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borales/yii-pdf
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Yii-wrapper for PHP-PDF libraries (mPDF, HTML2PDF)

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Yii-PDF Extension
=================

[](#yii-pdf-extension)

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Small Yii extension, that wraps a few PHP libraries (mPDF and HTML2PDF so far) to convert HTML to PDF

### Resources

[](#resources)

- [Yii Framework](http://yiiframework.com/)
- [mPDF](http://www.mpdf1.com/) - is a PHP class to generate PDF files from HTML with Unicode/UTF-8 and CJK support
- [HTML2PDF](http://html2pdf.fr/en/default) - is a PHP class using FPDF for the PHP4 release, and TCPDF for the PHP5 release. It can convert valid HTML and xHTML to PDF

### Requirements

[](#requirements)

- Yii 1.1.9 or above
- [mPDF](http://www.mpdf1.com/mpdf/download) version 5.3 (has been released 2011-07-21) or above
- [HTML2PDF](http://sourceforge.net/projects/phphtml2pdf/) version 4.03 (has been released 2011-05-27) or above

### Official documentation and examples

[](#official-documentation-and-examples)

- mPDF - [manual](http://mpdf1.com/manual/) and [examples](http://www.mpdf1.com/mpdf/examples)
- HTML2PDF - [Wiki](http://wiki.spipu.net/doku.php?id=html2pdf:en:Accueil) and [examples](http://html2pdf.fr/en/example)

### Installation

[](#installation)

- Download and extract extension to the directory `protected/extensions/yii-pdf`
- Download and extract library ([mPDF](http://www.mpdf1.com/mpdf/download) and/or [HTML2PDF](http://sourceforge.net/projects/phphtml2pdf/)) to own directory in catalog `protected/vendors` or set new value for `'librarySourcePath'` parameter in `'params'` array
- Array `'defaultParams'` - this is an array of constructor's default params of selected library. If you want to change default params - you can set them in config file (like shown below). If you do so - **you must keep the order of array items!**
- In your `protected/config/main.php`, add the following:

### Installation (through composer)

[](#installation-through-composer)

- Add to your `composer.json` file the following line `"borales/yii-pdf": "dev-master"`

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