I'm using wkhtmltopdf
to generate my pdf files. I've left the generation alone for some time and for whatever reason it's not generating the header and footer anymore.
Things I've tried so far (will update this when more answers come in):
doctype
, html
, head
and body
tags ion the header and footerThis is my header file:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>PDF header</title>
<style>
html {
display: block;
}
body {
font-family: Calibri, "Segoe Ui Regular", sans-serif;
letter-spacing: 0px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body style="padding-top: 30px">
<img src="../../images/logo_extra.jpg" style="width: 100%;"/>
</body>
</html>
This is my main file:
<?php
session_start();
require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
use Knp\Snappy\Pdf;
$pdf = new Pdf('pdf\wkhtmltopdf\bin\wkhtmltopdf');
header('Content-Type: application/pdf');
// header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="offerte.pdf"');
$pdf->setOption('header-html', 'pdf/header.html');
$pdf->setOption('footer-html', 'pdf/footer.html');
$pdf->setOption('load-error-handling','ignore');
// I know there is a 'cover' function in WKHTMLTOPDF
$file = file_get_contents('pdf/cover.php');
echo $pdf->getOutputFromHtml($file);
?>
And as always, please: Give me an explanation and maybe an example but not just a bunch of working code!
PS: If you see any other mistakes, please let me know.
wkhtmltopdf has an issue with header/cover/footer. I didn't dig into it very deep as adding margins did solve it for me:
<?php
session_start();
require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
use Knp\Snappy\Pdf;
$pdf = new Pdf('pdf\wkhtmltopdf\bin\wkhtmltopdf');
header('Content-Type: application/pdf');
//just set margins
$pdf->setOption('margin-top', 20);
$pdf->setOption('margin-bottom', 15);
$pdf->setOption('margin-left', '0');
$pdf->setOption('margin-right', '0');
$pdf->setOption('header-html', 'pdf/header.html');
$pdf->setOption('footer-html', 'pdf/footer.html');
$pdf->setOption('load-error-handling','ignore');
$file = file_get_contents('pdf/cover.php');
echo $pdf->getOutputFromHtml($file);
?>
Second problem is weird - nonexisting filename should throw an error. Comment out header and try then with false filename, snappys AbstractGenerator should say something...