README

This component is to run JasperReports reports in PHP with using JavaBridge.

Why?

JasperReports is a great tool to generate reports with different output formats (for example: PDF, DOC, XLS), and it comes with a wysiwyg editor, JasperSoft Studio.

Requirements

To get this work, you have to install JavaBridge and add required .jars from JasperReports.

• JavaBridge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/php-java-bridge
• JasperReports: https://sourceforge.net/projects/jasperreports
• JasperSoft Studio: https://sourceforge.net/projects/jasperstudio

There is a script in the Resources/script dir to easily start the standalone JavaBridge server with the jar files included in the classpath

Install

Clone the project

    git clone https://github.com/polarbearhandler/phpjasper.git

Using composer

    composer require polarbear/phpjasper

For JavaBridge include you should set allow_url_include to On in php.ini

Limitations

Currently, the JavaBridge should run on the same machine. It's recommended to run the JavaBridge with the same user as your webserver (www-data)

This library was tested with JasperReports 6.17.0

Test and usage

Just run the tests Check the test suite for an example how to pass datasource/parameters to the report

    phpunit src/