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Generate a PDF with PHP (code to accompany https://youtu.be/XGS732DLtDc)
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| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <html> | |
| <head> | |
| <title>PDF Example</title> | |
| <meta charset="UTF-8"> | |
| <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/water.css@2/out/water.css"> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <h1>Example</h1> | |
| <form method="post" action="generate-pdf.php"> | |
| <label for="name">Name</label> | |
| <input type="text" name="name" id="name"> | |
| <label for="quantity">Quantity</label> | |
| <input type="text" name="quantity" id="quantity"> | |
| <button>Generate PDF</button> | |
| </form> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
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| <?php | |
| require __DIR__ . "/vendor/autoload.php"; | |
| use Dompdf\Dompdf; | |
| use Dompdf\Options; | |
| $name = $_POST["name"]; | |
| $quantity = $_POST["quantity"]; | |
| //$html = '<h1 style="color: green">Example</h1>'; | |
| //$html .= "Hello <em>$name</em>"; | |
| //$html .= '<img src="example.png">'; | |
| //$html .= "Quantity: $quantity"; | |
| /** | |
| * Set the Dompdf options | |
| */ | |
| $options = new Options; | |
| $options->setChroot(__DIR__); | |
| $options->setIsRemoteEnabled(true); | |
| $dompdf = new Dompdf($options); | |
| /** | |
| * Set the paper size and orientation | |
| */ | |
| $dompdf->setPaper("A4", "landscape"); | |
| /** | |
| * Load the HTML and replace placeholders with values from the form | |
| */ | |
| $html = file_get_contents("template.html"); | |
| $html = str_replace(["{{ name }}", "{{ quantity }}"], [$name, $quantity], $html); | |
| $dompdf->loadHtml($html); | |
| //$dompdf->loadHtmlFile("template.html"); | |
| /** | |
| * Create the PDF and set attributes | |
| */ | |
| $dompdf->render(); | |
| $dompdf->addInfo("Title", "An Example PDF"); // "add_info" in earlier versions of Dompdf | |
| /** | |
| * Send the PDF to the browser | |
| */ | |
| $dompdf->stream("invoice.pdf", ["Attachment" => 0]); | |
| /** | |
| * Save the PDF file locally | |
| */ | |
| $output = $dompdf->output(); | |
| file_put_contents("file.pdf", $output); |
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| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <html> | |
| <head> | |
| <meta charset="UTF-8"> | |
| <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]"> | |
| <style> | |
| table { | |
| width: 100%; | |
| } | |
| footer { | |
| text-align: center; | |
| font-style: italic; | |
| } | |
| </style> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <img src="example.png"> | |
| <h1>Invoice</h1> | |
| <p>Name: {{ name }}</p> | |
| <table> | |
| <thead> | |
| <tr> | |
| <th>Product</th> | |
| <th>Quantity</th> | |
| </tr> | |
| </thead> | |
| <tbody> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td>A sample product</td> | |
| <td style="text-align: right">{{ quantity }}</td> | |
| </tr> | |
| </tbody> | |
| </table> | |
| <footer> | |
| This is an example | |
| </footer> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
idont get thoes lines, even if i copypase your hole code. i also downloaded gutenberg and linked it localy and no change.
just wondering why
Hi Daveh,
Could you please tell me the version of Dompdf you used in this project?
@rwsons Of course - version 1.2.2
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Hi Dave,
Thnx for the reply, no worries for it being late :-), I solved this by creating a html page on the fly, then sending that to the file_get_contents, I suppose it's a bit of work around, but as I am using this functionality already to keep some of my PHP separate from my html I decided to re-use it.
Anyway thank you again for a most excellent video.
Mark.