How can i generate pdf reports using symfony2?

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I have created an examanition module which provides the report card to the user as an HTML (twig) format. Now I want the user should be able to save the report card as pdf. I have added a button as Save ReportCard and I want to write the code in my controller to generate this pdf file with same content as of the html. I googled and found these links:

These links where great but I couldnt get how can i use them in symfony2. I am new to symfony2 and Php. Can anyonw help me here with the same.

Flask · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-12 11:10:37Z

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Another solution, which is more painless than create a whole custom PDF, would be to create a print css. then get the whole DOM with a lib like wkhtml2pdf. There is also a Lib from knplabs https://github.com/KnpLabs/snappy and the bundle https://github.com/KnpLabs/KnpSnappyBundle

i often use this for tricky html5 projects. with the javascript support from wkhtml2pdf you can add svg's and other pretty things to your pdf...

answered May 12, 2012 at 11:10

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Josiah Over a year ago

The KNP Snappy Bundle is the way to go for your particular problem. I'm doing exactly the same thing with them in my application.

smoreno · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-11 19:34:02Z

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A great library with a lot of features is TCPDF. WhiteOctoberTCPDFBundle or IoTcpdfBundle are some bundles created by community based in that library. You can find some bundles that help you to create PDFs at knpbundles.

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Jovan Perovic · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-13 11:29:02Z

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I have spent many hours in search for appropriate library. The primary goal was to generate PDF as easily as possible without coordinate positioning, special functions for line-feed and what not...

The best match I found so far was: https://github.com/psliwa/PdfBundle

... which has Symfony bundle and GitHub entry contains tons of examples. Excellent library.

answered May 13, 2012 at 11:29

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ElPiter Over a year ago

Hello, can you tell me where are all those examples you mention? Thanks a lot

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