Re: FPDF or PDFlib with Cake

Ok i will check it, thanks

2011/6/30 gremlin <abba.bryant@gmail.com>:
> 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)
>>
>> >>> 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:
>>
>> >>>>        $fpdf->AddPage();
>> >>>>    $fpdf->SetFont('Arial','B',16);
>> >>>>    $fpdf->Cell(40,10,$data);
>> >>>>    echo $fpdf->fpdfOutput();
>>
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