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Learn how to deploy PDFlib products as PHP extensions on various platforms and test your installation with examples. Find out the required skill levels, license options and hosting considerations for PDFlib products.
Starting with PHP 4.0.5, the PHP extension for PDFlib is officially supported by PDFlib GmbH. This means that all the functions described in the PDFlib Reference Manual are supported by PHP 4 with exactly the same meaning and the same parameters.
The PDFlib Cookbook package for PHP contains the PHP scripts and sample input data, as well as an index.html overview page. As a prerequisite for compiling and executing the PDFlib Cookbook topics the PDFlib binary library for PHP (e.g. php_pdflib.so for Linux) must be installed.
I personally generate XSL:FO from PHP and use Apache FOP to convert it to PDF. Not a PHP-native solution, not very efficient either, but it works well even if you need to generate PDF with very complex layouts.
A basic PHP PDF library based on FPDF. The goal of this libary is to add basic typesetting primitives, basic HTML support and additional features to FPDF to simplify the document-specific code required.
This code requires that you use the PDFlib library for it to function properly. pdf_set_info($pdf, "Author", "John Doe"); //Set info about your PDF. pdf_set_info($pdf, "Title", "HelloWorld"); pdf_begin_page($pdf, (72 * 8.5), (72 * 11)); //specify page width and height.
If you only have PDFLib Lite installed, I would not recommend bothering with this library, as you can really only output text and import an image, and that's about it. Forget about adding complexities such as color, blocks and other elements. Switch to an open source library such as FreePDF (http://www.fpdf.org). up.
