Generating PDFs with PHP [closed]

Answer 1

I'm amazed nobody uses FOP:) http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/ ... you basically feed it an XML flie and it generates a PDF file... very quick, and dosent kill your server.

Answer 2

There is a PDF extension for PHP but it's not great - however the Zend framework does have a class that makes good use of it - I reccommend trying that. I haven't heard of DOMPDF before.

Answer 3

PrinceXML is a good alternative. It can cost a bit, but very powerful and easy to use.

Answer 4

I once did a PHP project generating PDF. I used FPdf.

I never had any memory problems. It's free, it's pure PHP code. You don't have to load any extensions.

I don't know if there's some helpers to auto-generate document from a query, but in the website, you have some scripts that shows how to use it with MySql.

HTH

Answer 5

I use EZPDF pretty much weekly. It's very easy to use, has great helper functions, but still lets you get in & do the nitty gritty detail work when you have to.

Answer 6

Fll out a latex template and call Xetex over it.

I think you'll find the results pleasing at Letterly.