HTMLdoc and PHP

[llebron]

I have a php file (generated from a mysql database) that I would like to convert to a pdf file. I have saved the file manually and used Htmldoc to convert it and it works. However, I would like to automate this.

How would I go about writing a script that would save the php generated file, run htmldoc, and redirect the user to the pdf file?

Are there any good tutorials that explain how to do this?

thanks,

Luis

[Anon]

If you were to do this, you'd need to request the document through a socket, so you can get the contents of the page...

Then, using exec or system:

http://www.php.net/exec
http://www.php.net/system

You would need to run the HTMLDoc program to convert it, and place it under the web root so you can redirect to it using a

http://www.php.net/header

Header. To do this, say you save it in /home/public_html_root/mysavedfiles/123.pdf you would do a :

Header("Location: http://www.mywebsite.com/mysavedfiles/123.pdf");

I hope that makes sense 🙂 Hope that helps:

Chris King

[llebron]

You lost me on the socket part? The rest I think I understand.

thanks,

Luis