library electron-pdf-php

silvioiannone/electron-pdf-php

A PHP wrapper for electron-pdf

Introduction

electron-pdf-php is a PHP wrapper of electron-pdf. It simply provides a PHP interface for the electron-pdf cli tool., _(*1)

Requirements

• Linux or MacOS
• Electron PDF

Installation

First install electron-pdf globally:, _(*2)

npm install -g electron-pdf

Require electron-pdf-php using composer:, _(*3)

composer require silvioiannone/electron-pdf-php

Usage

Usage is super easy:, _(*4)

$generator = new SI\ElectronPdfPhp\Generator();
$pdf = $generator->fromHtml($html)
    ->content();

Settings

When instantiating a new generator instance the following settings may be passed to the constructor:, _(*5)

• executable => string - Path to the electron-pdf executable. Default: 'electron-pdf'
• proxyWithNode => bool - Execute the command using node. This may be necessary in some cases where the error env: node: command not found is thrown. Default: false
• graphicalEnvironment => bool - Whether the server has a graphical environment. This is only valid on Linux machines that have Xvfb installed. Default: false
• marginsType => int - Specify the type of margins to use:
  • 0: default margins
  • 1: no margins (electron-pdf default setting)
  • 2: minimum margins

Example:, _(*6)

$generator = new SI\ElectronPdfPhp\Generator([
    'executable' => '/usr/local/bin/electron-pdf'
    ...
]);

Specify a source

Generate a PDF from a URL:, _(*7)

// Generate the PDF from a URL
$pdf = $generator->from('http://google.com')
    ->content();

Generate a PDF from HTML:, _(*8)

// Generate the PDF from HTML
$pdf = $generator->fromHtml('<h1>Test<h1>')
    ->content();

Specify a destination

Save the PDF to a file:, _(*9)

$generator->from('http://google.com')
    ->to('/home/downloads/test.pdf');

Get the PDF contents:, _(*10)

$pdf = $generator->from('http://google.com')
    ->content();