Creating a PDF with PHP

[Chris]

Anyone know if there is a way to create a PDF with PHP?

I have an upcoming project that is an automated document creation service, I would like the end result to be generated in PDF form if possible. Rather than just expecting it to be plain txt or html someone has to deal with.

Thoughts?

[Westech]

http://php.net/pdf

[Chris]

I should have searched before posting..

Actually I found this really good free class.

http://www.fpdf.org

Works without adding anything to your PHP install. Lots of free examples.

[Westech]

http://www.fpdf.org

Works without adding anything to your PHP install. Lots of free examples.

Very cool! Thanks for sharing that.

[Blue Cat Buxton]

This is an alternative that I am using on a site, which seems to work reasonably well

http://www.ros.co.nz/pdf

[Chris]

This new service I'm doing is going to be nifty, you'll all like it I'm sure. Can't tell you want it is yet, but it is a small thing to code, comparatively, so I should have it done by March.

[Todd W]

I was going to say I asked the same thing

Pretty spiffy

[leo.bonnafe]

I use a library called phpLiveDocx. From their web site:

"phpLiveDocx allows PHP developers to generate documents by combining structured data from PHP with a template, created in a word processor. The resulting document can be saved as a PDF, DOCX, DOC or RTF file. The concept is the same as with mail-merge."

Learn more and download:
http://www.phplivedocx.org/articles/...o-phplivedocx/

Leo