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1 Description

Pdf generation for various usages

2 Installation

Installation using Composer

The recommended way to install the extension is using composer.

Run the following command within your Composer based TYPO3 project:

composer require peterbenke/pb-pdf

Installation as extension from TYPO3 Extension Repository (TER)

Download and install the extension with the extension manager module.

3 Usage

Php file

<?php
namespace [YourVendor]\[YourExtension]\[...];


use PeterBenke\Pdf\Service\PdfService;
use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;


class YourClass
{

  public function yourFunction()
  {
  
  
    $absoluteJobPdfPath = '/var/www/html/fileadmin/user_upload/your-pdf-file.pdf';
    $assign = [];
  
    // Create instance
  
    /** @var PdfService $pdfService */
    $pdfService = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(
        PdfService::class,
        'your_extension_key', // extension key
        '/Resources/Private/Templates/Pdf/your-template.html', // template path
        $absoluteJobPdfPath,  // absolute! pdf path to pdf file
        null,                 // tmp directory, if empty => '/tmp' will be set
        $assign               // optional assign array (fluid)
    );
    
    // Create pdf file
    
    try{
        $pdfService->create();
    }catch(Exception $e){
        echo $e->getMessage();
    }
    
  
  }

}

Template

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
	<title>{title}</title>
	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="[absolute_path_to_css_file]" />
</head>
<body>
...
</body>
</html>

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