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This plugin allows developers to create and edit PDF templates with a simple user interface.

HTML to PDF converter uses dompdf library.

Plugin uses dompdf wrapper for Laravel barryvdh/laravel-dompdf.

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Documentation

Installation

There are couple ways to install this plugin.

Use php artisan plugin:install Renatio.DynamicPDF command.
Use composer require renatio/dynamicpdf-plugin in project root. When you use this option you must run php artisan october:migrate after installation.

PDF content

PDF can be created in October using either PDF views or PDF templates. A PDF view is supplied by plugin in the file system in the /views directory. Whereas a PDF template is managed using the back-end interface via Settings > PDF > PDF Templates. All PDFs templates support using Twig for markup.

PDF views must be registered in the Plugin registration file with the registerPDFTemplates and registerPDFLayouts method. This will automatically generate a PDF template and layout and allows them to be customized using the back-end interface.

PDF layouts views

PDF layouts views reside in the file system and the code used represents the path to the view file. For example PDF layout with the code author.plugin::pdf.layouts.default would use the content in following file:

plugins/                 <=== Plugins directory
  author/                <=== "author" segment
    plugin/              <=== "plugin" segment
      views/             <=== View directory
        pdf/             <=== "pdf" segment
          layouts/       <=== "layouts" segment
            default.htm  <=== "default" segment

The content inside a PDF view file can include up to 3 sections: configuration, CSS/LESS, and HTML markup. Sections are separated with the == sequence. For example:

name = "Default PDF layout"
==
body {
    font-size: 16px;
}
==
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
        <title>Document</title>
        <style type="text/css" media="screen">
            {{ css|raw }}
        </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        {{ content_html|raw }}
    </body>
</html>

Note: Basic Twig tags and expressions are supported in PDF views.

The CSS/LESS section is optional and a view can contain only the configuration and HTML markup sections.

name = "Default PDF layout"
==
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
        <title>Document</title>
        <style type="text/css" media="screen">
            {{ css|raw }}
        </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        {{ content_html|raw }}
    </body>
</html>

Configuration section

The configuration section sets the PDF view parameters. The following configuration parameters are supported:

Parameter	Description
name	the layout name, required.

Using PDF layouts

PDF layouts reside in the database and can be created by selecting Settings > PDF > PDF Templates and clicking the * Layouts* tab. These behave just like CMS layouts, they contain the scaffold for the PDF. PDF views and templates support the use of PDF layouts. The code specified in the layout is a unique identifier and cannot be changed once created.

PDF templates views

PDF templates reside in the file system and the code used represents the path to the view file. For example PDF template with the code author.plugin::pdf.invoice would use the content in following file:

plugins/                 <=== Plugins directory
  author/                <=== "author" segment
    plugin/              <=== "plugin" segment
      views/             <=== View directory
        pdf/             <=== "pdf" segment
          invoice.htm    <=== "invoice" segment

The content inside a PDF view file can include up to 2 sections: configuration and HTML markup. Sections are separated with the == sequence. For example:

title = "Invoice"
layout = "renatio.demo::pdf.layouts.default"
description = "Invoice template"
size = "a4"
orientation = "portrait"
==
<h1>Invoice</h1>

Note: Basic Twig tags and expressions are supported in PDF views.

Configuration section

The configuration section sets the PDF view parameters. The following configuration parameters are supported:

Parameter	Description
title	the template title, required.
layout	the layout code, optional.
description	the template description, optional.
size	the template paper size, optional, default `a4`.
orientation	the template paper orientation, optional, default `portrait`.

Using PDF templates

PDF templates reside in the database and can be created in the back-end area via Settings > PDF > PDF Templates. The code specified in the template is a unique identifier and cannot be changed once created.

Note: If the PDF template does not exist in the system, this code will attempt to find a PDF view with the same code.

Registering PDF templates and layouts

PDF views can be registered as templates that are automatically generated in the back-end ready for customization. PDF templates can be customized via the Settings > PDF Templates menu. The templates can be registered by adding the registerPDFTemplates method of the Plugin registration class (Plugin.php).

public function registerPDFTemplates()
{
    return [
        'renatio.demo::pdf.invoice',
        'renatio.demo::pdf.resume',
    ];
}

The method should return an array of pdf view names.

Like templates, PDF layouts can be registered by adding the registerPDFLayouts method of the Plugin registration class (Plugin.php).

public function registerPDFLayouts()
{
    return [
        'renatio.demo::pdf.layouts.invoice',
        'renatio.demo::pdf.layouts.resume',
    ];
}

The method should return an array of pdf view names.

Usage

PDF templates and layouts can be accessed in the back-end area via Settings > PDF > PDF Templates.

Layouts define the PDF scaffold, that is everything that repeats on a PDF, such as a header and footer. Each layout has unique code, optional background image, HTML content and CSS/LESS content. Not all CSS properties are supported, so check CSSCompatibility.

Templates define the actual PDF content parsed from HTML.

Configuration

The default configuration settings are set in config/dompdf.php. Copy this file to your own config directory to modify the values. You can publish the config using this command:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Barryvdh\DomPDF\ServiceProvider"

You can still alter the dompdf options in your code before generating the PDF using dynamic methods for all options like so:

PDF::loadTemplate('renatio::invoice')
    ->setDpi(300)
    ->setDefaultFont('sans-serif')
    ->stream();

or you can use setOption method before generating the pdf using this command:

PDF::loadTemplate('renatio::invoice')
    ->setOption(['dpi' => 300, 'defaultFont' => 'sans-serif'])
    ->stream();

Available options and their defaults:

rootDir: "{app_directory}/vendor/dompdf/dompdf"
tempDir: "/tmp" (available in config/dompdf.php)
fontDir: "{app_directory}/storage/fonts/" (available in config/dompdf.php)
fontCache: "{app_directory}/storage/fonts/" (available in config/dompdf.php)
chroot: "{app_directory}" (available in config/dompdf.php)
logOutputFile: "/tmp/log.htm"
defaultMediaType: "screen" (available in config/dompdf.php)
defaultPaperSize: "a4" (available in config/dompdf.php)
defaultFont: "serif" (available in config/dompdf.php)
dpi: 96 (available in config/dompdf.php)
fontHeightRatio: 1.1 (available in config/dompdf.php)
isPhpEnabled: false (available in config/dompdf.php)
isRemoteEnabled: true (available in config/dompdf.php)
isJavascriptEnabled: true (available in config/dompdf.php)
isHtml5ParserEnabled: false (available in config/dompdf.php)
isFontSubsettingEnabled: false (available in config/dompdf.php)
debugPng: false
debugKeepTemp: false
debugCss: false
debugLayout: false
debugLayoutLines: true
debugLayoutBlocks: true
debugLayoutInline: true
debugLayoutPaddingBox: true
pdfBackend: "CPDF" (available in config/dompdf.php)
pdflibLicense: ""
adminUsername: "user"
adminPassword: "password"

See Dompdf\Options for a list of available options.

Methods

Method	Description
loadTemplate($code, array $data = [], $encoding = null)	Load backend template
loadLayout($code, array $data = [], $encoding = null)	Load backend layout
loadHTML($string, $encoding = null)	Load HTML string
loadFile($file)	Load HTML string from a file
parseTemplate(Template $template, array $data = [])	Parse backend template using Twig
parseLayout(Layout $layout, array $mergeData = [])	Parse backend layout using Twig
getDomPDF()	Get the DomPDF instance
setPaper($paper, $orientation = 'portrait')	Set the paper size and orientation (default A4/portrait)
setWarnings($warnings)	Show or hide warnings
output()	Output the PDF as a string
save($filename)	Save the PDF to a file
download($filename = 'document.pdf')	Make the PDF downloadable by the user
stream($filename = 'document.pdf')	Return a response with the PDF to show in the browser

All methods are available through Facade class Renatio\DynamicPDF\Classes\PDF.

Tips

Background image

To display background image added in layout use following code:

<body style="background: url({{ background_img }}) top left no-repeat;">

Background image should be at least 96 DPI size (793 x 1121 px).

If you want to use better quality image like 300 DPI (2480 x 3508 px) than you need to change template options like so:

return PDF::loadTemplate($model->code)
    ->setDpi(300)
    ->stream();

UTF-8 support

In your layout, set the UTF-8 meta tag in head section:

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>

If you have problems with foreign characters than try to use DejaVu Sans font family.

Page breaks

You can use the CSS page-break-before/page-break-after properties to create a new page.

<style>
.page-break {
    page-break-after: always;
}
</style>
<h1>Page 1</h1>
<div class="page-break"></div>
<h1>Page 2</h1>

Open basedir restriction error

On some hosting providers there were reports about open_basedir restriction problems with log file. You can change default log file destination like so:

return PDF::loadTemplate('renatio::invoice')
    ->setLogOutputFile(storage_path('temp/log.htm'))
    ->stream();

Embed image inside PDF template

You can use absolute path for image eg. https://app.dev/path_to_your_image.

For this to work you must set isRemoteEnabled option.

return PDF::loadTemplate('renatio::invoice', ['file' => $file])
    ->setIsRemoteEnabled(true)
    ->stream();

I assume that $file is instance of October\Rain\Database\Attach\File.

Then in the template you can use following example code:

{{ file.getPath }}

{{ file.getLocalPath }}

{{ file.getThumb(200, 200, {'crop' => true}) }}

For retrieving stylesheets or images via http following PHP setting must be enabled allow_url_fopen.

When allow_url_fopen is disabled on server try to use relative path. You can use October getLocalPath function on the file object to retrieve it.

Download PDF via Ajax response

OctoberCMS ajax framework cannot handle this type of response.

Recommended approach is to save PDF file locally and return redirect to PDF file.

Page numbers

Page numbers can be generated using PHP. Inline PHP is disabled by default, because it can be a security risk. You can enable inline PHP using setIsPhpEnabled method.

return PDF::loadTemplate('renatio::invoice')
    ->setIsRemoteEnabled(true)
    ->setIsPhpEnabled(true)
    ->stream();

After that you must place following code before closing </body> tag of the layout file.

<script type="text/php">
    if (isset($pdf)) {
        $size = 9;
        $color = [0,0,0];

        $font = $fontMetrics->getFont('Open Sans');
        $textHeight = $fontMetrics->getFontHeight($font, $size);
        $width = $fontMetrics->getTextWidth('Page 1 of 2', $font, $size);

        $foot = $pdf->open_object();

        $w = $pdf->get_width();
        $h = $pdf->get_height();

        $y = $h - $textHeight - 13;

        $pdf->close_object();
        $pdf->add_object($foot, 'all');

        $text = "Page {PAGE_NUM} of {PAGE_COUNT}";

        // Center the text
        $pdf->page_text($w / 2 - $width / 2, $y, $text, $font, $size, $color);
    }
</script>

Examples

Demo examples

There is a console command that will enable demo templates and layouts.

php artisan dynamicpdf:demo

To disable demo run following command:

php artisan dynamicpdf:demo --disable

The first example shows invoice with custom font and image embed.

The second example shows usage of header & footer, page break, page numbers and full background image.

Render PDF in browser

use Renatio\DynamicPDF\Classes\PDF; // import facade

public function pdf()
{
    $templateCode = 'renatio::invoice'; // unique code of the template
    $data = ['name' => 'John Doe']; // optional data used in template

    return PDF::loadTemplate($templateCode, $data)->stream('download.pdf');
}

Where $templateCode is an unique code specified when creating the template, $data is optional array of twig fields which will be replaced in template.

In HTML template you can use {{ name }} to output John Doe.

Download PDF

use Renatio\DynamicPDF\Classes\PDF;

public function pdf()
{
    return PDF::loadTemplate('renatio::invoice')->download('download.pdf');
}

Fluent interface

You can chain the methods:

return PDF::loadTemplate('renatio::invoice')
    ->save('/path-to/my_stored_file.pdf')
    ->stream();

Change paper size and orientation

return PDF::loadTemplate('renatio::invoice')
    ->setPaper('a4', 'landscape')
    ->stream();

Available paper sizes.

PDF on CMS page

To display PDF on CMS page you can use PHP section of the page like so:

use Renatio\DynamicPDF\Classes\PDF;

function onStart()
{
    return PDF::loadTemplate('renatio::invoice')->stream();
}

Header and footer on every page

<html>
<head>
  <style>
    @page { margin: 100px 25px; }
    header { position: fixed; top: -60px; left: 0px; right: 0px; background-color: lightblue; height: 50px; }
    footer { position: fixed; bottom: -60px; left: 0px; right: 0px; background-color: lightblue; height: 50px; }
    p { page-break-after: always; }
    p:last-child { page-break-after: never; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <header>header on each page</header>
  <footer>footer on each page</footer>
  <main>
    <p>page1</p>
    <p>page2</p>
  </main>
</body>
</html>

Using custom fonts

Plugin provides "Open Sans" font, which can be imported in Layout CSS section.

@font-face {
    font-family: 'Open Sans';
    src: url({{ 'plugins/renatio/dynamicpdf/assets/fonts/OpenSans-Regular.ttf'|app }});
}

@font-face {
    font-family: 'Open Sans';
    font-weight: bold;
    src: url({{ 'plugins/renatio/dynamicpdf/assets/fonts/OpenSans-Bold.ttf'|app }});
}

@font-face {
    font-family: 'Open Sans';
    font-style: italic;
    src: url({{ 'plugins/renatio/dynamicpdf/assets/fonts/OpenSans-Italic.ttf'|app }});
}

@font-face {
    font-family: 'Open Sans';
    font-style: italic;
    font-weight: bold;
    src: url({{ 'plugins/renatio/dynamicpdf/assets/fonts/OpenSans-BoldItalic.ttf'|app }});
}

body {
    font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
    font-size: 16px;
}

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Installation

PDF content

PDF layouts views

Configuration section

Using PDF layouts

PDF templates views

Configuration section

Using PDF templates

Registering PDF templates and layouts

Usage

Configuration

Methods

Tips

Background image

UTF-8 support

Page breaks

Open basedir restriction error

Embed image inside PDF template

Download PDF via Ajax response

Page numbers

Examples

Demo examples

Render PDF in browser

Download PDF

Fluent interface

Change paper size and orientation

PDF on CMS page

Header and footer on every page

Using custom fonts