Path must be absolute ("/tmp/") - Windows machine

[Soufraz]

Hi folks,
On windows run a xampp server, when I try generate a pdf with wkhtmltopdf, I get this error:

Path must be absolute ("/tmp/")

How to fixed this specifically on windows?
I need set my windows path tmp? I did try it, buth nothing yet..
Thanks advance..

[Soufraz]

I fixed enter the full path to a tmp folder I created in my root project folder in windows ..
But now, when I try to regenerate the wkhtmltopdf says: 'WKHTMLTODPF did not return any data'
I need to configure something specific to windows ??

[chonthu]

http://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html youll need to download the windows binary and point your config to the right path

[briedis]

I created a config file for my local environment (windows) in this path:

app/config/packages/nitmedia/wkhtml2pdf/local/config.php

And the contents look like this:

return [
    'debug' => true,
    'binpath' => '/Program Files/wkhtmltopdf/bin/',
    'binfile' => 'wkhtmltopdf.exe',
    'tmppath' => '/tmp/',
];

I created an empty directory too (so it matches needed /tmp/ path):

C:\\tmp\

[parhs]

Did it work ? I didnt have any luck and I used this fork . https://github.com/vodun/wkhtml2pdf

It seems to work fine. Seems/claims that it works fine for large files

[chonthu]

Don't see much changes other than the config file pointing to a windows executable

[parhs]

On my windows machine to get it working I had to make these changes but at pipeexec() it hangs for ever. A quick fix was to disable error pipe.I guess the problem is that windows and with php work in blocking mode with pipes no matter your setting.
I am going to provide another solution that should work as nonblocking but not sure about its quality.

[briedis]

@parhs YES! I had the same problem! Windows7, downloaded win executable. It hangs on fgets() call, loads forever... Sometimes it even generates the pdf, but mostly freezes.

[parhs]

@briedis Does setting this false works for you ?

https://github.com/NitMedia/wkhtml2pdf/blob/master/src/Nitmedia/Wkhtml2pdf/Wkhtml2pdf.php#L939

I mean for me seems to work as a quick temp fix.

[briedis]

@parhs Yes, setting $read_error = true; to false solves the problem on windows (7)! Thanks!

[chonthu]

Ok, let me make that into a config option then, so you don't have to edit the core files

Nithin Meppurathu

On Sep 4, 2014, at 6:27 AM, briedis notifications@github.com wrote:

@parhs Yes, setting $read_error = true; to false solves the problem on windows (7)! Thanks!

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[cristinadd]

Hi,
I am on windows and run a xampp server too, I tried all things above, downloaded the windows binary creating the config file,the tmp directory, set $read_error = false but I get ["stderr"]=> string(101) "'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. "
I installed the wkhtmltopdf in another location,and the error is not displaying anymore, but it still doesn't create the pdf, just the html in the tmp directory. I am using laravel 4.1.31.

[parhs]

@cristinadd I said read_output for false check the link. However clonthu might have added it

[cristinadd]

@parhs Thanks for your replay, I set and $read_output = false but nothing happens, just the html is outputted.

[bretto36]

@cristinadd Can you install the files in c: instead of in Program files folder as the shell commands don't like spaces. You normally have to use the special naming for Program~% or something like that. It was easier to uninstall the files, then reinstall in a base folder. C:/wkhtml2pdf/

[nahuelhds]

In my case, I'm on windows 64 bits, and the problem was because the wkhtmltopdf-i386 is 32bits, so I needed to include the 64 bits binary. Plus, I've renamed the file with ".exe" to make it work.