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I was searching for a way to convert HTML to PDF, but all I found was very limited.
There are plenty of issues you need to address, which you have failed to do so. Does it need to support advanced table structures, css support etc. As a start you can look into html2pdf or a paid solution PrinceXML
If you can use printing, you may try using the FreePDF XP printer driver.
It uses GhostScript, so a library for it, if you want to do it programatically, may also do the trick.
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I want to know how to convert document file to pdf using php or codeigniter.
If anyone have any idea about the same please let me know.
To complete this, I would recommend two libraries. The first (I have not used), as Word documents are not plaintext, you will need to be able to read the Word doc. For this, try PHPWord. This appears to have been used in other projects for the purpose of reading Word docs (and creating them).
Secondly, converting to PDF use FPDF, this library I have a lot of experience. It's been around a long time so there is some great examples and documentation. It doesn't take long to figure out but does require a bit of playing around to get the PDF doc looking exactly as you like. If you need any additional info using this library, give me a shout. But both of these should help you. FPDF can also be very easily converted to a Codeigniter library. I used it in a CiBonfire application before.
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What's the fastest, cleanest and best way to export from PHP a webpage (given URL) into PDF?
Hard. You wont be able to convert HTML to PDF just like that without any manipulation. One shot may be using mPDF, but that probabliy won't satisfy your needs, since it has limited HTML functionality.
The other way would be making a screenshot of a webpage and including it in PDF document, but you'll need specialized software, or at least libray. Read further on that topic.
You can go for TCPDF.
dompdf is an HTML to PDF converter. At its heart, dompdf is (mostly) CSS 2.1 compliant HTML layout and rendering engine written in PHP domPdf
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I am working with my new project. I want to generate a new PDF file with the help of PHP code.
How can I do this? Do you any have any ideas?
You can try free libraries like fPdf
FPDF is a PHP class which allows to
generate PDF files with pure PHP, that
is to say without using the PDFlib
library. F from FPDF stands for Free:
you may use it for any kind of usage
and modify it to suit your needs.
Look into Zend_PDF from Zend Framework - it allows you to create/manipulate PDFs.
Use Zend_PDF I guess.
Check the documentation here:
http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.pdf.html
It's the best PDF generator for PHP IMO.
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Is it possible to convert a HTML page to PDF using PHP, and if so, how can it be done?
Specifically, the page is an invoice generated dynamically. So I would like it loaded using:
http://example.com/invoices/3333
And the HTML output would have to be converted to PDF.
Any good libraries that do this will be fine.
If you wish to create a pdf from php, pdflib will help you (as some others suggested).
Else, if you want to convert an HTML page to PDF via PHP, you'll find a little trouble outta here.. For 3 years I've been trying to do it as best as I can.
So, the options I know are:
DOMPDF : php class that wraps the html and builds the pdf. Works good, customizable (if you know php), based on pdflib, if I remember right it takes even some CSS. Bad news: slow when the html is big or complex.
HTML2PS: same as DOMPDF, but this one converts first to a .ps (ghostscript) file, then, to whatever format you need (pdf, jpg, png). For me is little better than dompdf, but has the same speed problem.. but, better compatibility with CSS.
Those two are php classes, but if you can install some software on the server, and access it throught passthru() or system(), give a look to these too:
wkhtmltopdf: based on webkit (safari's wrapper), is really fast and powerful.. seems like this is the best one (atm) for converting html pages to pdf on the fly; taking only 2 seconds for a 3 page xHTML document with CSS2. It is a recent project, anyway, the google.code page is often updated.
htmldoc : This one is a tank, it never really stops/crashes.. the project looks dead since 2007, but anyway if you don't need CSS compatibility this can be nice for you.
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I have some HTML that includes bolding, italics, small tag, big tag, blockquote tag, bullets, and numbered items. I need to convert it to PDF via PHP. I tried FPDF, but it was entirely too complex. I tried the html2pdf PHP library, which uses FPDF, but it was very buggy and unreliable. What do you recommend?
Note: Imagine your typical resume. I'm needing to format something like that.
Take a look at FPDF
I've had a lot of success with dompdf.
Make sure you have valid HTML though, or it can get into a loop.
It's very simple to use - about 4 lines to convert an HTML file to a PDF.
I have had good experiences with PrinceXML. Their rendering engine is very good. Passes acid2 and has good .svg support so you can include vector images instead of bitmaps to keep the .PDF relatively small (which is important when generating reports which need to be sent as an attachment).
(note that princexml is proprietary software).
http://www.ros.co.nz/pdf/
I once used the above to turn incredibly complex architect's tile specifications into PDFs on a dynamic basis and it worked out well. I found the class very approachable and easily modifiable.