Multiple Pages per Sheet
This demo combines multiple pages of an existing document on new pages with a predefined grid size.
Please notice that this will only work for flat, non-dynamic PDF documents.
PHP
<?php // load and register the autoload function require_once '../../../../../bootstrap.php'; // prepare some files $files = [ $assetsDirectory . '/pdfs/Brand-Guide.pdf', $assetsDirectory . '/pdfs/camtown/Terms-and-Conditions.pdf' ]; $path = displayFiles($files); $perSheet = 2; if (($perSheet & ($perSheet - 1)) !== 0) { throw new InvalidArgumentException('Per page is not a square from 2'); } $gridSizeShortSide = 1; $gridSizeLongSide = 1; // calculate grid size for ($a = $perSheet; $a > 1; $a /= 2) { if ($gridSizeShortSide === $gridSizeLongSide) { $gridSizeShortSide *= 2; } else { $gridSizeLongSide = $gridSizeShortSide; } } // load the original document $originalDocument = \SetaPDF_Core_Document::loadByFilename($path); // get the pages instance of the original document $originalPages = $originalDocument->getCatalog()->getPages(); $page = $originalPages->getPage(1); /** @var array $pageSize */ $pageSize = $page->getWidthAndHeight(); $longSide = array_keys($pageSize, max($pageSize))[0]; $shortSide = array_keys($pageSize, min($pageSize))[0]; // create a new writer for the new document $writer = new \SetaPDF_Core_Writer_Http(basename($path), true); // create a new document $newDocument = new \SetaPDF_Core_Document($writer); // get the pages instance of the new document $newPages = $newDocument->getCatalog()->getPages(); // store the original page count $originalPageCount = $originalPages->count(); // determine how many pages need to be generated $finalPageCount = ceil($originalPageCount / $perSheet); // get the page size according to the orientation and page size $newPageSize = [ $shortSide => $pageSize[$shortSide] * $gridSizeShortSide, $longSide => $pageSize[$longSide] * $gridSizeLongSide ]; // create the new pages for ($newPageNumber = 1; $newPageNumber <= $finalPageCount; $newPageNumber++) { // create a new page $newPage = $newPages->create($newPageSize, \SetaPDF_Core_PageFormats::ORIENTATION_AUTO); // prepare an offset to access the pages of the original document $pageOffset = ($newPageNumber - 1) * $perSheet; $pos = [ $newPageSize[0], $pageSize[1] ]; // iterate through the pages of the original document that should be placed onto the new created page for ( $pageCounter = 1; $pageOffset + $pageCounter <= $originalPageCount && $pageCounter <= $perSheet; $pageCounter++ ) { $originalPage = $originalPages->getPage($pageOffset + $pageCounter); $xObject = $originalPage->toXObject($newDocument); $xObject->draw( $newPage->getCanvas(), $newPage->getWidth() - $pos[0], $newPage->getHeight() - $pos[1], $pageSize[0], $pageSize[1] ); $pos[0] -= $pageSize[0]; if ($pos[0] < \SetaPDF_Core::FLOAT_COMPARISON_PRECISION) { $pos[1] += $pageSize[1]; $pos[0] = $newPageSize[0]; } } } $newDocument->save()->finish();