Re: Converting HTML to PDF via PHP

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On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Ashley Sheridan
<ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-08-04 at 17:33 -0700, Michael Calkins wrote:
>
>> I have found various online tools that do this but nothing that has documented it as a tutorial so I can understand it.  I found the html_to_pdf.inc.php script that is entirely undocumented so I am not sure how to use it exactly.
>> I am trying to export generated HTML (an invoice for a customer) to a saveable PDF that is downloaded.  Any ideas?
>>
>> From,Michael Calkinsmichaelcalkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>
>
> As far as I'm aware, it's not as simple as it seems. Basically, HTML is
> subject to interpretation by the user agent (browser) so doesn't look
> consistent on all platforms. A PDF is meant to follow a fairly rigid
> format that defines exactly how the output should be displayed (as it's
> a presentational format)
>
> What you could do though, if you're already producing the HTML output,
> is to use the FPDF class to create the PDF you need, with appropriate
> calls made from within your existing PHP code.
>
> Thanks,
> Ash
> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>
>
>

You can also look at dompdf from digitaljunkies.ca

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