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milanzor/cakephp-wkhtmltopdf
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CakePHP 2.x View and Component for WkHtmlToPdf

1.0.2(8y ago)1852MITPHP

Since Mar 23Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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WkHtmlToPdf in CakePHP 2
========================

[](#wkhtmltopdf-in-cakephp-2)

Provides a View and a Component for generating PDF's through view's in Cake 2. Uses WkHtmlToPdf.

Currently only supports WkHtmlToPdf AMD64!

### How to use

[](#how-to-use)

- `composer require milanzor/cakephp-wkhtmltopdf`
- Load the plugin in Cake
- Enable parsing of extension `pdf` in your routes: `Router::parseExtensions('pdf');`
- Enable the RequestHandler to handle `.pdf` requests using the following snippet in your `(App)Controller`:

```
  public $components = [
         'RequestHandler' => [
             'viewClassMap' => [
                 'pdf' => 'CakephpWkhtmltopdf.Pdf',
             ],
         ],
     ];
```

Now when you call a page, e.g. , the RequestHandler will offhand the request to this plugin's PdfView. Resulting in your view + layout files to be rendering into a PDF.

### Available options

[](#available-options)

In your Controller methods, you can set the following viewVars:

- To force a file download: `$this->set('_download', 'filename-without-.pdf-extension');`
- To stream the pdf to the browser: `$this->set('_stream', true);`
- Save the file: `$this->set('_save', '/full/path/to/file.pdf');`
- Additional WkHtmlToPdf options can be passed to the WkHtmlToPdf PHP instance using: `$this->set('WkHtmlToPdf_options', []);`For these options, see

### Questions?

[](#questions)

Feel free to make an issue or PR!

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 77.8% 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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~1 days

Total

3

Last Release

2967d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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