08.Oct.2011 at 12:38 by Paul Court via api
Very interesting and great work. Finally, PDF generation done simply!!
Template-Based DOCX, DOC & PDF Generation with the Zend Framework
Jonathan Maron (08.Oct.2011 at 12:05)
Talk at PHP North West 2011 (English - UK)
Using current PDF generation libraries in PHP, it is time consuming to get the formatting of a document exactly right. You need to choose between either the HTML-to-PDF approach, or the programmatic approach, in which you define the x and y co-ordinates of each and every element on a page.
In this lightening talk, I would like to present an alternative approach to generating not only PDF files with PHP but, amongst others, also DOCX and DOC, and even TIFF and BMP. It utilizes templates, created in a word processing package, for example Microsoft Word, and the Zend Framework.
The approach supports PHP on Linux, Windows and Mac OS.
Quicklink: https://joind.in/3812
Track(s): Unconference
Slides: Template-Based DOCX, DOC & PDF Generation with the Zend Framework
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08.Oct.2011 at 20:39 by Anonymous
An interesting talk - we'd been using Apache FOP for years. This was looking good and was considering looking into it more for a project until it was revealed that all the generation is done on external third-party servers.
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09.Oct.2011 at 05:33 by Jonathan Maron
Hello ANONYMOUS (08.Oct.2011 at 20:39)
First of all, thank you for your comments.
To clarify: You do not have to use an *external* third-party server. For projects, which process sensitive information, for example medical or financial records, you can license the backend LiveDocx server and install it in your own network.
Hence, the sensitive data would be kept completely in the confines of your network.
Would this be an option for your project?
Jonathan Maron
09.Oct.2011 at 14:45 by mark dalby
Jonathan gave a really good presentation on PDF generation, It is about time somebody make a simple abstraction layer to deal with the mundane tasks of working out x and y co-ordinates. I also really like the way you can choose different export formats with a simple function call.
I will be trialing your product with out new billing system in the coming weeks.
09.Oct.2011 at 20:28 by Jenny Wong
I know pdf generation is a pain and it was cool to see how Jonathan and team have solved this problem. It was really cool for him to say where ideas for the solution were found and acknowledge the people.
10.Oct.2011 at 16:48 by Alex Butter
I really like the look of this product, and eading Jonathan's comment about being able to license the server software to run it inside your own network is very interesting.
Time for some research! :)
11.Oct.2011 at 12:42 by Jamie Hurst
Cannot thank Jonathan enough for introducing me to LiveDocx, a fantastic solution to PDF generation which is a problem that plagues so many people...
The presentation was brilliant. Jonathan was enthusiastic, included some very useful code samples and a great summary of key points.
08.Oct.2011 at 11:24 by David Goodwin via api
Good stuff. Well presented and nice examples/code.