Import a page, or part of a page, from an external PDF file. The external source file must first be setwithsetSourceFile(). A ‘template’is created in mPDF which stores the image of this page, ready to insert into the document.

Parameters

$pageNumber

This parameter specifies the page number from the source PDF file to import. $pageNumber shouldbe a positive integer value.

Default:1

$box

The page boundary to import. Default set to\setasign\Fpdi\PdfReader\PageBoundaries::CROP_BOX.

Default:\setasign\Fpdi\PdfReader\PageBoundaries::CROP_BOX

$groupXObject

Define the form XObject as a group XObject to support transparency (if used).

Default:true

Return Value

importPage() returns an ID for the template which it has created. This ID can be used at any time to insert the templateinto the document withuseTemplate()orSetPageTemplate()

Changelog

Examples

Example #1 - Using a full page

<?php// Require composer autoloadrequire_once__DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php';$mpdf=new\Mpdf\Mpdf();$pagecount=$mpdf->setSourceFile('logoheader.pdf');$tplId=$mpdf->importPage($pagecount);$mpdf->useTemplate($tplId);$mpdf->WriteHTML('Hello World');$mpdf->Output();

Example #2 - Using a ‘cropped’ page

<?php// Require composer autoloadrequire_once__DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php';$mpdf=new\Mpdf\Mpdf();$pagecount=$mpdf->setSourceFile('testfile.pdf');$tplId=$mpdf->importPage($pagecount);$mpdf->useTemplate($tplId,50,50,100,100);$mpdf->Output();

See Also

• Thumbnail() - Print thumbnails of an external PDF file
• setSourceFile() - Specify the source PDF file used to import pages into the document
• useTemplate() - Insert an imported page from an external PDF file
• SetPageTemplate() - Specify a page from an external PDF file to use as a template
• SetDocTemplate() - Specify an external PDF file to use as a template