[FX.php List] [Offish] PDF generation

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

Did any of you look into using HTML w/CSS media=print?

ggt

2011/2/16 Steve Winter <steve at bluecrocodile.co.nz>:
> Hey Joel...
>
> I wasn't planing on taking to mPDF itself with the pruning saw, just all the other extraneous files, folders and lord knows what all else :-)
>
> That said, your suggestion of contacting the developer is a good one, since he may be more easily able to identify the 'core' files than me and may also be interested in a 'deployment' package rather than a 'development' one...
>
> I'll let you know how I get one...
>
> Cheers
> Steve
>
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> On 16 Feb 2011, at 18:56, Joel Shapiro <jsfmp at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> 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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