[nycphp-talk] HTML -> PDF
Mark Withington
mwithington at PLMresearch.com
Tue May 31 13:02:05 EDT 2005
Really appreciate it Russ. Will give that a try.
Mark
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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 12:54 PM
> To: NYPHP Talk
> Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] HTML -> PDF
>
>
> 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.
> >>
> >>
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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 12:27 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"
> >>>
> >>>
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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
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