How to make a pdf file using PHP

Question

How can I make a PDF file in PHP. What I want to make is a student list. So I want to query the database, get the information and give it to the user as a PDF when he clicks generate student list.

Answer 1

PEAR has the PEAR::File_PDF package.

Answer 2

There are are already many libraries available with PHP bindings. One that comes to mind is PDFLib (www.pdflib.com). If I am not mistaken there should even be a lite version that you can use for free. But just check it out.

Hope it helps

Answer 3

You have two good options first is the standard php library for manipulating pdf's: http://us2.php.net/pdf

Or you can use http://www.fpdf.org/. I would recommend the second.

Other options include: www.pdflib.com

Answer 4

I use the ezPDF class. Lightweight, simple, easy to use, and handles most cases.

Answer 5

FPDF is a classical in the field. It seems it has limitations when handling Unicode (eg. Asian char sets), so there are libraries extending it (UFPDF, TCPDF...).