Use an Existing Signature Field
This demo uses an existing signature field and a visible appearance.
PHP
<?php // load and register the autoload function require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../../../bootstrap.php'; $writer = new \SetaPDF_Core_Writer_Http('visible-signature.pdf', true); $document = \SetaPDF_Core_Document::loadByFilename( $assetsDirectory . '/pdfs/camtown/Order-Form.pdf', $writer ); // create a signer instance $signer = new \SetaPDF_Signer($document); // fixate the signature field and name $field = $signer->getSignatureField('Signature', false); if ($field === false) { echo 'No signature field "Signature" found.'; die(); } // and define that you want to use this field $signer->setSignatureFieldName($field->getQualifiedName()); $certificatePath = $assetsDirectory . '/certificates/setapdf-no-pw.pem'; // now create a signature module $module = new \SetaPDF_Signer_Signature_Module_Pades(); // 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, ''); // use the handwritten signature through a PNG image $image = \SetaPDF_Core_Image::getByPath($assetsDirectory . '/images/Handwritten-Signature.png'); // or e.g. through base64 encoded image data: //$data = base64_decode('iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAABJYAAAEmCAYAAAAwZRqhAAAgAElEQVR4Xu.../w+l98Lb9eaTFwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=='); //$image = \SetaPDF_Core_Image::get(new \SetaPDF_Core_Reader_String($data)); $xObject = $image->toXObject($document); // create a static visible appearance from the xObject $appearance = new \SetaPDF_Signer_Signature_Appearance_XObject($xObject); // pass the appearance module to the signer instance $signer->setAppearance($appearance); // sign the document $signer->sign($module);