seyfer/kohana-mpdf

Kohana module to manage pdf quick and easy

PDF View

Extension for Kohana a PDF instead of HTML. Uses MPDF to render normal HTML views as PDF Files., _(*1)

Forked to fix for use View rendered templates with Kohana Smarty module. Now improoved with new features, like reading from string, merging PDF, etc., _(*2)

mPDF version 5.7.1a !, _(*3)

Installation

Use Composer!, _(*4)

To install from packagist link:, _(*5)

"seyfer/kohana-mpdf": "dev-master"

To install from Git:, _(*6)

{
    "type": "package",
    "package": {
        "name": "kohana/modules/mpdf",
        "version": "3.3",
        "source": {
            "type": "git",
            "url": "https://github.com/seyfer/kohana-mpdf.git",
            "reference": "3.3/master"
        }
    }
}

After installation go to module folder and execute, _(*7)

composer install

This will load mPDF to vendor dir. After that add to your app index.php at the beginning, _(*8)

require vendor/autoload.php

Configuration

Edit application/bootstrap.php and add a the module:, _(*9)

Kohana::modules(array(
    ...
    'mpdf' => 'modules/mpdf',
    ...
));

Usage

Placed in a controller action:, _(*10)

// Load a view using the PDF extension
$mpdf = Kohana_MPDF::factory('pdf/example');
//Or use it with some data and with Smarty
$mpdf = Kohana_MPDF::factory("pdf/example.tpl", array("data" => $data));

//Set data for wiew later
$mpdf->setData($data);
//Or directly to PDF
$mpdf->setDataToPdf($data);

// Use CSS
$mpdf->setCss('media/css/style.css');
// And again. This is array.
$mpdf->setCss('media/css/style2.css');
//Or set array of CSS path directly to PDF
$mpdf->setCssToPdf($array);

//Render pdf with your html template and css
$mpdf->render();

//Check output with different output mode (see MPDF documentation).
$mpdf->output('mpdf.pdf', 'S');

Extended usage, _(*11)

//You can set some options
$mpdf->setCharset($charset);
$mpdf->setSourceFile($filePath);
$mpdf->setImportUse();
$mpdf->setFormat('A4');

//Save to tmp path
$mpdf->saveTpmPdfFile($data, $name);
//You can load PDF file in one command from tmp path
$mpdf->loadPdfFile($fileName);

//And finally! Parse PDF from string, not file
$mpdf->parsePdfString($pdfBinData);

//Merge different PDF to one
$mpdf = new Kohana_MPDF();
$mpdf->mergePdf(1.pdf);
$mpdf->mergePdf(2.pdf);
$mpdf->output();

You can call any mPDF methods., _(*12)

For all mPDF methods see http://www.mpdf1.com/ documentation., _(*13)