Best way to make PDF in PHP

[storm197]

Hi,

What is the best way to build a PDF file in PHP.

Is it the PDF functions included in the distribution of PHP or the FPDF (

http://www.fpdf.org)

library ?

 

[DRJ478]

The PHP Manual states:
Requirements
PDFlib is available for download at

http://www.pdflib.com/products/pdflib/index.html,

but requires that you purchase a license for commercial use. The JPEG and TIFF libraries are required to compile this extension.

So, if you want to use the PHP functions described in the manual you will have to use PDFlib and get the license if used commercially.

The free version offers all around similar functionality but it is a class, not a compiled part and there will be performance differences. If the documents are not too cpmlicated it will make not much difference.

The considerations are
a) cost, re-compilation of PHP with the library
or
c) slower performance