Convert web page

[jpopuk]

Hi, I posted about converting a HTML webpage to PDF which from what I have hard is pretty difficult.

Is there any other formats a page can be converted to, a word document or even just an image in a JPEG or GIF?

Any suggestions would be brilliant.

Cheers,

Paul

[facebooklicious]

There are many online converters available by which you can convert doc files and image files to any format. Just google it and you will find lot of the.

[lampcms.com]

Explain more of your situation. Why do you want to convert web page into pdf or even to an image?

'pretty difficult' is a relative term. What is pretty difficult for one programmer is just another boring task for another.

[jpopuk]

I have an invoice system, and I just want it so when an invoice has been created it has a Link that says convert to image, doc or pdf so I can download it to my computer.

[Alan22]

I am using TCPDF to convert HTML to PDF. It works quite well for me.

[jpopuk]

Is it easy to setup?

[Alan22]

Yes, it is.

There is plenty of examples: http://www.tecnick.com/public/code/c...tcpdf_examples

Installation docs: http://www.tecnick.com/public/code/c...f_installation

and more detailed API docs: http://www.tecnick.com/pagefiles/tcp...pdf/TCPDF.html

[jpopuk]

Ok, so I have a system where it generates invoices, once the invoice has been generated would TCPDF be able to generate PDF for the generated invoice?

[Alan22]

Yes, you can convert your HTML invoice into PDF document. I do it this way:

    // pdf object
    $pdf = new TCPDF();  
    
    $pdf->SetCreator(PDF_CREATOR);
    $pdf->SetAuthor("Invoicing system");
    $pdf->SetTitle("Invoice No 1234");
    $pdf->SetSubject("");
    $pdf->SetKeywords(""); 
    
    // settings
    $pdf->SetFont("dejavusans", "", 10); 
    
    // set default header data
    $pdf->SetMargins(25, 15, 25);
    
    // don't print header
    $pdf->setPrintHeader(false); 
    
    // footer
    $pdf->setFooterFont(array('dejavusans', '', PDF_FONT_SIZE_DATA));
    $pdf->SetFooterMargin(PDF_MARGIN_FOOTER);
    
    //set auto page breaks
    $pdf->SetAutoPageBreak(TRUE, PDF_MARGIN_BOTTOM);

    //set image scale factor
    $pdf->setImageScale(1.7);
    
    // init pdf doc
    $pdf->AliasNbPages();
    $pdf->AddPage();
    
    // write HTML
    $pdf->writeHTML($html, true, 0, true, 0); 
    
    // output
    $pdf->Output('invoice-1234.pdf','D'); 

Note: you need to have your HTML invoice assigned to $html variable.

[jpopuk]

Ok, so that is all the PHP I would need to convert the HTML page to PDF? Also, how do I assign the html invoice to $html variable?

Would I be able to use a button for the PHP so it says 'Save as PDF' or 'Download' ?

Cheers

[Alan22]

You can use this:

$html = implode('', file('http://your-site.com/invoice.html')); 

to get HTML invoice into $html variable.

[jpopuk]

Ok, with the file('http:...') this is would only work for the specific domain I would assume?

The invoice script I use generates the invoice within the same page as the invoice form creator, so it would all be invoice.php, so I would guess that would be a problem.

Does that make sense?