Use an Existing Signature Field
This demo uses an existing signature field and a visible appearance.
PHP
use setasign\SetaPDF2\Core\Document; use setasign\SetaPDF2\Core\Image\Image; use setasign\SetaPDF2\Core\Writer\HttpWriter; use setasign\SetaPDF2\Signer\Signature\Appearance\XObject; 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'; $writer = new HttpWriter('visible-signature.pdf', true); $document = Document::loadByFilename( $assetsDirectory . '/pdfs/camtown/Order-Form.pdf', $writer ); // create a signer instance $signer = new Signer($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 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, ''); // use the handwritten signature through a PNG image $image = Image::getByPath($assetsDirectory . '/images/Handwritten-Signature.png'); // or e.g. through base64 encoded image data: //$data = base64_decode('iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAABJYAAAEmCAYAAAAwZRqhAAAgAElEQVR4Xu.../w+l98Lb9eaTFwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=='); //$image = Image::get(new \setasign\SetaPDF2\Core\Reader\StringReader($data)); $xObject = $image->toXObject($document); // create a static visible appearance from the xObject $appearance = new XObject($xObject); // pass the appearance module to the signer instance $signer->setAppearance($appearance); // sign the document $signer->sign($module);