php - have PDF form, need to port to website -

so here have: pdf form (job application) client requesting put on website form , data gets sent them when applicant on site fills form out. idea follows: dissecting pdf, taking fields , making html form, processing on server side, creating new pdf , emailing attachment client. however, tells me there better, more effective way of doing it. so?

if client asks pdf sent mail in return no there no better way :p if not have specifications perhaps storing pdf applications in database can retreive them themself through webpage better idea. still notify them email new application have been received. way can organize new applications better, because lets face it.. management makes mess out of mailbox.