Re: Generating PDFs fromPHP

If you have simple PDF generation requirements, fpdf.org works just
fine.

If you have complex requirements, such as CMYK JPEG support,
multi-column text flows, multiple typefaces on the same line of text,
importing and placing PDFs, internationalization/Unicode support,
Pantone/spot color support, pixel-perfect placement, etc.,
you're better off going with an intermediate library like PDFlib
(http://www.pdflib.com/).  This solutionis somewhat costly ($450 for
the base library, $900 for the base library + PDF import) so it's
probably only worthwhile if the client is willing to pay for it.

The reference PDF library that Adobe uses (written in C) can be
purchased from DataLogics, Inc. to the tune of $25,000 + $5,000/yr.
maintenance.

-Bob

> I have used this one and it worked fine for what I needed to do.
> However I have not used any other so there maybe better options.

> > For the first time I need to generate PDF
> > files from PHP. fpdf.org has been recommended,
> > any other comments from the peanut gallery
> > would be greatly appreciated.