Output HTML page as pdf

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I have this question, just in theory.

I do some query results and there displays a html page, can i insert a download link there which makes me download the html file but as a pdf?

Thanks

[Google is your friend](http://www.google.com/search?q=php+html+to+pdf) as is the [search](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1383213/pdf-to-html-conversion-in-php) [in](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2330883/dynamic-html-to-pdf) [Stackoverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9825433/how-to-convert-dynamic-contents-of-html-page-to-pdf) — DaveRandom, Jun 18 '12 at 20:57
google is my bible in fact.. i've searched some but i came to see a lot of options, i wanted to know a good solution.. — Gazeta Almedicus, Jun 18 '12 at 20:58
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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 18 '12 at 20:59

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After searching a lot, I came across this tool: http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/ It must be run as external binary, so you probably need a dedicated server/VPS (won't work on shared hosts), but appears to be the best available.

It is based on the WebKit engine (the same used by Safari and Chrome, plus their mobile versions), so it is probably the most accurate PDF generator available (for free!).

answered Jun 18 '12 at 20:59

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You are new here, aren't you? Remember to upvote useful answers, and choose the best one when you are satisfied :) – ItalyPaleAle Jun 18 '12 at 21:04
yes i am new here, thanks to people like you who help out here, my purpose is to improve and help others. i'm learning :) – Gazeta Almedicus Jun 19 '12 at 09:02

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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You can. You just have to write the code to do so. Perhaps some searching would have helped you find this.

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answered Jun 18 '12 at 20:58

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Quite a lot of those are x-platform, but some are .net only as per that question - the OP here is on PHP. – halfer Jun 19 '12 at 07:45

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 18 '12 at 20:58

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This is probably the best one out there. Html2PDF. It has a lot of features for you.

http://html2pdf.fr/en/default

answered Jun 18 '12 at 20:58

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 20 '12 at 08:48

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There is a module for Zend Framework called Zend_Pdf. Example is here : http://framework.zend.com/manual/1.12/en/zend.pdf.usage.html

answered Nov 20 '12 at 08:48

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Output HTML page as pdf

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