Creating PDF files using PHP

[Altala]

Hi,

I've been working on a software platform and I need the functionality to render PDF's from an HTML page. I know some free PDF libraries (F.ex. fPDF), but I want to make a PDF library of my own.
What should I know when developing this PDF library?
I know that PDF files are binary and my question is that how can this be done through PHP.

Best regards,
Altala

[kredpl]

There is an interesting tutorial how to create PDF on the fly uing PHP:
phpjabbers.com/create-pdf-file-with-php-php36.html

[Weedpacket]

PHP can write binary files just as easily as it can write text files (easier, in fact, if you think about character encoding issues). That said, a PDF file can be written entirely in 7-bit ASCII.

You will of course need to know how the PDF format works. I don't have the relevant references on me right now, but Adobe does provide the specification in their documentation library (http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf.html).