Why isn't the pdftk-php class finding the pdftk.exe path?

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I’m currently trying to get the example that I downloaded with pdftk-php from GitHub to work by using the instructions from the following web page:

The database connection seems fine, but the pdf that gets produced only has a size of one kilobyte and Adobe Reader can’t open it.
I’m assuming the problem must be in the pdftk-php.php file.
For the passthru function near line 71 I originally used the following absolute path to the pdftk:

passthru(“C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFtk\bin\pdftk.exe $pdf_original fill_form $fdf_fn output - flatten”);

This is exactly what I got from the command prompt when I typed “where pdftk”. Since this didn’t work I tried the following relative path:

passthru(“…\pdftk.exe $pdf_original fill_form $fdf_fn output - flatten”);

I was able to produce the form-fields.txt file just fine from the command prompt so I know pdftk is working, but I get an Undefined index error on line 47 of index.php when I submit the first and last name and the form that it produces can’t be opened by Adobe Reader.

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You are using the wrong way to include file

If you use “\” you must use “\\” in string like this

passthru(“…\\pdftk.exe $pdf_original fill_form $fdf_fn output - flatten”);

But as I know, PHP function you need to use “/” so that you need to use like this, even in Windows or Linux

passthru(“…/pdftk.exe $pdf_original fill_form $fdf_fn output - flatten”);