Gpdf : HTML to PDF Converter for PHP & Laravel

Open Source PHP Package for converting HTML to PDF in PHP & Laravel applications, support store to s3, with out-of-the-box support for Arabic content and other languages. Extends dompdf to add new features and solve issues like Arabic language support.

Requirements

• PHP version 8.1 or higher
• DOM extension
• MBString extension
• php-font-lib
• php-svg-lib

Installation

composer require omaralalwi/gpdf

Publish Resources

After installation, publish the config and fonts resources by running the following commands in the root project path:

php vendor/omaralalwi/gpdf/scripts/publish_fonts.php

php vendor/omaralalwi/gpdf/scripts/publish_config.php

Note for Publish Issues: If you encounter any issues while publishing, manually copy the vendor/omaralalwi/gpdf/assets/fonts folder to public/vendor/gpdf and ensure the fonts are in public/vendor/gpdf/fonts. Also, copy vendor/omaralalwi/gpdf/config/gpdf.php to the /config folder in the root path.

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Usage with Native PHP Apps

After installing the package and publishing resources, include autoload.php and use the Gpdf class.

Basic Usage

require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use Omaralalwi\Gpdf\Gpdf;
use Omaralalwi\Gpdf\GpdfConfig;

$htmlFile = __DIR__ . '/contents/example-1.html';
$content = file_get_contents($htmlFile);
$gpdfConfigFile = require_once 'config/gpdf.php';

$config = new GpdfConfig($gpdfConfigFile);
$gpdf = new Gpdf($config);
$pdfContent = $gpdf->generate($content);

header('Content-Type: application/pdf');
echo $pdfContent;

Note: Customize the settings file as needed.

Stream Generated PDF Files

Stream a PDF directly to the browser using generateWithStream:

require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use Omaralalwi\Gpdf\Gpdf;
use Omaralalwi\Gpdf\GpdfConfig;

$htmlFile = __DIR__ . '/contents/example-1.html';
$content = file_get_contents($htmlFile);

$gpdfConfigFile = require_once 'config/gpdf.php';
$config = new GpdfConfig($gpdfConfigFile);

$gpdf = new Gpdf($config);
$pdfContent = $gpdf->generateWithStream($content, 'demo-file-name', true);

header('Content-Type: application/pdf');
echo $pdfContent;

Store Files To Local

Save a PDF files to local storage using generateWithStore:

Note By default it store files to local driver.

<?php

require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use Omaralalwi\Gpdf\Gpdf;
use Omaralalwi\Gpdf\GpdfConfig;
use Omaralalwi\Gpdf\Enums\{GpdfDefaultSettings, GpdfSettingKeys, GpdfDefaultSupportedFonts};

$htmlFile = __DIR__ . '/contents/example-1.html';
$content = file_get_contents($htmlFile);

$gpdfConfigFile = require_once ('config/gpdf.php');
$config = new GpdfConfig($gpdfConfigFile);

$gpdf = new Gpdf($config);
$sslVerify = false;
$file = $gpdf->generateWithStore($content,null,null, false , $sslVerify); // $sslVerify must be true in production
$fileUrl = $file['ObjectURL'];

return $fileUrl;  // get file url as string to store it in db or do any action

generateWithStore params

Parameter	Type	Description
html file	string	The HTML content to be stored.
store path or bucket name with s3	string	The path where the file will be stored, with S3 store this should bucket name.
file name	string	The name of the file.
with stream	bool	If you need to stream the file to the browser after storing, set this to true.
sslVerify	bool	If with stream is set to true, you should set this to true in production to verify SSL.

Store Files To S3

same to store in local, just replace local path with bucket name, and replace generateWithStore with generateWithStoreToS3 .

<?php

require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use Omaralalwi\Gpdf\Gpdf;
use Omaralalwi\Gpdf\GpdfConfig;
use Omaralalwi\Gpdf\Enums\{GpdfDefaultSettings, GpdfSettingKeys, GpdfDefaultSupportedFonts};

$htmlFile = __DIR__ . '/contents/example-1.html';
$content = file_get_contents($htmlFile);

$gpdfConfigFile = require_once ('config/gpdf.php');
$config = new GpdfConfig($gpdfConfigFile);

$gpdf = new Gpdf($config);
$fileName = "pdf-file-with-store-to-s3";
$sslVerify = true;
$file = $gpdf->generateWithStoreToS3($content,null,$fileName, true, $sslVerify);
$fileUrl = $file['ObjectURL'];

Demo Native PHP App

please see this Demo Native PHP app contain more detailed examples and cases like pass dynamic parameters for html file & pass inline configs , .. and another cases.

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Usage with Laravel

Using the Gpdf Facade

use Omaralalwi\Gpdf\Facade\Gpdf as GpdfFacade;

public function generatePdf()
{
    $html = view('pdf.example-1')->render();
    $pdfContent = GpdfFacade::generate($html);
    return response($pdfContent, 200, ['Content-Type' => 'application/pdf']);
}

Using Dependency Injection

use Omaralalwi\Gpdf\Gpdf;

public function generateSecondWayPdf(Gpdf $gpdf)
{
    $html = view('pdf.example-2')->render();
    $pdfFile = $gpdf->generate($html);
    return response($pdfFile, 200, ['Content-Type' => 'application/pdf']);
}

Stream Generated PDF Files

Stream a PDF directly to the browser using generateWithStream:

// by default it store files to local driver (path should in public path).
public function generateAndStream()
{
    $html = view('pdf.example-2')->render();
    $gpdf = app(Gpdf::class);
    $gpdf->generateWithStream($html, 'test-streamed-pdf', true);
    return response(null, 200, ['Content-Type' => 'application/pdf']);
}

Storing Generated PDF Files

Store Files To local

Save a PDF to storage using generateWithStore:

Note By default it store files to local driver (ensure that: the store path is access able for read and write).

please see generateWithStore params .

public function generateAndStore()
{
    $html = view('pdf.example-2')->render();
    $gpdf = app(Gpdf::class);
    $storePath = storage_path('app/downloads/users/');
    $gpdf->generateWithStore($html, $storePath, 'test-stored-pdf-file', true, false); // ssl verify should be true in production .
    return $file['ObjectURL']; // return file url as string , to store in db or do any action
}
// may be you will face problems with stream in local, so you can disable ssl verify in local, but should enable it in production.

Store Files To S3

same to store in local, just replace local path with bucket name, and replace generateWithStore with generateWithStoreToS3 .

Note Ensure you setup s3 configs in config file.

    public function generateAndStoreToS3()
    {
        $data = $this->getDynamicParams();
        $html = view('pdf.example-2',$data)->render();
        $gpdf = app(Gpdf::class);
        $bucketName = 'your_s3_bucket_name'; // should be read abel and write able .
        $file = $gpdf->generateWithStoreToS3($html, $bucketName, 'test-store-pdf-fle', true, true); // with s36 the ssl verify will work in local or production (always secure).
        return $file['ObjectURL']; // return file url as string , to store in db or do any action
    }

Generate Advance With Fixed Header

please see this example if you need to add fixed header to all pages

Demo Laravel App

this Demo Laravel app contain more detailed examples and cases.

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Supported Fonts

Gpdf supports the following installed fonts (ready to use without any additional configurations):

Supported Fonts

Support for Arabic

Gpdf supports Arabic content out-of-the-box. Simply pass Arabic text within your HTML content. Make sure to use Arabic fonts, which are included by default.

Supported Arabic Fonts

The following built-in fonts support Arabic:

DejaVu Sans Mono , Tajawal , Almarai , Cairo , Noto Naskh Arabic , Markazi Text .

We Recommended to Use font name from Omaralalwi\Gpdf\Enums\GpdfDefaultSupportedFonts Enum class , like default font name in config file .

Examples

• Native PHP example
• Laravel example

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Installing New Fonts

To install a new font, follow these steps:

1. Ensure the default fonts are published to public/vendor/gpdf/fonts.
2. Prepare at least one font (Normal) for each family (Normal, Bold, Italic, BoldItalic).
3. Copy the fonts to any path (not the default fonts path).
4. The font family name must be enclosed in double quotes and written in lowercase.
5. fonts names must be in kebab case with capitalize.
6. Run install font script with the following command:

php vendor/omaralalwi/gpdf/scripts/install_font.php "family name" ./path_to_font/Font-Normal.ttf ./path_to_font/Font-Bold.ttf ./resources/fonts/Tajawal-Italic.ttf ./path_to_font/Font-BoldItalic.ttf

For example, to install the Tajawal font family:

php vendor/omaralalwi/gpdf/scripts/install_font.php "tajawal" ./resources/fonts/Tajawal-Normal.ttf ./resources/fonts/Tajawal-Bold.ttf ./resources/fonts/Tajawal-Italic.ttf ./resources/fonts/Tajawal-BoldItalic.ttf

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Features

• Compatibility with any Standard PHP application, Or framework.
• store pdf files to S3 or local storage directly.
• stream pdf files from urls (local or s3).
• Supports 17 fonts by default, including 7 that support Arabic.
• Allows for the installation of custom fonts.
• Provides easy integration with Laravel applications.
• Offers customizable options for PDF generation.
• Includes detailed documentation.
• provide demo applications for quick start-up Demo Native PHP App , Demo Laravel App .
• Unit Tests Includes unit tests.

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Thanks

• dompdf

• Ar-PHP

Testing

composer test

or

php run-tests.php

Changelog

See CHANGELOG for recent changes.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security

If you discover any security-related issues, please email [email protected].

Credits

• Omar Alalwi

License

The MIT License (MIT). See LICENSE for more information.

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