Libraries to generate PDF from PHP

As we explained in , Acrobat Reader does not allow you to create a PDF file, only read or modify it.

For this reason, a software or application is needed to generate PDF files.

There are various applications for creating these files, some are freeware, others shareware, some are installed and others are used directly from the web.

As a PHP developer, I am going to present 2 solutions for creating PDF files from this platform:

  • PDFlib, but requires the purchase of a license for commercial use. The JPEG and TIFF libraries are required to compile this extension.
  • FPDF, is a PHP class, it is free and very versatile, for more information the web address is: .

One of the most important virtues of generating PDFs from PHP is that they can be done online without having to install any software on our PCs. On the other hand, the universe of applications that can be given to PDF from PHP is limited by our imagination. .

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