html to pdf conversion in laravel 4

Question

I am using laravel 4 and having problem with html to pdf conversion.

I have a method download, when this method is called based upon the parameter passed i call some other methods(e.g download1() method). This method(download1() method) returns the View::make('temp'). Now i want to convert this into pdf and show a download prompt.

I tried using several library but not able to convert it into pdf. Please if anyone have used it before help me.

FYI i am using ubuntu box .

Thanks in advance. Nikhil

Using Non latin characters? ( Arabic, Greek, Chinese e.t.c.) ? — George D., Nov 05 '13 at 10:38

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 02 '13 at 10:37

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Take a look at this package, you gonna like it. https://github.com/thujohn/pdf-l4

answered Nov 02 '13 at 10:37

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 05 '13 at 11:08

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I was stuck hard with this one as well. My HTML views are full of Non Latin characters (Greek) characters, and I had many many problems with dompdf solutions with encoding and CSS rules. So I tried this one wkhtml2pdf and just worked out of the box! Not even one problem. I don't know if its really the best, its sure is in my case though :-)

There is an interesting discussion about this (PDF in laravel) in linkein as well. Take a look here "What is the Best HTML to PDF converter for Laravel 4"

answered Nov 05 '13 at 11:08

George D.

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I am in ubuntu box, What driver type should i use ?? – Nikhil Agrawal Nov 06 '13 at 07:21
It depends! I am using the 64 bit but I know that I have this version. Run uname -a to see this info. If you see something like "x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux" you have 64bit. – George D. Nov 07 '13 at 12:47
I am using the command line version of Wkhtmltopdf, running the command through system PHP function .. Thanks for your help. :) – Nikhil Agrawal Nov 11 '13 at 14:47
This package integrates wkhtml2pdf nicely with Laravel: https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-snappy – Barryvdh Feb 16 '14 at 15:56

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 02 '13 at 14:42

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I'm using this https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-dompdf successfully ... can recommend ...

answered Nov 02 '13 at 14:42

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I'm using it too. But, if you ever need to use CSS3 with it: JUST DON'T! Too painful! – Dennis Braga Nov 04 '13 at 17:55

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