convert web page to pdf

[razaksamad]

anybody can help me, how to convert from web page to pdf use a simple php scripts .........thanks

[student101]

Easy stuff,
What do you need/want to convert to pdf?

[razaksamad]

yuppp...i want to convert from html page to pdf page........hmmm...any ideas...

[student101]

Originally Posted by razaksamad

yuppp...i want to convert from html page to pdf page........hmmm...any ideas...

Here is a basic one.

You could've just googled your question and found these?

http://bg2.php.net/manual/en/ref.pdf.php
http://www.easysw.com/htmldoc/

In order the code to work, the following line in your php.ini has to be uncommented:
extension=php_pdf.dll

PHP Code:

<?php require_once('Connections/cnTest.php'); ?>
<?php
// select data from database for the PDF
mysql_select_db($database_cnTest, $cnTest);
$query_rsReportData = "SELECT * FROM categories";
$rsReportData = mysql_query($query_rsReportData, $cnTest) or die(mysql_error());
$row_rsReportData = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsReportData);
$totalRows_rsReportData = mysql_num_rows($rsReportData);
?>
<?php
// create handle for new PDF document
$pdf = pdf_new();
// open a file
pdf_open_file($pdf, "");

// Set Info
pdf_set_info($pdf, "Author", "Your name");
pdf_set_info($pdf, "Title", "Report");
pdf_set_info($pdf, "Creator", "Your name");
pdf_set_info($pdf, "Subject", "Report");

// start a new page (A4)
pdf_begin_page($pdf, 595, 842);

// path of your TTF font directory 
$fontdir = "C:\WINDOWS\Fonts";

// Open .TTFs (true type fonts)
pdf_set_parameter($pdf, "FontOutline", "ArialItalic=$fontdir\ariali.ttf");
pdf_set_parameter($pdf, "FontOutline", "ArialBold=$fontdir\ARIALBD.TTF");
pdf_set_parameter($pdf, "FontOutline", "Arial=$fontdir\ARIAL.TTF");

// ------ Start output of the PDF Content ------//
// set the font - Arial Bold 15
$font = pdf_findfont($pdf, "ArialBold", "host",0); pdf_setfont($pdf, $font, 15);  
// output document title
pdf_show_xy($pdf, "Categories Report", 50, 788);
// draw a line
pdf_moveto($pdf, 20, 780);
pdf_lineto($pdf, 575, 780);
pdf_stroke($pdf);

// set the font - Arial Italic 12
$font = pdf_findfont($pdf, "ArialItalic", "host",0); pdf_setfont($pdf, $font, 12);
$y = 750;
// output data header
pdf_show_xy($pdf, "Category:", 50, $y);
$y -= 5;

// set the font - Arial 10
$font = pdf_findfont($pdf, "Arial", "host",0); pdf_setfont($pdf, $font, 10);

// output the data from Database
do 
{       $y -= 15;
        pdf_show_xy($pdf, $row_rsReportData['name'], 50, $y);
} 
while ($row_rsReportData = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsReportData));

// ------ End output of the PDF Content ------//

// end page
pdf_end_page($pdf);

// close and save file
pdf_close($pdf);

$buf = pdf_get_buffer($pdf);
$len = strlen($buf);

header("Content-type: application/pdf");
header("Content-Length: $len");
header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=report.pdf");
echo $buf;

pdf_delete($pdf);
?>
<?php
mysql_free_result($rsReportData);
?>

[M.W.S.]

and if you don't have access to php.ini, you can use http://sourceforge.net/projects/html2fpdf libraries. You can easily convert html content of file into PDF

[razaksamad]

thank you sooooooooooooo much

[student101]

Sure thing~