Creating pdf in symfony 2.3.* - php

Question

I have searched for creating pdf file in symfony 2.3 but was not successful. I've got 2 bundle
Knp snapy bundle and another is
psliwa / PHPPdf
My task is just download pdf file on click. For this I have given the link in html.twig like
Download file
In pdf action I am generating the PDF file
In knp snapy bundle I am doing:
$html = $this->renderView('MyBundle:Foo:bar.html.twig', array(
'some' => $vars
));
return new Response(
$this->get('knp_snappy.pdf')->getOutputFromHtml($html),
200,
array(
'Content-Type' => 'application/pdf',
'Content-Disposition' => 'attachment; filename="file.pdf"'
)
);
And got error
The exit status code '1' says something went wrong: stderr: "The
system cannot find the path specified.
Is wkpdftohtml necessary for installation if YES then how can I install on sharing based hosting.
In psliwa / PHPdf I have read the example from:
psliwa/PdfBundle
psliwa/PHPPdf
and got
unable to find twig file
If I change the $format = $this->get('request')->get('_format'); to $format='pdf'; then it show simple html file.
Unable to understand what should I do for completion of task...

Answer 1

Yes. For Knp Snappy Bundle, wkhtmltopdf is required and you need to configure it properly in the config.yml
knp_snappy:
pdf:
enabled: true
binary: /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf #path to wkhtmltopdf binary
options: []

Answer 2

This is an excerpt from a controller in a live shared host environment using psliwa/PHPPdf:
$facade = $this->get('ps_pdf.facade');
$response = new Response();
$this->render('ManaClientBundle:Contact:roster.html.twig', array(
'date' => $found['latestDate'],
'center' => $location,
'roster' => $found['contactSet'],
), $response);
$date = new \DateTime($found['latestDate']);
$filename = str_replace(' ', '', $location) . date_format($date, '_Ymd') . '.pdf';
$xml = $response->getContent();
$stylesheet = $this->renderView('ManaClientBundle:Contact:contact.xml.twig', array());
$content = $facade->render($xml, $stylesheet);
return new Response($content, 200, array
('content-type' => 'application/pdf',
'Content-Disposition' => 'attachment; filename=' . $filename
));