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Informations about the package cakepdf

CakePdf plugin

Packagist Version PHP CakePHP CI Codecov

This is forked for CakePHP2.

Plugin containing CakePdf lib which will use a PDF engine to convert HTML to PDF.

Current engines:

Requirements

Installation

In your app directory type

Setup

In app/Config/bootstrap.php add:

Configuration

Use Configure::write('CakePdf', $config); or set Controller property $pdfConfig (only when used with PdfView) You need to define at least $config['engine']. When using CakePdf directly you can also pass the config array to constructor. The value for engine should have the Plugin.ClassName format without the Engine suffix

Configuration options:

Example:

Usage

You can use CakePdf in 2 ways, read carefully which one you actually need. Many people mix both ways and dont get the expected results.

1: Render as PDF (including forced download) in the browser with PdfView

You can create PDF view and layout files for your controller actions and have them automatically rendered. Place the view templates in a 'pdf' subdir, for instance app/View/Invoices/pdf/view.ctp Layouts will be in app/View/Layouts/pdf/default.ctp

Make sure your InvoicesController has RequestHandler Component in the $components array. Browse to http://localhost/invoices/view/1.pdf

Additionally you can map resources by adding Router::mapResources(array('Invoices')); to your routes file and you can access the same document at http://localhost/invoices/1.pdf

2: Create PDF for email attachment, file storage etc.

You can use CakePdf lib to create raw PDF data with a view template. The view file path would look like app/View/Pdf/newsletter.ctp. Layout file path would be like app/View/Layouts/pdf/default.ctp Note that layouts for both usage types are within same directory, but the view templates use different file paths Optionally you can also write the raw data to file.

Example:

Encryption

You can optionally encrypt the PDF with permissions

To use encryption you first need to select a crypto engine. Currently we support the following crypto engines:

Usage

Add the following in your bootstrap.

Options in pdfConfig:

Permissions:

By default, we deny all permissions.

To allow all permissions:

Set 'permission' to true

To allow specific permissions:

Set 'permissions' to an array with a combination of the following available permissions:

Note about static assets

Use absolute URLs for static assets in your view templates for PDFs. If you use HtmlHelper::image(), HtmlHelper::script() or HtmlHelper::css() make sure you have $options['fullBase'] = true

Another solution would be to create a AppHelper of which it would force $options['fullBase'] = true for PDF requests. e.g:

Thanks

Many thanks to Kim Biesbjerg and Jelle Henkens for their contributions. Want your name here as well? Create a pull request for improvements/other PDF engines.

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composer/installers Version ^1.0 || ^2.0
pieceofcake2/cakephp Version ^2.12
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