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Hi,

I have been trying to create pdf with php for so long, but no success

I want to convert an already created php webpage to a pdf file. Please help.

Also, please tell me, is it feasible to convert the webpage into pdf on the click of a button of a webform, I am asking this because I suppose "pdflib" is required to be installed. So how will I achieve this fuctionality if I want the page to be converted to pdf on a website.

Please let me know, if I am not clear.

I want this at the earliest. Thanks so much in advance.
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Hi me_great, welcome to the forums,
Similar to having a PHP script output the HTML page, have a script use the same source but output a PDF file. Then have a link go to that file indicating what "page" to create.
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Hi Mittineague,

Sorry for the inconvenience,But, can you please elaborate your reply.

Thanks.

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Hi me_great, welcome to the forums,
Similar to having a PHP script output the HTML page, have a script use the same source but output a PDF file. Then have a link go to that file indicating what "page" to create.
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Right now you have PHP script that outputs your HTML pages. Write script that uses the same content source (most likely a database, maybe XML files?) that you are using to create the pages, but outputs PDF files instead. Then link to that script on each page.

How are you generating your pages now?
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Hi Mittineague,

I got it what you tried to say. Thanks for that. I will try that and let you know if I still face some issue.

However, I have another problem , if you could help me with.

Whenever, I try and write "$pdf=pdf_new();", it gives the error message-- Fatal Error: pdf_new() not found.

I just wanted to know, where is the issue. FYI, I have installed the PDFLib.


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Right now you have PHP script that outputs your HTML pages. Write script that uses the same content source (most likely a database, maybe XML files?) that you are using to create the pages, but outputs PDF files instead. Then link to that script on each page.

How are you generating your pages now?
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$p = PDF_new() is the syntax for PHP ver. 4
The syntax for PHP ver. 5 is $p = new PDFlib()
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.pdf.php
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Hi Mittineague,

I get the same error for the PDFLib() class as well. But I got into the root of the things and found out that I was using PDFLib Lite instead of PDFLib.

And, PDFLib Lite doesnot support all the functions and classes used to create pdfs, thats why I kept on getting the error.

I cannot buy PDFLib, can you suggest any free tool , which I can use to create PDFs in php.

Thanks in advance.
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I thought PDFlib was free except for commercial use. But maybe you want it for commercial use or things have changed. In any case, the PHP documentation addresses this desire http://us2.php.net/manual/en/faq.us...q.using.freepdf, but I can't recommend any as I haven't used them.
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I have been trying to create pdf with php for so long, but no success

I want to convert an already created php webpage to a pdf file. Please help.


Did u have the Code for that.Please let me know .I need it urgently.Please.............
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Can u help me in acheiving this functionality . i am beginner to Php and my client needs this work to be done as soon as possible.So please help me in getting this work done
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