[BlueOnyx:10337] Re: pdflib

[Colin Jack]

Hi Michael,

> > We have a couple of users who want pdflib installed on one of our BX
> > servers. Googling about there seem to be various ways of doing it (inc.
> > adding repos and using yum).

> The Solarspeed PHP-5.2.* and PHP-5.3.* come with the evaluation version
> PDFlib preinstalled. It's version 8.0.3 at this time and unless you purchase a
> license for it, PDFs generated with it will contain a watermark.

Okay thanks

> However, it has to be said that there are other royalty free solutions available
> to generate PDFs from within PHP scripts. Methods which don't require
> rebuilding PHP.
> 
> FPDF for example:
> 
> URL:
> http://www.fpdf.org/
> 
> Tutorial:
> http://www.fpdf.org/en/tutorial/tuto1.htm
> 
> The methods it uses are slightly different coding wise, but your script just
> needs to include the FPDF library and can then use the functions. It's pretty
> straightforward, royalty free and easy to use.

I will pass this on ;)

Thanks for your help.

Colin