[UPHPU] Any recommendations for PHP PDF Creation?

[Alvaro Carrasco]

Mike Mackrory wrote:
> Hey Guys,
>  
> I was hoping I could tap into the experience of the group...
>  
> I've been working on an application for a couple of years with a couple of
> other developers.  We have a few pieces which create PDFs, and have ended up
> with 2 or 3 PDF solutions, none of which work that well.
>  
> Does anyone have any recommendations for a PDF writer for PHP which works
> well, is efficient, and will allow us to create reports, print out text and
> graphics and that kind of thing.  In the past we've tried to go with free
> open source type solutions as well, which might be our problem, so if there
> are any commercial products that anyone has experience with, or could
> recommend, we'd consider those as well.
>  
> Thanks!
>  
> Mike

My preference is to output XSL-FO files using php and transform them to
PDF using Apache FOP: http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/

Editing an XSL-FO is a lot easier IMO than placing text programatically.

Alvaro