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HTML + PDF to PDF output using PHP

I was able to convert the HTML page into PDF document documents. Now I am adding a download for the PDF files to be included in the data of this document. I am looking to find a better way to do this, and have not found anything that works correctly. Here are the specifics:

  • HTML is half a page, and a downloaded PDF file should be added starting from this page.
  • If the PDF file is longer than half the page, it continues on to the second (without a page break between the HTML content and the PDF content).
  • Multi-page PDF files are fully included (if I have a good solution, I can understand this part).

I tried several different approaches, each with its own flaws:

  • Convert PDF to HTML and combine with original HTML. Tons of formatting questions. If the client supports formatting simply, this is not a problem (but we all know that this will not happen).
  • Just add the PDF to the PDF file. Starts adding on page 2, not page 1.
  • Drop PDF to image and place image tag in HTML. The most pleasant results, but it requires trimming spaces and presses for more than half a page for a second.

I am using DOMPDF to convert HTML to PDF. I tried PDFLib, FPDI, and ImageMagick / GhostScript (image conversion). Maybe it's a shot in the dark, but does anyone know a better way?

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I am a big fan of PrinceXML, but it's not free.

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IBM recommends FPDF in its developer article here . You can find the library here: http://www.fpdf.org/

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