Html2Pdf Documentation

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Recommandations

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