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PDF Generation via DOMPDF Library
=================================

[](#pdf-generation-via-dompdf-library)

Input:

- HTML string (which could be rendered template)
- HTML File

Output

- PDF File location
- SS File
- PDF binary stream to browser

Quickly getting started
-----------------------

[](#quickly-getting-started)

Find the ID number of a page (ie 1) and go to; /pdf/1

Customize your tempalte by copying DefaultPDF to your theme directory.

View raw output by going to; /pdf/1?show

Example usage
-------------

[](#example-usage)

```
$pdf = new SS_DOMPDF();
$pdf->setHTML($mydataobject->renderWith('MyTemplate'));
$pdf->render();
$pdf->toFile('mypdf.pdf');

```

Debugging
---------

[](#debugging)

The $pdf->streamdebug(); function is useful for quickly viewing pdfs, particularly if your browser supports displaying pdfs, rather than downloading.

You can check your html before it is converted like this:

```
echo $mydataobject->renderWith('MyTemplate');die();

```

Once this has been installed then you need to; parse your PDF templates to a .html file get dompdf to convert the saved .html file

A more advanced solution would be something like;

class CustomPage\_Controller extends Page\_Controller {

```
public function mypdf(){
	if($member = Member::currentUser()){
		Requirements::clear();

		if(!file_exists(ASSETS_PATH."/private")) mkdir(ASSETS_PATH."/private");

		require_once 'Zend/Date.php';
		$defaultDateFormat =Zend_Date::now()->toString($member->DateFormat);
		$defaultTimeFormat = Zend_Date::now()->toString($member->TimeFormat);

		$content = $this->customise(array(
			'Member'	=> $member
		))->renderWith(array('pdf'));

		$filename=ASSETS_PATH."/private/current-pdf-{$member->ID}.html";
		$baseFile = preg_replace('/\\.pdf$/','',$filename);

		$fh = fopen($baseFile, "w+") or user_error("Couldn't open $baseFile.html for writing", E_USER_ERROR);
		fwrite($fh, $content) or user_error("Couldn't write content to $baseFile.html", E_USER_ERROR);
		fclose($fh);

		$dompdf = new SS_DOMPDF();
		$dompdf->load_html_file(ASSETS_PATH."/private/current-pdf-{$member->ID}.html");

		if ( isset($base_path) ) {$dompdf->set_base_path($base_path);}

		$paper = DOMPDF_DEFAULT_PAPER_SIZE;
		$orientation = "portrait";

		$dompdf->set_paper($paper, $orientation);
		$dompdf->render();

		$outfile = substr("{$member->FullName()}_{$defaultDateFormat}_{$defaultTimeFormat}", 0, 250).".pdf";

		$dompdf->stream(Convert::raw2xml($outfile));
	}
}

/**
* You may also like this 'test' function
**/
public function testpdf(){
	if($member = Member::currentUser()){
		Requirements::clear();
		require_once 'Zend/Date.php';
		$defaultDateFormat =Zend_Date::now()->toString($member->DateFormat);
		$defaultTimeFormat = Zend_Date::now()->toString($member->TimeFormat);

		$property=$member->SavedProperty();
		$content = $this->customise(array(
			'Member'	=> $member
		))->renderWith(array('pdf'));
		return $content;
	}
}

```

}

###  Health Score

19

—

LowBetter than 10% of packages

Maintenance14

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity33

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

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