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<refentry xml:id="function.fdf-save-string" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>fdf_save_string</refname>
  <refpurpose>Returns the FDF document as a string</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>string</type><methodname>fdf_save_string</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>fdf_document</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Returns the FDF document as a string.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>fdf_document</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The FDF document handle, returned by <function>fdf_create</function>,
       <function>fdf_open</function> or <function>fdf_open_string</function>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns the document as a string, or &false; on error.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>Retrieving FDF as a string</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$fdf = fdf_create();
fdf_set_value($fdf, "foo", "bar");
$str = fdf_save_string($fdf);
fdf_close($fdf);
echo $str;
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
%FDF-1.2
%����
1 0 obj
<<
/FDF << /Fields 2 0 R >>
>>
endobj
2 0 obj
[
<< /T (foo)/V (bar)>>
]
endobj
trailer
<<
/Root 1 0 R

>>
%%EOF
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>fdf_open_string</function></member>
    <member><function>fdf_close</function></member>
    <member><function>fdf_create</function></member>
    <member><function>fdf_save</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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