[UPHPU] Any recommendations for PHP PDF Creation?

[cole at colejoplin.com]

Hi Guys,

I have to agree with all the PDF options given so far in this thread.  
Just to give you another option, there is also R&OS  
(http://www.ros.co.nz/pdf/).  Last year, I did a small presentation to  
the group on this  
(http://colejoplin.com/presentations/pdf/PDF_and_PHP.html), but only  
covered two of them. Before I can recommend any one option, it really  
depends on what you are doing. To really help you, the questions to  
distinguish between them are these:

1) Do I need unicode?
2) Do I need forms?
3) Do I need open source?
4) What file version of PDF do I need to support up to?
5) What is my originating source (database, xml, html, doc, etc.)?

Your answers will narrow your choices down a lot, and hopefully you  
can find one that meets your needs.

Good luck,

Cole



Quoting Mike Mackrory <mike at echovue.com>:

> 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
>
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