PDF_new() - Irish Host?

ironclaw

Hi Folks,

Anyone know of any Irish hosting company that allows the PHP PDF_new() command? It doesn't work on Hosting365 and they've told me I need dedicated hosting which is ludicrous.

Is there any other method of creating a PDF? I appreciate the hosts would have space / memory concerns but even a simple PDF created in RAM and sent to the user?

Many Thanks.

seamus

ironclaw wrote: »

Anyone know of any Irish hosting company that allows the PHP PDF_new() command? It doesn't work on Hosting365 and they've told me I need dedicated hosting which is ludicrous.

As I understand it the function is based on PDFLib which isn't a free PHP module. Hence if you want it you need to have your own server and a licence for it.

Is there any other method of creating a PDF? I appreciate the hosts would have space / memory concerns but even a simple PDF created in RAM and sent to the user?

I've briefly worked with DOMPDF in the past. It can be quite fiddly - it'll work fine if you're using it in a new site, but you may end up tearing your hair out if you're trying to add PDF functionality to an existing site.

ironclaw

seamus wrote: »

As I understand it the function is based on PDFLib which isn't a free PHP module. Hence if you want it you need to have your own server and a licence for it.
I've briefly worked with DOMPDF in the past. It can be quite fiddly - it'll work fine if you're using it in a new site, but you may end up tearing your hair out if you're trying to add PDF functionality to an existing site.

Thanks Seamus. Its a new build that required PDF, so DOMPDF might be what I'm looking for.

Boskonay

Your life will probably be simpler on a cloud / virtual solution.

Freddio

this is an old standard

http://sourceforge.net/projects/html2fpdf/