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How do I get the X and Y axis of a paragraph? - mothh - Mar 14, 2016
I tried using the `.position` function from jQuery, but that doesn't work.
I have a HTML page which gets converted to a PDF document, on that document is a paragraph and a string inside.
I want to know how I can get the location in pixels of that string, but the `.position` function does not work for a PDF file, therefor it has to happen with PHP I think.
* - ASDA - Mar 14, 2016
This is going to be super fun for you. /s
imagettfbbox or imagefontwidth/imagefontheight.
* - mothh - Mar 14, 2016
(Mar 14, 2016 05:56 AM)ASDA Wrote: This is going to be super fun for you. /s
imagettfbbox or imagefontwidth/imagefontheight.
Did you even bother to read the thread?
* - Sakuto - Mar 14, 2016
And why something in DOM should be linked to the PHP?
* - mothh - Mar 14, 2016
(Mar 14, 2016 09:27 AM)Sakuto Wrote: And why something in DOM should be linked to the PHP?
I have tried it with jQuery already, but you can't get data from jQuery from a PDF file.
* - ASDA - Mar 14, 2016
(Mar 14, 2016 09:23 AM)mothh Wrote: Did you even bother to read the thread?
how about you don't be a cunt.
yes i did.
the only way you're going to do this is figure out the width and height of your text. yano, unless you decide to use phantomjs or something. you don't have a DOM server side.
* - Quad - Mar 14, 2016
(Mar 14, 2016 05:52 AM)mothh Wrote: I tried using the `.position` function from jQuery, but that doesn't work.
I have a HTML page which gets converted to a PDF document, on that document is a paragraph and a string inside.
I want to know how I can get the location in pixels of that string, but the `.position` function does not work for a PDF file, therefor it has to happen with PHP I think.
offsetTop and offsetLeft.
document.getElementById('paragraph').offsetTop;
Oops, misread your post.
Not sure how you would go about reading a PDF file programatically. You're probably better off doing all the positioning before you create the PDF.
* - Sakuto - Mar 14, 2016
There is no way to do what you want in PHP, just properly define yout HTML before converting it into a PDF, or use a better way to do it (template?)
* - mothh - Mar 14, 2016
(Mar 14, 2016 10:08 AM)Sakuto Wrote: There is no way to do what you want in PHP, just properly define yout HTML before converting it into a PDF, or use a better way to do it (template?)
I can't, I am using PDFMaker which is a PDF template maker for vtiger CRM, so I have to work with that.
I can't edit the code of the module, I can only add custom function.
I will explain the problem a bit more in depth:
People need to be able to sign a document digitally, this is possible with Docusign, but in order to get that to work I need the X and Y axis of where the signature is supposed to go.
* - mothh - Mar 16, 2016
I am still looking for a way to do this.
I appreciate any help you can give me.