gonzakpo/tcpdfbundle

Provides TCPDF integration for Symfony

How to Install

Installation

Using composer

Add following lines to your composer.json file:, _(*1)

Symfony 2.3.*

"require": {
  ...
  "gonzakpo/tcpdfbundle": "dev-master"
}

Execute:, _(*2)

php composer.phar update "gonzakpo/tcpdfbundle"

Add it to the AppKernel.php class:, _(*3)

// ...
new Io\TcpdfBundle\IoTcpdfBundle(),

No Using composer

1. Download TCPDF library at http://sourceforge.net/projects/tcpdf/files/ and put it in vendor folder, _(*4)

2. Add this bundle to your vendor/ dir, _(*5)

   • Vendor Mode Add the following lines in your deps file::, _(*6)

     [IoTcpdfBundle] git=git://github.com/ioalessio/IoTcpdfBundle.git target=/bundles/Io/TcpdfBundle, _(*7)

     Run the vendor script:, _(*8)

     ./bin/vendors install, _(*9)

3. Add the "Io" namespace to your autoloader:, _(*10)

   // app/autoload.php
   $loader->registerNamespaces(array(
   'Io' => __DIR__.'/../vendor/bundles',
   // your other namespaces
   ));
   
   //in same file include tcpdf library
   require_once __DIR__.'/../vendor/tcpdf/tcpdf.php';

4. Add the "Io" namespace to your kernel:, _(*11)

   // app/ApplicationKernel.php
   public function registerBundles()
   {
       return array(
           // ...
           new Io\TcpdfBundle\IoTcpdfBundle(),
           // ...
       );
   }

HOW TO USE:

  //in mybundle/controllers/myController.php

    class MyController extends Controller
    {
        /**
         * @Route("/mypage.pdf")
         */
        public function mypageAction()
        {
            $html = $this->renderView('MyBundle:MyController:mypage.pdf.twig', array());

            //io_tcpdf will returns Response object
            return $this->get('io_tcpdf')->quick_pdf($html);
        }
    }

 //in mybundle/Resources/views/myController.pdf.twig

      put here your html code

TODO

• smart method for easier PDF generation and customization
• cache pdf generation
• @PDF('template.twig') annotation system