case to edit a PDF file is text editing. With the given software solution, you can add, modify or delete text using PHP within the document.

Edit table in PDF file using PHP

Another popular PDF editing option is table editing. Our PHP SDK allows you to work with tables and text in table cells.

PHP developers can add or remove table and table cells, as well as add, edit and remove text within them.

Add an image to PDF file using PHP

Besides editing text and tables in PDF, there is another common option: adding images to a document in PHP. PHP developers can also add an image into a PDF file using DOM.

Edit PDF programmatically

Try this powerful PHP SDK and evaluate some options in PDF document editing. Using the following example, load your PDF document and make some changes: add text, add a table and a table cell with text or insert an image into the PDF document:

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use Aspose\Words\WordsApi;

$wordsApi = new WordsApi('####-####-####-####-####', '##################');

$requestDocument = "Input.pdf";
$requestParagraph = new ParagraphInsert(array(
    "text" => "Morbi enim nunc faucibus a.",
));
$insertParagraphRequest = new InsertParagraphOnlineRequest(
    $requestDocument, $requestParagraph, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL
);
$insertParagraph = $wordsApi->insertParagraphOnline($insertParagraphRequest);

$convertRequest = new ConvertDocumentRequest(
    array_key_first($insertParagraph->document()->values()), "pdf", NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL
);
$convert = $wordsApi->convertDocument($convertRequest);
use Aspose\Words\WordsApi;

$wordsApi = new WordsApi('####-####-####-####-####', '##################');

$requestDocument = "Input.pdf";
$requestTable = new TableInsert(array(
    "columns_count" => 1,
    "rows_count" => 2,
));
$insertTableRequest = new InsertTableOnlineRequest(
    $requestDocument, $requestTable, "", NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL
);
$insertTable = $wordsApi->insertTableOnline($insertTableRequest);

$convertRequest = new ConvertDocumentRequest(
    array_key_first($insertTable->document()->values()), "pdf", NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL
);
$convert = $wordsApi->convertDocument($convertRequest);
use Aspose\Words\WordsApi;

$wordsApi = new WordsApi('####-####-####-####-####', '##################');

$requestDocument = "Input1.pdf";
$requestDrawingObject = new DrawingObjectInsert(array(
    "height" => 0,
    "left" => 0,
    "top" => 0,
    "width" => 0,
    "relative_horizontal_position" => "Margin",
    "relative_vertical_position" => "Margin",
    "wrap_type" => "Inline",
));
$requestImageFile = "Input2.pdf";
$insertDrawingObjectRequest = new InsertDrawingObjectOnlineRequest(
    $requestDocument, $requestDrawingObject, $requestImageFile, "sections/0", NULL, 
	   NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL
);
$insertDrawingObject = $wordsApi->insertDrawingObjectOnline($insertDrawingObjectRequest);

$convertRequest = new ConvertDocumentRequest(
    array_key_first($insertDrawingObject->document()->values()), "pdf", NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL
);
$convert = $wordsApi->convertDocument($convertRequest);
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How to edit PDF PHP REST API

  1. Install Aspose.Words Cloud for PHP
  2. Add a library reference (import the library) to your PHP project
  3. Load PDF to edit in PHP
  4. Insert content at the beginning of PDF
  5. Download the result document from the cloud storage

PHP library to use PDF editing

Install 'Aspose.Words Cloud SDK for PHP' from Packagist repository. Just run composer require aspose-cloud/aspose-words-cloud to install the SDK, then use require_once('vendor/autoload.php'); to import it into your project.

As an alternative, you can manually clone Aspose.Words Cloud SDK for PHP source code from GitHub. Please follow these Instructions to quickly get the necessary security credentials and access our REST API.

System Requirements

PHP 7.1 or newer

Refer to the Repository Documentation to see more details.

Other supported file formats

You can perform edit operation for other file formats:

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