README.md

vianetz PDF Library

This library offers an easy-to-use API for PDF generation and merging.
Internally it uses the DomPDF library for PDF generation and TCPDF for merging.

Usage

Create PDF document from HTML contents

// Create a new pdf instance.
$pdf = Vianetz\Pdf\Model\PdfFactory::general()->create();

// Create the document. You can return any kind of HTML content here.
$document = new \Vianetz\Pdf\Model\Document();
$document->setHtmlContents('<strong>Hello</strong> World!');
 
// Add our document to the pdf. You can add as many documents as you like
// as they will all be merged into one PDF file.
$pdf->addDocument($document);

// Save the resulting PDF to file test.pdf - That's it :-)
$pdf->saveToFile('test.pdf');

Merge a PDF file and a PDF string into one PDF file

// Load some random PDF contents
$pdfString = file_get_contents('test1.pdf');

// Setup things
$pdf = Vianetz\Pdf\Model\PdfFactory::general()->create();
$pdfMerge = Vianetz\Pdf\Model\PdfMerge::create();

// Do the merge.
$pdfMerge->mergePdfString($pdfString);
$pdfMerge->mergePdfFile('test2.pdf');

// Save the result PDF to file result.pdf.
$pdfMerge->saveToFile('result.pdf');

Tips & Tricks

• The string literal __PDF_TPC__ will be replaced with the total page count

Frequently Asked Questions

Please find the Frequently Asked Questions on my website.

Support

If you have any issues or suggestions with this extension, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Credits

Of course this extension would not have been possible without the great open source eco-system. Therewith credits go to:

• DomPDF
• FPDI

License

GNU General Public License v3.0
See also LICENSE file.

This extension uses the DomPDF library. For license information please visit the DomPdf repository.
This extension uses the FPDI library. For license information please visit the FPDI repository.

This library uses Semantic Versioning - please find more information at semver.org.