[FX.php List] PHP question: Presenting the user with multiple pages from each result

[Dale Bengston]

Hi Leo,

I started using FPDF in 2001 or 2002, and I had the exact opposite  
reaction when I compared it to PDFlib. One of the biggest detractions  
from PDFlib is the necessity to have it compiled into PHP. I rarely  
have control over client web server installs to the extent that I can  
modify or mandate the way PHP is installed. Another big detraction is  
cost: the free version of PDFlib is only licensed for private or  
research work, which excludes its use in commercial solutions like  
those I produce unless I pay US$995.

The documentation for FPDF is very good. It's a nice, portable PHP  
class like FX.php. It is extendable in many ways (like the wonderful  
FPDI). And the price is right.

Dale


On Jul 2, 2009, at 3:24 PM, Leo R. Lundgren wrote:

> I can't really speak for fpdf because last time I used it was over  
> two years ago. At that time I was evaluating FPDF and PDFlib and  
> found that the latter was way more mature and competent. I cannot  
> tell what shortcomings FPDF had though, it's too long since. I just  
> know that there was no doubt about which one to choose :)
>
> In this specific case though, it sounds like what you want to do  
> isn't that big of a deal, so I think both products will do what you  
> need them to. And to be realistic, fpdf is the easiest to "install"  
> since it's only a bunch of PHP files. The PDFlib extension is  
> something you must install, and if you're on some crappy shared  
> hosting you might run into trouble because you can't do it yourself.
>
> Regarding ease of use I don't think either one of them is hard in  
> any way, and for a very small project it's a "whichever". It's  
> natural that whichever you choose, you must read SOME about it. On  
> the PDFlib side there's a cookbook at http://www.pdflib.com/en/developer/cookbook/ 
>  , but I highly recommend the PDFlib tutorial which comes with the  
> download -- it's very balanced reading both on details and "how to".
>
> Any one of them will probably do, pick something that just  
> works[tm] :-)
>
> -|
>
> 2 jul 2009 kl. 20.24 skrev Steve Winter:
>
>> I can't speak for PDFlib, but in terms of fpdf, it's relatively  
>> straight forward, take a look at http://www.fpdf.org/ and more  
>> particularly the tutorials which are there and show you pretty  
>> quickly how to create a pdf document...
>>
>> Cheers
>> Steve
>>
>>
>> On 2 Jul 2009, at 18:48, John Funk wrote:
>>
>>> Would writing the code to make a simple label with 6 or so text  
>>> fields a logo and 3 barcodes (jpg images) from dynamic data be  
>>> very complicated? (I know how to make the barcode images) I am not  
>>> sure I have the time for my learning curve with using the libs.
>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/2/09 12:34 PM, "Steve Winter" <steve at bluecrocodile.co.nz>  
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> the fpdf class I've mentioned and PDFlib which Leo mentioned  
>>>> would have helped you do... ;-)
>>>
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