Creating pdf docs on the fly

don't want to purchase pdf lib

[louponne]

What libraries are available to produce pdf documents on-the-fly using php these days?

I'd prefer not to shell out the $$ to purchase PDF LIB

I see FPDF but it looks like it hasn't been updated in a few years. I've googled and looked here and don't see any mention of any other alternatives.

Anything else out there?

[hughie]

FPDF is great, a little bit fiddly to get to grips with but very powerful if you know what you're doing.

[louponne]

FPDF is great, a little bit fiddly to get to grips with but very powerful if you know what you're doing.

Thanks - but how much *can* you do with FPDF? Can you embed images? format text in an elegant way?

does FPDF support UTF8?

[hughie]

you can do all sorts, embed images, tables, make things pretty etc etc.. it's just takes a lot of practice.

Regarding UTF-8, it's not supported but a quick google trawl for "UTF-8 fpdf" finds you a patch (not tested it though).

[louponne]

ok, sounds great - I'll give it a try! Thanks! :)