PHP LaTeX to PDF Conversion/Compiling [closed]

Answer 1

that is my example: name: phplatex.php

<?php
$data = shell_exec('/Library/TeX/texbin/pdflatex --interaction=nonstopmode -output-directory=/Users/arico/a/destino /Users/arico/a/fuente/prueba.tex');
echo ('Latex: ' . $data . '');
?>

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path of pdflatex executable: /Library/TeX/texbin/pdflatex

path of output file in pdf: (you need permissions to write) -output-directory=/Users/arico/a/destino

path of source file in latex: /Users/arico/a/fuente/prueba.tex

Answer 2

i just installed the package texlive-binaries and used a shell exec with the pdflatex command to generate the PDF from a (La)TeX file:

shell_exec("/usr/bin/pdflatex --interaction batchmode $filename");

i know this is not what you asked for but i don't know of a php lib as complete as the already existing latex compilers.

why reinvent the wheel anyways?

Update: When you have enough space, install textlive-full instead of texlive-binaries. This will install all the available packages, fonts, etc. and avoid you some headache why your document renders wrong.

Answer 3

If you can't change your server setup to install server package for LaTeX you can't convert LaTeX files them into PDF...

but what you could check to convert directly into PDF without LaTeX, but that depends what you like to accomplish? It might be a look worth...fpdf...