Improved PDF generation with RE Framework RE_Pdf

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I’ve previously written a post on creating a PDF generator class using Zend_Pdf, which detailed some Zend_Pdf usage and introduced a class which could be used to create PDFs easily based on an XML configuration file or such. Zend_Pdf, while generally quite good, has one big issue: It does not support word wrapping text! There’s a new and still a …

Making a PDF generator class using Zend_Pdf

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There are some expensive libraries that you can use to generate PDF files… but why bother with them, when there are good free alternatives like Zend_Pdf? In three steps, you can generate a fancy report: Create a PDF template Insert data to template with Zend_Pdf Profit $$$ Since this is a quite repetitive task, let’s also create a PDF generator …