PDF libraries versions & notes : - TCPDF : 6.0.020 (2013-06-01) http://sourceforge.net/projects/tcpdf/?source=dlp Original library used (OK for HTML to PDF + header/footer) 900 Ko
- DOMPDF : as of 2013-06-25 on Github (+ get php-font-lib submodule)
Nice rendering + inline documentation, requirements testing & examples
>200 Ko (many incs and libs)
- HTML2PDF : 3.0.2b (as of 2013-06-25)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/html2fpdf/
No working examples, light doc, bugs with images on site demo
200 Ko
- MPDF : 5.6.1
Documentation : http://www.mpdf1.com/mpdf/examples
Très bon rendu, simple à implémenter, et prise en charge des CSS
1.3 Mo
- cpdf (pdfClassesAndExtensions) 0.11.7
Pure PHP PDF generation (doesn't look very friendly for HTML to PDF)
240 Ko
FURTHER INSTALLATION : - MPDF : * Ensure that you have write permissions set (CHMOD 6xx or 7xx) for the following folders: /ttfontdata/ - used to cache font data; improves performance a lot /tmp/ - used for some images and ProgressBar /graph_cache/ - if you are using JpGraph in conjunction with mPDF To test the installation, point your browser to the basic example file : [path_to_mpdf_folder]/mpdf/examples/example01_basic.php If you wish to define a different folder for temporary files rather than /tmp/ see the note on 'Folder for temporary files' in the section on Installation & Setup in the manual (http://mpdf1.com/manual/). * Config : config.php : Configure most variables which affect mPDF. These values can be set at the beginning of individual scripts, but changes here will affect all of your PDF files. config_cp.php : Sets the options used for specified languages e.g. restricted fonts when appropriate. config_fonts.php : Details of fonts installed in mPDF.
HISTORY 1.8.2 : 200130625 - Preparing switch to various PDF generation libraries - (quick) library tests : DOMPDF or MPDF seems to get best results - added generator switcher (hardcoded yet) - switched to mpdf (easier config + CSS), BUT tcpdf has better rendering for more HTML elements
1.8.1 : 20130624 - Updated for Elgg 1.8
0.1 : first tests
- integrate TCPDF class