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fdf_set_value

(PHP 4, PHP 5 < 5.3.0, PECL fdf SVN)

fdf_set_valueSet the value of a field

Description

fdf_set_value(
    resource $fdf_document,
    string $fieldname,
    mixed $value,
    int $isName = ?
): bool

Sets the value for the given field.

Parameters

fdf_document

The FDF document handle, returned by fdf_create(), fdf_open() or fdf_open_string().

fieldname

Name of the FDF field, as a string.

value

This parameter will be stored as a string unless it is an array. In this case all array elements will be stored as a value array.

isName

Note:

In older versions of the FDF toolkit last parameter determined if the field value was to be converted to a PDF Name (= 1) or set to a PDF String (= 0).

The value is no longer used in the current toolkit version 5.0. For compatibility reasons it is still supported as an optional parameter, but ignored internally.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

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