Re: Converting HTML to PDF via PHP

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@live.com360-941-6750 > > 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