Example E041 : layers visibility

Optional content groups (layers) with visibility the viewer can toggle.

Optional content groups (layers) with visibility the viewer can toggle.

PDF

Page 1 of E041_layers_visibility.pdf

Source Code

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

/**
 * E041_layers_visibility.php
 *
 * @since       2017-05-08
 * @category    Library
 * @package     Pdf
 * @author      Nicola Asuni <info@tecnick.com>
 * @copyright   2002-2026 Nicola Asuni - Tecnick.com LTD
 * @license     https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html GNU-LGPL v3 (see LICENSE)
 * @link        https://github.com/tecnickcom/tc-lib-pdf
 *
 * This file is part of tc-lib-pdf software library.
 */

// NOTE: local file reads (images, fonts, attachments) are restricted to an allowlist of
// trusted paths that covers this package tree, so run the examples in place. To read assets
// from other locations, list them in the 'allowedPaths' entry of the fileOptions constructor
// parameter (see E047_remote_resources_security.php).

// NOTE: run make fonts in the project root to generate the dependencies and example fonts.

// autoloader when using Composer
require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';

\define('OUTPUT_FILE', \realpath(__DIR__ . '/../target') . '/example.pdf');

// define fonts directory
\define('K_PATH_FONTS', \realpath(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/tecnickcom/tc-lib-pdf-font/target/fonts'));

// autoloader when using RPM or DEB package installation
//require ('/usr/share/php/Com/Tecnick/Pdf/autoload.php');

// main TCPDF object
$pdf = new \Com\Tecnick\Pdf\Tcpdf(
    unit: \Com\Tecnick\Pdf\Page\Unit::Millimeter,
    isunicode: true,
    subsetfont: false,
    compress: true,
    mode: \Com\Tecnick\Pdf\PdfConformance::None,
    objEncrypt: null,
);

// ----------

$pdf->setCreator('tc-lib-pdf');
$pdf->setAuthor('Nicola Asuni');
$pdf->setSubject('tc-lib-pdf example: 041');
$pdf->setTitle('Layer Visibility (OCG)');
$pdf->setKeywords('TCPDF tc-lib-pdf layers visibility OCG optional content groups');
$pdf->setPDFFilename('041_layers_visibility.pdf');

$pdf->setViewerPreferences(['DisplayDocTitle' => true]);

$pdf->enableDefaultPageContent();

// ----------
// Insert fonts

$bfont1 = $pdf->font->insert($pdf->pon, 'helvetica', '', 14);

// ----------

// Layers

$page1 = $pdf->addPage();

$pdf->page->addContent($pdf->getTextCell(
    txt: 'Layers and Optional Content Groups',
    posx: 15,
    posy: 15,
    width: 180,
    height: 8,
));

$pdf->page->addContent($pdf->getTextCell(
    txt: 'This page contains objects assigned to different visibility layers.',
    posx: 15,
    posy: 28,
    width: 180,
    height: 6,
));

$pdf->page->addContent($pdf->getTextCell('Always visible text', 15, 40, 120, 7, 0, 0, 'T', 'L', drawcell: true));

$lyrScreen = $pdf->newLayer(name: 'screen_only', intent: ['view' => true], print: false, view: true, lock: false);
$pdf->page->addContent($lyrScreen);
$pdf->page->addContent($pdf->getTextCell('Screen-only layer content', 15, 54, 120, 7, 0, 0, 'T', 'L', drawcell: true));
$pdf->page->addContent($pdf->closeLayer());

$lyrPrint = $pdf->newLayer(name: 'print_only', intent: ['design' => true], print: true, view: false, lock: false);
$pdf->page->addContent($lyrPrint);
$pdf->page->addContent($pdf->getTextCell('Print-only layer content', 15, 66, 120, 7, 0, 0, 'T', 'L', drawcell: true));
$pdf->page->addContent($pdf->closeLayer());

$pdf->page->addContent($pdf->getTextCell(
    txt: 'Viewer support for layer toggles varies by PDF reader.',
    posx: 15,
    posy: 82,
    width: 180,
    height: 6,
));

// =============================================================

// ----------
// get PDF document as raw string
$rawpdf = $pdf->getOutPDFString();

// ----------

// Various output modes:

//$pdf->savePDF(\dirname(__DIR__).'/target', $rawpdf);
$pdf->renderPDF(rawpdf: $rawpdf);

//$pdf->downloadPDF($rawpdf);
//echo $pdf->getMIMEAttachmentPDF($rawpdf);