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ponyfleisch/fpdf-stream
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FPDF Version that supports streaming directly to the browser

v0.0.4(12y ago)128MIT LicensePHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Mar 6Pushed 12y ago1 watchersCompare

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fpdf-stream
===========

[](#fpdf-stream)

This is a modified version of fpdf (1.7) which outputs pdf generation directly to the browser as it is generated page by page.

Still pre-alpha.

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

```
header('Content-Type: application/pdf');
header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="schnitzel.pdf"');

$pdf = new Pdf();

$pdf->startOutput();

for($i=0; $i < $pages; $i++){
    $pdf->AddPage();
    ob_flush();
    $pdf->SetFont('Arial','B',16);
    for($j=0; $j < 500; $j++){
        $pdf->Cell(10, 10,'Hello World! '.$j);
    }
}

$pdf->endOutput();

```

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~1 days

Total

4

Last Release

4442d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/af63e68540c6e91b8aa0bc49b93574294ebdcf23319a61cd175f3952c3e0f690?d=identicon)[ponyfleisch](/maintainers/ponyfleisch)

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Top Contributors

[![ponyfleisch](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1944026?v=4)](https://github.com/ponyfleisch "ponyfleisch (8 commits)")

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Tags

pdf

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