Generate a PDF with PHP

Published: 06 June 2022
on channel: Dave Hollingworth

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Learn how to generate a PDF file using PHP.

PDF files are useful because the formatting is always reliable - its contents will always display in exactly the same way no matter where you are viewing it.

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In this video you'll learn how to:
• use the Dompdf library to generate a PDF file
• make the browser download the file or open it inline
• add styling to the PDF content
• insert images
• insert user-supplied, dynamic content
• use inline, embedded and external CSS for styling
• save the generated PDF file locally

Also learn how to easily fix the common Dompdf problem when inserting images: "Image not found or type unknown".

Code shown in the video:
‣ https://gist.github.com/daveh/88ff8c5...

Dompdf package:
‣ https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf

Sample image:
‣ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service...

Thumbnail icon:
‣ https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/pdf

CSS:
‣ https://watercss.kognise.dev/
‣ https://github.com/BafS/Gutenberg

00:00 Introduction
00:35 Install Dompdf
01:02 Basic PDF generation
02:49 Change PDF filename
03:25 Display PDF inline
04:21 Styling and layout
05:23 Images
06:14 Setting options 1
06:47 Setting options 2
07:36 Setting page options
08:16 Document metadata
09:08 Create the form
10:11 Classless CSS
10:42 Dynamic data
11:55 HTML template
16:19 Using CSS
17:52 Enable remote resources
18:13 Save PDFs locally
18:59 Summary

#PHP #PDF

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