[FX.php List] [Offish] PDF generation

[Joel Shapiro]

Hey Steve

When I was playing w/ mPDF (testing out rotated tables, as discussed  
some here in thread "printable very wide table?"), the only file I  
needed to reference was mpdf.php (plus my own css file).  mpdf.php is  
a hefty 1.1MB, but it's no 30MB.

Before trying to trim the file down on your own, you might want to  
check in w/ the developer (through the forum on his website).  I asked  
him a couple questions and he was very responsive.

Cheers,
-Joel


On Feb 15, 2011, at 11:27 PM, 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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