[FX.php List] [Offish] PDF generation

[Dale Bengston]

I expect the cruft is related to font support.

Dale

On Feb 16, 2011, at 1:27 AM, Steve Winter wrote:

> Hi Stephen
> 
> Take valid XHTML document styled with CSS, push it through some process with as little work as humanly possible, end up with a PDF that looks pretty much identical... for this gig it's nothing too complex, and the recommendations both on and off list of mPDF are good, and I had settled on using that, till I downloaded it and found I ended up with with 242 files, totalling just under 30Mb... what on earth is that about...??
> 
> I took a look at https://github.com/mreiferson/php-wkhtmltox/blob/master/README which looks really promising however I can't get it to compile, and it requires installations on the server, rather than being able to be deployed through source code upload.
> 
> Based on what I've seen and read, I think cleaning out all the 'cruft' in mPDF to get it down to a sensible size is the way forward...
> 
> Cheers
> Steve
> 
> On 16 Feb 2011, at 02:13, Stephen Grant wrote:
> 
>> There's a variety of methods for PDF generation available; 
>> Tell me a bit more about your requirements; we've probably got an existing
>> library that can help.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tim 'Webko' Booth" <tim at nicheit.com.au>
>> To: "FX.php Discussion List" <fx.php_list at mail.iviking.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 9:50:52 AM
>> Subject: Re: [FX.php List] [Offish] PDF generation
>> 
>> Dear Steve,
>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> I've used fpdf quite a bit in the past, and have need of pdf  
>>> generation for a current project and IIRC someone on the list (maybe  
>>> you Joel?) mentioned an alternative which they had worked with  
>>> recently and found a little more user-friendly than fpdf...
>>> 
>>> Anyone remember what it was...?
>> 
>> I've checked my archive, and can't find anything else mentioned in the  
>> last few years...
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> Webko
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