Programmatically generating PDF invoices

[debonair]

I would like to generate pdf invoices from a template using php. could someone please point me in the right direction,

Thanks!

 

[Odom]

iirc

PDFLib in PHP can do this for you.

EDIT: Sorry my advice may be worthless as I've only ever used PDFLib to push formatted text into a PDF. Not sure if it supports images etc

 

[xumwun]

You could make a HTML file and then convert it to a PDF with this http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/

 

[greggpb]

PDF invoicing is harder than you think.. unless you are talking about printing copies to pdf.. then it easy...


check out SARS for the requirements for electronics invoicing.
letter or authorisation from you client to recieve electronic invoices( the Letter needs to be kept for 5 year)
128bit encryption with ssl certs and the like..

 

[guest2013-1]

I would like to generate pdf invoices from a template using php. could someone please point me in the right direction,

Thanks!

google. I direct you over here -> www.google.com

 

[ColinR]

http://fpdf.org

works like a charm

 

[James]

We use PrinceXML, it supports both XML and HTML and supports the use of style sheets. Has a free version that will add a logo to the PDF or you can pay and get it with no logo. It is really easy to use and is hugely customisable.

 

[herbertk]

just use a pdf printer... and print to it....

 

[Kloon]

just use a pdf printer... and print to it....

I believe that is not what the OP asked for, he asked for a way to do it from PHP. You can give dompdf a try, it supports majority of css 2.1

 

[Voicy]

google. I direct you over here -> www.google.com

I bet he never thought of that. *g*

 

[BGE]

I've been doing this for quite some time, in the days of PHP4 I used ROSPDF, but they never re-coded for PHP 5... since switching to PHP 5 I've standardised on TCPDF, free-to-use library, very robust... and OO of course... I've written a data tabulation extension for it as well that I use on my project...

http://www.tcpdf.org

 

[BGE]

I believe that is not what the OP asked for, he asked for a way to do it from PHP. You can give dompdf a try, it supports majority of css 2.1

I tried it, formatting is a total pain...

 

[Kloon]

I tried it, formatting is a total pain...

Ironically I don't find it a pain at all, formatting with CSS is way easier than doing it with coords or tables.

 

[BGE]

Well everyone's experience will differ, for me the main issue was formatting inconsistencies, incorrect CSS interpretations... maybe the developers have improved the code or brought out a new version, I'll take another look at it when I have time...