Re: generate onfly PDF

On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Rafnews <raf.news@gmail.com> wrote: > On 04.05.2013 23:05, Tedd Sperling wrote: >> >> On May 4, 2013, at 5:00 PM, Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> >> wrote: >>> >>> Rafnews <raf.news@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Is there a solution to generate onfly PDF from HTML page, and from data >>>> >>>> user typed in form (let's say like a template) without using PECL ? >>>> i read that is hosting does not allow such extension, we can not >>>> generate PDF, so i would rather get a solution without such library. >>>> >>>> Moreover i'm searching a solution free and that i can supply with my >>>> web >>>> components. >>>> I created a component that should be able to generate PDF files quite >>>> often as service for user. >>> >>> Have a look at fpdf, its a class that doesn't need any special >>> server-side support. Its basic, but is pretty good. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Ash >> >> Ash is right, here's an example I provide my students: >> >> http://rebel.lcc.edu/sperlt/citw185/examples/pdf/ >> >> Everything is there. >> >> Cheers, >> >> tedd >> > AFAIK fpdf needs zlib and gd extensions. > gd extension is almost everywhere enabled as extension, however i'm not sur > zlib is enabled on most of servers... > > What do you think about that ? I would think zlib is even more ubiquitous than gd; it's used all over the place.