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Html2Pdf Documentation

Documentation

Recommandations

  • It is very important to provide valid HTML 4.01 to the converter, but only what is in the <body>.

  • You have to write specific cleaned HTML code for Html2Pdf. Do not try to convert directly an already existing html page, or HTML code coming from WYSIWYG, no help will be provided in this case.

  • Use the <page> tag. Does not use the <html> or <body> tag.

  • for borders: it is advised that they are like solid 1mm #000000

  • for padding, they are applicable only on tags table, th, td, div, li

  • A default font can be specified, if the requested font does not exist or if no font is specified: $html2pdf->setDefaultFont('Arial');

  • The possibility to protect your PDF is present, CF Example 7.

  • Some tests can be enabled (true) or disabled (false):

    • setTestIsImage method: test that images must exist
    • setTestTdInOnePage method: test that the contents of TDs fit on one page

  • A DEBUG mode to know the resources used is present. It is activated by adding the following command just after the contructor (see Example 0): $html2pdf->setModeDebug();

  • Some specific tags have been introduced:

    • <page></page> (CF Example 7)

      • Determines the orientation, margins left, right, top and bottom, the background image and the background color of a page, its size and position, the footer.
      • It is also possible to keep the header and footer of the previous pages, through the attribut pageset="old" (see Example 3 & 4)

    • <page_header></page_header> (CF Example 3)

    • <page_footer></page_footer> (CF Example 3)

    • <nobreak></nobreak>

      • Used to force the display of a section on the same page.
      • If this section does not fit into the rest of the page, a page break is done before.

    • <barcode></barcode> (CF Examples 0 & 9)

      • Can insert barcodes in pdfs, CF Examples 0 and 9.
      • the possible types of codebar are alls of TCPDF.

    • <qrcode></qrcode> (CF Example 13)

      • can insert QRcode 2D barcodes
      • (QR Code is registered trademark of DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED)

    • <bookmark></bookmark> (CF Examples 7 & About)

      • Can insert bookmark in pdfs, CF Example 7 and About.
      • It is also possible to automatically create an index at the end of document (CF Example About)

    • <end_last_page end_height="30mm"></end_last_page> (CF Example 5)

    • css property rotate:

      • Values : 0, 90, 180, 270
      • Works only on div (cf example 8)