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DompdfHelper - a lightweight library wrapper Laminas module

Requirements

• Laminas

Installation

Installation of DompdfHelper uses PHP Composer. For more information about PHP Composer, please visit the official PHP Composer site.

Installation steps

1. cd my/project/directory

2. create a composer.json file with following contents:

   {
       "require": {
           "rarog/dompdf-helper": "^4.0"
       }
   }

3. install PHP Composer via curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php (on windows, download http://getcomposer.org/installer and execute it with PHP)

4. run php composer.phar install

5. open my/project/directory/config/application.config.php and add the following key to your modules:

   'DompdfHelper',

Configuration options

You can override default options via the dompdf key in your local or global config files. See the config/dompdf.config.php.dist file for the list of default settings.

Full list of possible settings is available at the official Dompdf library site.

Example usage

Controller factory

<?php

namespace My\Factory\Controller;

use Interop\Container\ContainerInterface;
use My\Controller\ExampleController;

class ExampleControllerFactory implements FactoryInterface
{
    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     * @see \Laminas\ServiceManager\Factory\FactoryInterface::__invoke()
     */
    public function __invoke(ContainerInterface $container, $requestedName, array $options = null)
    {
        return new ExampleController(
            $container->get('dompdf')
        );
    }
}

Controller

<?php

namespace My\Controller;

use Dompdf\Dompdf;
use Laminas\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController;

class ExampleController extends AbstractActionController
{
    /**
     * @var Dompdf
     */
    private $dompdf;

    /**
     * Constructor
     *
     * @param Dompdf $dompdf
     */
    public function __construct(
        Dompdf $dompdf
    ) {
        $this->dompdf = $dompdf;
    }

    public function indexAction()
    {
        $this->dompdf->load_html('<strong>Hello World</strong>');
        $this->dompdf->render();

        file_put_contents(__DIR__ . '/document.pdf', $this->dompdf->output());
    }
}