Re: FPDF or PDFlib with Cake

If the fpdf libraries are at all recent you shouldn't have to use the
goofy php4 constructor. I think if you add your custom pdf class to
your vendors folder and instantiate it from a custom helper as a
member variable you could do a lot more, much more easily.

I actually enjoyed this question so I whipped up a quick example for
you - https://gist.github.com/1055702
I make no guarantees that any of the code works right out of the 'box'
seeing as how I just wrote it and it hasn't been tested or even really
checked for consistency or errors but it should get you well on your
way to doing this the right way.

On Jun 29, 3:17 pm, Dominik Gajewski <dominikgajews...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Sam thanks for your patience and help
>
> 2011/6/30 Dominik Gajewski <dominikgajews...@gmail.com>:
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> > Ok I solved all problems and it works
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> > To last problem I added an extra argument to core function infpdf.php
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> > functionFPDF($ww=null, $orientation='P', $unit='mm', $size='A4')
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> > but if someone knows how to solve this without this trick i will
> > listen to suggestions
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> > 2011/6/29 Dominik Gajewski <dominikgajews...@gmail.com>:
> >> in TestController i added this
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> >> var $helpers = array('Pdf'=> array('orientation' => 'P','unit' => 'mm'
> >> , 'format'=> 'A4') );
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> >> and got this error
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> >> Notice (8): Array to string conversion [APP\vendors\fpdf\fpdf.php, line 135]
> >> Code | Context
> >> $orientation    =       array(
> >>        "orientation" => "P",
> >>        "unit" => "mm",
> >>        "format" => "A4"
> >> )
> >> $unit   =       "mm"
> >> $size   =       array(
> >>        210.001555556,
> >>        297.000083333
> >> )
> >> strtolower - [internal], line ??
> >>FPDF::FPDF() - APP\vendors\fpdf\fpdf.php, line 135
> >> View::_loadHelpers() - CORE\cake\libs\view\view.php, line 808
> >> View::_render() - CORE\cake\libs\view\view.php, line 709
> >> View::render() - CORE\cake\libs\view\view.php, line 426
> >> Controller::render() - CORE\cake\libs\controller\controller.php, line 909
> >> TestsController::indexPdf() - APP\controllers\tests_controller.php, line 12
> >> Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE\cake\dispatcher.php, line 204
> >> Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE\cake\dispatcher.php, line 171
> >> [main] - APP\webroot\index.php, line 83
> >>FPDFerror: Incorrect orientation: array
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> >> So i put only var var $helpers = array('Pdf'=> 'P'));
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> >> Notice (8): Undefined property: PdfHelper::$helpers
> >> [CORE\cake\libs\view\view.php, line 819]
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> >> What is another way to launch constructor of PdfHelper
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> >> 2011/6/29 Sam Sherlock <sam.sherl...@gmail.com>:
> >>> two things
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> >>> 1) orienation error is due to you not setting the page as either landscape
> >>> or portrait.
> >>> it seems that it should default to portrait but that message suggests
> >>> something is wrong - its afpdferror and you should read the docs forfpdf
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> >>> 2) $this->Fpdf->AddPage() for helpers in cake  1.3 (future proof I think it
> >>> still works $fpdf->AddPage() but 1.3 migration mentions changing this)
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> >>> I am not sure which pdf tool I used back then I do know that I tried them
> >>> all before deciding on the one I used.  That feature of the site has since
> >>> been removed for other reasons
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> >>>  - S
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> >>> On 29 June 2011 20:44, Dominik Gajewski <dominikgajews...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >>>>        $fpdf->AddPage();
> >>>>    $fpdf->SetFont('Arial','B',16);
> >>>>    $fpdf->Cell(40,10,$data);
> >>>>    echo $fpdf->fpdfOutput();
>
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