Zend_PDF drawText() problem

gmartellino · #1 (**permalink**) 01-03-2008, 10:39 PM

I've followed the Zend_PDF tutorial that's on the Zend Developer Zone; however, I cannot get drawText() to work. The font file I specify seems to be embedded within the pdf, but the text does not render. All I get are blank pages and the text doesn't show up (I can draw shapes and other things no problem though)

I'm working off a Sun Solaris server, so I'm not sure if the glyphcodes described in the Zend_PDF_Font classes have something to do with why the text won't show up? Please let me know if you have any insight to this problem, I've just about exhausted everything I can think of.

Thanks in advance,
Gary

gmartellino · #2 (**permalink**) 01-04-2008, 04:22 PM

I just wanted to clarify a few things i may have left out in my orginial post. I am using Zend Framework 1.0.3. Also, here is the code I'm using to try to generate the PDF.

PHP Code:


			
// Create new PDF 
$pdf = new Zend_Pdf();
                
// Add new page to the document 
$page = $pdf->newPage(Zend_Pdf_Page::SIZE_LETTER);
$pdf->pages[] = $page;
                
//set font
$font = Zend_Pdf_Font::fontWithPath('/path/to/TimesNewRoman.ttf');
$page->setFont($font, 32);
                
$page->drawText('Hello world!', 100, 100);
$pdfData = $pdf->render();
                
//store a date stamp and use it in the file name of the pdf when the report outputs to the browser
$date_stamp = date("Y-m-d_g-i_a");
header("Content-type: application/x-pdf");
header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=PurgeReport_$date_stamp.pdf");

echo $pdfData;

gmartellino · #3 (**permalink**) 01-07-2008, 06:47 PM

I think I solved my own problem. Looks like it was actually an error in the configuration of the ICONV extension rather than something in the code itself.

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