Is possible convert HTML into pdf using Zend_Pdf?

Question

Is possible convert directly HTML into a pdf file using Zend_Pdf?, if so, How can I do that?

Answer 1

Zend_PDF isn't able to generate PDF based on HTML. But you can render view and use other library for convert it to PDF. I've done such thing with TCPDF. Little code snippet below:

    //SomeController.php
    $this->_helper->layout->disableLayout();

    //set content for view here

    // create new PDF document        
    require_once('tcpdf/tcpdf.php');
    $pdf = new TCPDF(PDF_PAGE_ORIENTATION, PDF_UNIT, PDF_PAGE_FORMAT, true, 'UTF-8', false); 

    //whole TCPDF's settings goes here

    $htmlcontent = $this->view->render('recipe/topdf.phtml');
    // output the HTML content
    $pdf->writeHTML($htmlcontent, true, 0, true, 0);
    $pdf->lastPage();
    $pdf->Output("pdf-name.pdf", 'D');