[nycphp-talk] HTML -> PDF
Russ Demarest
rsd at electronink.com
Tue May 31 12:53:32 EDT 2005
If you create the PDF on the server then pass it to the browser it
may work better. I am not sure of heavy load on a thing like this but
it has worked for me.
Have HTMLDOC output the file to the server. Then open that and
feed it back to the browser.
$out_pdf=fopen($file_out,'rb');
$fisz = filesize($file_out);
# Write the content type to the client...
header("Cache-Control: ");// leave blank to avoid IE
errors
header("Pragma: ");// leave blank to avoid IE errors
header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=
\"my_pdf.pdf\"");
header("Content-length: ".(string)($fisz));
flush();
fpassthru($out_pdf);
fclose($out_pdf);
exit;
Remember to create the file and set the permissions so the
webserver can write to it. Also you may want to delete the HTML and
PDF after generation depending on security issues.
Good Luck
On May 31, 2005, at 12:46 PM, Mark Withington wrote:
> Hah! We're getting closer. Saved the file to disk (locally) first
> and then
> opened it without a problem. Any thoughts?
>
> Really appreciate all the help. Had I asked sooner, I might have
> gotten
> more sleep last night.
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org
> [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org]On Behalf Of Russ Demarest
> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 12:35 PM
> To: NYPHP Talk
> Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] HTML -> PDF
>
>
> You should be able to right click on a link to the PDF and select
> "Save Link As".
>
> Good Luck
>
> On May 31, 2005, at 12:29 PM, Mark Withington wrote:
>
>
>> Don't save on the server. Will try saving the file and then
>> opening it. As
>> I recall, I need to adjust Acrobat for this.
>>
>>
>> --------------------------
>> Mark L. Withington
>> PLMresearch
>> "eBusiness for the Midsize Enterprise"
>> PO Box 1354
>> Plymouth, MA 02362
>> o: 800-310-3992 ext. 704
>> f: 508-746-4973
>> v: 508-746-2383
>> m: 508-801-0181
>> http://www.PLMresearch.com
>> Netscape/AOL/MSN IM: PLMresearch
>> mwithington at plmresearch.com
>> Public Key:
>> http://www.plmdev.com/plmr/plmresearch.com/keys/MLW_public_key.asc
>> Calendar: http://www.plmdev.com/plmr/plmresearch.com/calendar.php
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org
>> [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org]On Behalf Of Russ Demarest
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 12:27 PM
>> To: NYPHP Talk
>> Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] HTML -> PDF
>>
>>
>> Are you saving saving the PDF file on the server then sending it to
>> the browser/acrobat? Acrobat may think something is wrong if it
>> stalls while HTMLDOC is generating the doc. Is it a large document?
>> If you save what is generated my HTMLDOC on your local machine then
>> open it with Acrobat does it work?
>>
>>
>>
>> On May 31, 2005, at 11:56 AM, Mark Withington wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Thanks for the great input. I'm really stumped. The pages are
>>> dynamically
>>> generated. If I simply save that as HTML and then run it through
>>> HTMLDOC;
>>> no problem. When I run it, generated on the fly, the page throws
>>> an error.
>>> Even stranger, the page prints correctly with other data (HTML
>>> generated
>>> from a mysql db) and even display correctly via HTMLDOC through
>>> another
>>> (similar) application using the same database.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know if there is an error log file in Acrobat? The
>>> debug
>>> message is pretty weak, ""the file is damaged and could not be
>>> repaired"
>>>
>>>
>>> --------------------------
>>> Mark L. Withington
>>> PLMresearch
>>> "eBusiness for the Midsize Enterprise"
>>> PO Box 1354
>>> Plymouth, MA 02362
>>> o: 800-310-3992 ext. 704
>>> f: 508-746-4973
>>> v: 508-746-2383
>>> m: 508-801-0181
>>> http://www.PLMresearch.com
>>> Netscape/AOL/MSN IM: PLMresearch
>>> mwithington at plmresearch.com
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>>> http://www.plmdev.com/plmr/plmresearch.com/keys/MLW_public_key.asc
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>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org
>>> [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org]On Behalf Of Russ Demarest
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 9:13 AM
>>> To: NYPHP Talk
>>> Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] HTML -> PDF
>>>
>>>
>>> HTMLDOC is a great app but it could be many things. Did your HTML
>>> change? Is the HTML for the PDF generated dynamically? If so,
>>> perhaps
>>> someone entered a strange character or something else that is
>>> creating the bad PDF. Have you checked the HTMLDOC forums?
>>>
>>> http://htmldoc.org/
>>>
>>> Does it generate some pages correctly and not others? I usually have
>>> to work it down until I can find a hanging white space or stray tag
>>> that is problematic. Does the PDF open in any other reader? The
>>> encryption might be causing an issue, are you using that? Best
>>> bet is
>>> to try to recreate the error in a controlled environment, ie. simple
>>> HTML.
>>>
>>> Good Luck
>>>
>>> On May 31, 2005, at 8:59 AM, Mark Withington wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> I've been using htmldoc-1.8.23 for quite sometime to convert HTML
>>>> to PDF's
>>>> on the fly. Recently I've been getting a lot of intermittent "the
>>>> file is
>>>> damaged and could not be repaired" messages from Acrobat. Has
>>>> anyone had
>>>> experience tracking down errors like this? Any suggestion for
>>>> other HTML -
>>>> PDF (preferably php based) scripts that might work - I need to
>>>> convert
>>>> images and text.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------
>>>> Mark L. Withington
>>>> PLMresearch
>>>> "eBusiness for the Midsize Enterprise"
>>>> PO Box 1354
>>>> Plymouth, MA 02362
>>>> o: 800-310-3992 ext. 704
>>>> f: 508-746-4973
>>>> v: 508-746-2383
>>>> m: 508-801-0181
>>>> http://www.PLMresearch.com
>>>> Netscape/AOL/MSN IM: PLMresearch
>>>> mwithington at plmresearch.com
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