Generating PDFs with DOMPDF

Here is my steps of usage DOMPDF(http://www.digitaljunkies.ca/dompdf/) with Seagull, for rendering HTML articles (publisher):

• make dir: lib/other/Dompdf

• Copy files from dompdf to Dompdf:

lib/other/Dompdf/include
lib/other/Dompdf/dompdf_config.inc.php
lib/other/Dompdf/lib

• Configure Seagull to use "lib/other" as additional include path:

General -> Configuration -> Additional include paths

• Sample. Modified FileMgr from publisher/classes

• Required includes (before class declaration):

require_once SGL_CORE_DIR . '/Item.php';
require_once 'Dompdf/dompdf_config.inc.php';

• Modify "validate" function (just place to the end of function):

$input->articleID = (int)$req->get('frmArticleID');

• Add new method:

   function _cmd_downloadPdf(&$input, &$output)
   {
       SGL::logMessage(null, PEAR_LOG_DEBUG);

       $aArticleDetail = SGL_Item::getItemDetail($input->articleID);
       $dompdf = new DOMPDF();
       $dompdf->load_html($aArticleDetail['bodyHtml']);
       $dompdf->render();
       $dompdf->stream($aArticleDetail['title'].".pdf");
       exit;
   }

• Use {makeUrl()} with your templates, for example:

{makeUrl(#downloadPdf#,#file#,#publisher#,aPagedData[data],#frmArticleID|item_id#,key)}

Or just type in address bar of your web browser(quick test):

http://your_sgl_website/index.php/publisher/file/action/downloadPdf/frmArticleID/1/

This way can be easy adopted for usage with cms or any other module, but in summary it's yet another way to handle "html 2 pdf" request.

Autoload Issue

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/trunk/lib/other/Dompdf/include/html_template_flexy_token_doctype.cls.php'

Solution - Add a check for the include file in dompdf_config.inc.php, change from:

function DOMPDF_autoload($class) {
  $filename = mb_strtolower($class) . ".cls.php";
  require_once(DOMPDF_INC_DIR . "/$filename");
}

to

function DOMPDF_autoload($class) {
  $filename = mb_strtolower($class) . ".cls.php";
  if(file_exists(DOMPDF_INC_DIR . "/$filename")) {
      require_once(DOMPDF_INC_DIR . "/$filename");
  }    
}