Html2PdfBundle

This bundle makes it very easy (and fun?) to generate PDF files in your Symfony2 project. This bundle is based on the version 4.03 of the HTML2PDF library which uses the version 5.0.002 of the TCPDF library

The Bundle is heavy but it already contains HTML2PDF and TCPDF libraries which are heavy. If you can install whatever you want on your server, we suggest you use the KnpSnappyBundle which is light and nice, but it requires the wkhtmltopdf library to be installed on your server.

Moreover, the HTML2PDF library is not perfect and some css rules are not supported. So, whenever possible, consider using the great KnpSnappyBundle.

Installation using Composer

Add to your composer.json:

{
    "require" :  {
        "obtao/html2pdf-bundle": "master-dev"
    }
}

Usage

Then register it normally in you app/AppKernel.php :

  // ...
  new Obtao\Bundle\Html2PdfBundle\ObtaoHtml2PdfBundle(),

<?php

// in a controller
public function generatePdfAction(){

	// ... some code

	$content = $this->renderView('ObtaoSomeBundle:Pdf:template.html.twig');
	$pdfData = $this->get('obtao.pdf.generator')->outputPdf($content);

	/* You can also pass some options.
	   The following options are available :
	   		protected $font = 'Arial'
			protected $format = 'P'
			protected $language = 'en'
			protected $size = 'A4'
	   Here is an example to generate a pdf with a special font and a landscape orientation
	*/
	$pdfData = $this->get('obtao.pdf.generator')->outputPdf($content,array('font'=>'Georgia','format'=>'L'));

	$response = new Response($pdfData);
	$response->headers->set('Content-Type', 'application/pdf');

	return $response;
}

The HTML2PDF library needs some rules to be respected :

• No tag
• The tag should be replaced by (the bundle handles it)
• Style needs to be defined directly in the page (and every css rules are not supported...)
• The assets path need to be adapted (see below)

Here is an example :

<page>
	<style type="text/css">
		#hello{
			color: #002549;
			font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
			text-align:center;
			font-size: 40px;
		}
	</style>

	<div id="hello">

		<div style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:1;opacity:0.6;">
			Hello you!
			<img style="opacity:0.6;" src="{{ web_path~asset('/bundles/obtaosomebundle/images/greet.png') }}" alt="background" />
		</div>

	</div>
</page>

Note: the web_path variable is defined in the app/config/config.yml file :

twig:
    globals:
        web_path: %kernel.root_dir%/../web

Credits

Html2PdfBundle has been originally developed by Obtao.