Create a Certification Signature
With certification you can control if additional changes to the document are allowed after the signature was applied.
PHP
use setasign\SetaPDF2\Core\Document; use setasign\SetaPDF2\Core\Writer\HttpWriter; use setasign\SetaPDF2\Signer\Signature\Module\Pades as PadesModule; use setasign\SetaPDF2\Signer\Signer; // load and register the autoload function require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../../../bootstrap.php'; $certificationLevel = (int)displaySelect('Certification Level:', [ Signer::CERTIFICATION_LEVEL_NONE => '\setasign\SetaPDF2\Signer\Signer::CERTIFICATION_LEVEL_NONE (default)', Signer::CERTIFICATION_LEVEL_NO_CHANGES_ALLOWED => '\setasign\SetaPDF2\Signer\Signer::CERTIFICATION_LEVEL_NO_CHANGES_ALLOWED', Signer::CERTIFICATION_LEVEL_FORM_FILLING => '\setasign\SetaPDF2\Signer\Signer::CERTIFICATION_LEVEL_FORM_FILLING', Signer::CERTIFICATION_LEVEL_FORM_FILLING_AND_ANNOTATIONS => '\setasign\SetaPDF2\Signer\Signer::CERTIFICATION_LEVEL_FORM_FILLING_AND_ANNOTATIONS' ], false); $writer = new HttpWriter('certified.pdf'); $document = Document::loadByFilename( $assetsDirectory . '/pdfs/camtown/Laboratory-Report.pdf', $writer ); // create a signer instance $signer = new Signer($document); // add a signature field $field = $signer->addSignatureField(); // and define that you want to use this field $signer->setSignatureFieldName($field->getQualifiedName()); // set the certification level $signer->setCertificationLevel($certificationLevel); $certificatePath = $assetsDirectory . '/certificates/setapdf-no-pw.pem'; // now create a signature module $module = new PadesModule(); // pass the path to the certificate $module->setCertificate('file://' . $certificatePath); // set the path to the private key (in this demo the key is also saved in the certificate file) $module->setPrivateKey('file://' . $certificatePath, ''); // sign the document with the module $signer->sign($module);