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HTML2PDF - New Version Notes

These notes are based on HTML2PDF ver 3.21 dated 2010-05-07. They should still be valid for newer versions.

HTML2PDF allows you to take existing html output (with some limitations) and create a PDF file. If you are working in PHP, then the html that is used to create a screen display can be used to create a PDF file.

Using it is as simple as:


        

/*
     This is a simple example of using HTML2PDF
*/

// -------- This is our input ----------------
//  This example is setup to show pagination with headers and footers

$strContent = '
        
             test0
             

             Here is some test text
             

            
        
             The end of page 1
        
        
        
            
                  Here is the page header
            
        
             Here is page 2
             can I do another page this way?
             
Yes I can
            
                  This is the page footer
            
        
        
        
             Now here is page 3
        
        
        ';
        // ---------------------------------------------------------------
        
    require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/../html2pdf.class.php');


    try {

          $pdf = new HTML2PDF();
		$pdf->setDefaultFont('Arial');
          $pdf->WriteHTML($strContent);

          $pdf->Output("$f_out");

          }
     catch(HTML2PDF_exception $e) { echo "
ERROR: ".$e; }