On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Ashley Sheridan <a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-08-04 at 17:33 -0700, Michael Calkins wrote: > >> I have found various online tools that do this but nothing that has >> documented it as a tutorial so I can understand it. I found the >> html_to_pdf.inc.php script that is entirely undocumented so I am not sure >> how to use it exactly. >> I am trying to export generated HTML (an invoice for a customer) to a >> saveable PDF that is downloaded. Any ideas? >> >> From,Michael calkinsmichaelcalk...@live.com360-941-6750 >> >> > > > As far as I'm aware, it's not as simple as it seems. Basically, HTML is > subject to interpretation by the user agent (browser) so doesn't look > consistent on all platforms. A PDF is meant to follow a fairly rigid > format that defines exactly how the output should be displayed (as it's > a presentational format) > > What you could do though, if you're already producing the HTML output, > is to use the FPDF class to create the PDF you need, with appropriate > calls made from within your existing PHP code. > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > >
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