On 28/03/13 10:57, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 28/03/13 08:40, badmus aliu wrote:
>> can anyone help me on how to convert a database driven page to pdf
>> using php
>>
> google PDFliblite - its a free version of a commercial library that
> gives you the tools to make a reasonable PDF page.
>
>
> http://www.pdflib.com/download/free-software/pdflib-lite-7/
> http://pecl.php.net/package/pdflib
>
>
> Its not to be used for profit - then you should buy the commercial version.
>
> You may need to install a few fonts on your web server as well as the
> library and the PHP library shims if you want to use fonts other than
> the basic postcript ones. All of this is a bit clunky, but once there it
> works.
>
> here is a library in PDF I created to print, download or email invoices
> as PDF attachments. Using the PDFliblite functions as primitives.
>
> <?php
> // Here we go then. Simple functions to set up text an images into PDF
> format.
> // Probably worth having some global variables../
>
> $font=0; //current font handle
> $fontstyle="normal";
> $fontpoint=10;
> $pdf=""; // the current resource.
>
> function setfont($size,$weight)
> {
> global $fontpoint;
> $fontpoint=$size;
> global $fontstyle;
> global $font;
> global $pdf;
> if ($fontstyle!=$weight)
> {
> if ($weight=='normal')
> $font=pdf_load_font($pdf,"Helvetica","iso8859-1","");
> else if ($weight=='bold')
> $font=pdf_load_font($pdf,"Helvetica-Bold","iso8859-1","");
> else if ($weight=='italic')
> $font=pdf_load_font($pdf,"Helvetica-Oblique","iso8859-1","");
> else if ($weight=='bold-italic')
>
> $font=pdf_load_font($pdf,"Helvetica-BoldOblique","iso8859-1","");
> $fontstyle=$weight;
> }
> pdf_setfont($pdf,$font,$fontpoint);
> }
>
> function end_page()
> {
> global $pdf;
> PDF_end_page($pdf);
> }
> function close_document()
> {
> global $pdf;
> pdf_close($pdf);
> }
> function new_page($title)
> {
> global $font,$fontweight,$fontstyle,$fontpoint,$pdf;
> pdf_begin_page($pdf,595,842);
> box(15,750,565,50,"#D0D0D0",0);
> setfont(14,'bold');
> $img=pdf_load_image($pdf,"gif","../Images/Logo2.gif","" );
> pdf_place_image($pdf,$img,25,777,0.10);
> text(297.5,760,$title,'centre');
> setfont(8,'normal');
> date_default_timezone_set ("Europe/London");
> text(470,790,date("G:i T: D M d Y"),'left');
> }
> function new_document()
> {
> global $pdf;
> $pdf=PDF_new();
> pdf_begin_document($pdf,"","compatibility=1.5");
> }
>
> function text($x,$y,$text,$align)
> {
> global $pdf,$font,$fontpoint;
> pdf_setfont($pdf,$font,$fontpoint);
> // $text=mb_convert_encoding($text, "ISO-8859-1","UTF-8");
> if($align=='right')
> $x-=pdf_stringwidth($pdf,$text,$font,$fontpoint);
> else if ($align=='centre')
> $x-=pdf_stringwidth($pdf,$text,$font,$fontpoint)/2;
> pdf_show_xy($pdf,$text,$x,$y);
> return pdf_stringwidth($pdf,$text,$font,$fontpoint);
> }
>
> function box($x,$y,$width,$height,$color) // color is #XXXXXX
> {
> global $pdf;
> setcolor($color);
> pdf_rect($pdf,$x,$y,$width,$height);
> pdf_fill($pdf);
> setcolor("#000000"); // back to black.
> }
> function setcolor($color)
> {
> global $pdf;
> $string = str_replace("#","",$color);
> $red = hexdec(substr($string,0,2)) / 255;
> $green = hexdec(substr($string,2,2)) / 255;
> $blue = hexdec(substr($string,4,2)) / 255;
> pdf_setcolor($pdf,"fill",'rgb', $red, $green, $blue,0);
> }
> function send_pdf_file($name)
> {
> global $pdf;
> $buf = PDF_get_buffer($pdf);
> $len = strlen($buf);
> header("Content-type: application/pdf");
> header("Content-Length: $len");
> header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=\"".$name.".pdf\"");
> print $buf;
> }
> function print_pdf_file($printer)
> {
> global $pdf;
> $buf = PDF_get_buffer($pdf);
> $len=strlen($buf);
> $handle=popen("/usr/bin/lp -o sides=one-sided -d ".$printer." --
> -", 'w');
> fwrite($handle,$buf);
> }
>
> function mail_pdf_file($email, $subject,$from,$return_path,$body,$filename)
> {
> global $pdf;
> $buf=PDF_get_buffer($pdf);
> $attach=chunk_split( base64_encode($buf),72, "\n");
> $boundary = md5( time() );
> $headers = sprintf("From: %s\nMIME-Version: 1.0\nContent-Type:
> multipart/mixed; boundary=\"%s\"",
> $from, $boundary);
> $message = sprintf("\nThis is a multi-part message in MIME
> format.\n--%s\nContent-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8;
> format=flowed\nContent-Transfer-Encoding:
> 7bit\n\n%s\n\n--%s\nContent-Type: application/pdf;
> name=\"%s\"\nContent-Disposition: inline;
> filename=\"%s\"\nContent-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n\n%s\n\n--%s--\n",
> $boundary,$body,$boundary,$filename, $filename,$attach,$boundary);
> mail($email, $subject, $message, $headers, "-f ".$return_path );
> }
> ?>
>
>
>
PS: I forgot to mention that in order to do this you need unrestricted
access to the server including possibly a compiler and the ability to
install PEAR stuff and C libraries - i.e. root access on a *nix system -
to install this, which no commercial hosting company will do, unless
you pay them money, and not likely even then.
In my case the solution was to employ them in an intranet, and on a
virtual server, that I control. I accept this is not always the
preferred solution for many people.
I knew then, of no better way to achieve the desired endpoint.
Perhaps one exists now.
--
Ineptocracy
(in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) – a system of government where the least capable to
lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the
members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are
rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a
diminishing number of producers.
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