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Requirements

Download the pdf class files from SourceForge http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=45168 File Desc : pdfClassesAndFonts_009e.zip @ 434 KB

Tested on the following environments :

Cake version

1. 0.10.0.1076_dev
2. 0.10.0.1217_alpha
3. 0.10.1.1248_alpha
4. 0.10.3.1311pre_beta
5. I'm gong to release 0.10.5.1701_beta
6. Rc1 Rc2

Operating System

1. Windows 2000
2. Windows XP

Steps

1.Unzip pdfClassesAndFonts_009e.zip

the zip file contains the following files

1. ros.jpg
2. readme.pdf
3. readme.php
4. class.ezpdf.php
5. class.pdf.php
6. /fonts folder

2. Rename class.ezpdf.php to pdf.php

3. Edit pdf.php. See Instructions below



Original : pdf.php
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    include_once('class.pdf.php');
    
    class Cezpdf extends Cpdf {
    //==============================================================================
    // more comments here
    
    var $ez=array('fontSize'=>10); // used for storing most of the page configuration parameters
    var $y; // this is the current vertical positon on the page of the writing point, very important
    var $ezPages=array(); // keep an array of the ids of the pages, making it easy to go back and add page numbers etc.
    var $ezPageCount=0;
    
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    function Cezpdf($paper='a4',$orientation='portrait'){
 

Change the class name and the class constructor from Cezpdf to pdfHelper . See instruction below


Modified : pdf.php

Helper Class:

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    include_once('class.pdf.php');
    
    class pdfHelper extends Cpdf {
    //==============================================================================
    // more comments here
    
    var $ez=array('fontSize'=>10); // used for storing most of the page configuration parameters
    var $y; // this is the current vertical positon on the page of the writing point, very important
    var $ezPages=array(); // keep an array of the ids of the pages, making it easy to go back and add page numbers etc.
    var $ezPageCount=0;
    
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    function pdfHelper($paper='a4',$orientation='portrait'){
 ?>

Yup! that is all you need to change in the pdf class, and we are almost done. We just need to figure out how we can make it work inside CakePHP.

4. Copy pdf.php and class.pdf.php to the CAKE_ROOT/app/views/helpers/ folder.

5. Copy /fonts folder to the CAKE_ROOT/app/webroot/ folder

6. Create a pdf.thtml layout template in CAKE_ROOT/app/views/layouts/ and put the following code inside. See example

CAKE_ROOT\app\views\layouts\pdf.thtml

View Template:

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<?php 
header("Content-type: application/pdf");
echo $content_for_layout;
?>

Let's try it

I would assume you already have your database and Cake model in place. So in your controller use the pdf class by adding it to the var $helpers = array('pdf') inside your class controller. In the example below the Cake model is called test in CAKE_ROOT/app/models/test.php. See example below:



CAKE_ROOT/app/controllers/tests_controller.php

Controller Class:

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    class TestsController extends AppController 
    {
        var $name = 'Tests';
        var $helpers = array('pdf'); // this will use the pdf.php class
        
        function index()
        {
            $this->layout = 'pdf'; //this will use the pdf.thtml layout
            $this->set('data','hello world!');
            $this->render();
        }
    }
?>
Now for the views, create a folder named tests inside CAKE_ROOT/app/views/ and create an index.thtml template inside it. Finally, edit index.thtml and put the following sample code inside:

CAKE_ROOT\app\views\tests\index.thtml

View Template:

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<?php
 
    $pdf->selectFont('fonts/Courier-Oblique.afm');
    $pdf->ezText($data,10);
    $pdf->ezStream();    
?>

See it
http://localhost/your_cake_root/tests/index

If you can see the "hello world" message inside the PDF running on top of your browser, then you are done.

Note:

Make sure that you have Adobe Reader (or the equivalent) installed, and that the plugin is
working properly on your browser e.g. Internet explorer or Firefox.

Otherwise, output the PDF result as a PDF file.

Happy Baking ! - Ozly