.txt to .pdf

[matrixindicator]

Hello,

I have studied Head First PHP MySql book.
Now I start some practice building a website.
I suppose you can send the data, result of a query to a .txt file (like a list of addresses). Don't know how at this moment. Are there functions in php to create a .pdf file from for example this .txt file ? Just a littel advice is welcome or a redirection to a webpage where I can find such info.

Regards and thanks mainwhile.

 

[feherke]

Hi

Of course. See

http://php.net/manual/en/book.pdf.php

in the PHP documentation.

Those who used it, are usually swearing that FPDF is the way to go. See that too.

Feherke.

http://free.rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[jet042]

I'll back up feherke here. We use FPDF to dynamically generate setup documentation for our clients depending on their client id number, location, and service center. It has saved us a lot of time and effort, not to mention printing costs.

 

[jpadie]

for mail merge type functionality, I have read that the zend framework has a great plugin that sends stuff off to a remote server and retrieves either a merged word document or a pdf as you wish. one assumes that the functionality can be easily recoded to avoid the zend framework.

i have not used it, however. The plugin is called livedocx.

outside of this, i also use fpdf and the extensions fpdfi. I also use dompdf.

 

[matrixindicator]

ok, great and quick answers ! I do some development trials this week. Thanks !

 

[dkdude]

I have used FPDF succesfully -however, I got a special project that required CMYK capabilities and then I stumbled over tcpdf - very good documentation, I recon.

Good luck!