Extension for Kohana's View class that renders as a PDF instead of HTML. Uses DOMPDF to render normal HTML views as PDF Files.
Please report all bugs related to PDF rendering to the DOMPDF issue tracker.
If your application is a Git repository:
git submodule add git://github.com/shadowhand/pdfview.git modules/pdfview
git submodule update --init
Or clone the the module separately:
cd modules
git clone git://github.com/shadowhand/pdfview.git pdfview
Now install DOMPDF using the submodule:
cd modules/pdfview
git submodule update --init
This will install DOMPDF to vendor/dompdf/dompdf from the DOMPDF Git mirror. For DOMPDF to work properly, the fonts directory must be writable:
# Replace "http" with your web server user and group!
chown http:http vendor/dompdf/dompdf/lib/fonts
# An insecure alternative:
# chmod 0777 vendor/dompdf/dompdf/lib/fonts
Edit application/bootstrap.php and add a the module:
Kohana::modules(array(
...
'pdfview' => 'modules/pdfview',
...
));
Placed in a controller action:
// Load a view using the PDF extension
$pdf = View_PDF::factory('pdf/example');
// Use the PDF as the request response
$this->request->response = $pdf;
// Display the PDF in the browser as "my_pdf.pdf"
// Remove "inline = TRUE" to force the PDF to be downloaded
$this->request->send_file(TRUE, 'my_pdf.pdf', array('inline' => TRUE));