WampServer

Hello

I appologise if this topic has already been answered.....

I have Wamp 1.7.3 ( yes I know it is not the latest :-)) and I would like to be able to produce PDF's from my PHP code.

The sample code I have found is as follows

<?php

try {
$p = new PDFlib();

/* open new PDF file; insert a file name to create the PDF on disk */
if ($p->begin_document("", "" == 0) {
die("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg());
}

$p->set_info("Creator", "hello.php";
$p->set_info("Author", "Rainer Schaaf";
$p->set_info("Title", "Hello world (PHP)!";

$p->begin_page_ext(595, 842, "";

$font = $p->load_font("Helvetica-Bold", "winansi", "";

$p->setfont($font, 24.0);
$p->set_text_pos(50, 700);
$p->show("Hello world!";
$p->continue_text("(says PHP)";
$p->end_page_ext("";

$p->end_document("";

$buf = $p->get_buffer();
$len = strlen($buf);

header("Content-type: application/pdf";
header("Content-Length: $len";
header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=hello.pdf";
print $buf;
}
catch (PDFlibException $e) {
die("PDFlib exception occurred in hello sample:\n" .
"[" . $e->get_errnum() . "] " . $e->get_apiname() . ": " .
$e->get_errmsg() . "\n";
}
catch (Exception $e) {
die($e);
}
$p = 0;
?>

When I put this code in to the www root folder and open it in a browser I get the error

Fatal error: Class 'PDFlib' not found in C:\wamp\www\pdfphp.php on line 4

Am I right in assuming that I need the PDFlib installed?

I have found this file pdflib-2.1.4.tgz which would seem to be what I am looking for BUT how do I install it on to a WAMP system running Windows XP please?

Your asistance either as an explaination or a URL would be greatfully received.

Derek Blakey
Newcastle upon Tyne
England

Hi,

You need enable the php_pdf extension: click the WAMP icon in the System Tray, select PHP Settings - PHP Extensions and click on php_pdf.

I have used FPDF with WAMP and that works well. You can download it from [fpdf.org]. It does not need any other libraries or extensions. All you need to do is to put the FPDF folder with fpdf.php, fpdf.css and the font subfolder somewhere with other include files.

Regards,

toivo
Sydney, Australia

Hi toivo

Thank you very much for that, it works a treat.

Off now to experiment!

Cheers

Derek Blakey

Hi Derek,

I am glad it works. You will be surprised how much easier it is to create professional looking documents by writing PDF than with XHTML and CSS :-)

Cheers,

toivo
Sydney, Australia