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Reputation: 27648

Convert text to PDF in PHP

What would be the simplest, shortest way to turn a text file into a PDF file with PHP? With some basic example code if possible.

I've seen this but the examples don't show how to use a text file as input.

https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.pdf.php

Thanks

Upvotes: 8

Views: 25174

Answers (5)

T.Todua
T.Todua

Reputation: 56557

You can use MPDF.

I wrote a smalll instruction:
1) download Full version(http://www.mpdf1.com/mpdf/index.php?page=Download ) and extract inside anyfolder

2) create sample.php in anyfolder and insert like this:

<?php
include('./mpdf.php');
$mpdf=new mPDF();
$mpdf->WriteHTML('<div style="color:yellow;">SAMPLE TEXT, WITH HTML TAGS Too!</div>');
$mpdf->Output(); die('');
 ?>

3) then open sample.php in your browser to see the result!

MANY OTHER ONES - Convert HTML + CSS to PDF with PHP?

Upvotes: 0

Gordon
Gordon

Reputation: 317177

Throwing Zend_Pdf into the ring as well.

And a somewhat old tutorial to get you started in addition to the extensive docs in the ZF manual:

Upvotes: 1

Gordon
Gordon

Reputation: 1914

TCPDF and FPDF can both render PDF output. If you're on a Linux system, you could also call the system's ghostscript to do it.

Upvotes: 8

napolux
napolux

Reputation: 16094

TCPDF is the best way to convert text or HTML to PDF.

http://www.tecnick.com/public/code/cp_dpage.php?aiocp_dp=tcpdf

Upvotes: 2

Pekka
Pekka

Reputation: 449783

You'll definitely need a library to write PDFs. I'd say try FPDF.

Upvotes: 2

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