[oclug]pdflib

[Rod Giffin]

Dave Gervais said:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm looking to modify PDF documents depending on user input, and then to
>  display them on the web using PHP.
> I know this is possible using pdflib and PDI (www.pdflib.org), but I was
>  wondering if any of you know of a more open solution. I don't stand to
> make any money from this technology, so I can use pdflib for free, but I
>  can't import existing PDF's without PDI, which is not free for personal
>  use. If any of you know of something similar that is in the GPL camp,
> it  would be great.

If you're doing this inside a web app on the fly, you might be interested
in the capabilities of FOP (http://xml.apache.org/fop).  It is free under
the Apache license.  You can also use FOP as a command line tool, but be
aware it is a Java based application.

Rod.