[FX.php List] [Offish] PDF generation

[Steve Winter]

ggt that's what I want to do then, have that output automatically put into a pdf...

Steve

On 16 Feb 2011, at 23:49, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:

> 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
>> 
>> Sent from the iPhone of Steve Winter
>> Matatiro Solutions
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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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