Introduction PDF generation is a cornerstone requirement for modern web applications—invoices, reports, contracts, and tickets all demand dynamic, server-side PDF creation. While many PHP developers reach for libraries like Dompdf or TCPDF, the Laminas Project (formerly Zend Framework) offers a robust, professional-grade solution: Laminas\Pdf .
<?php // public/generate.php require_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php'; use Laminas\Pdf\PdfDocument; use Laminas\Pdf\Page; use Laminas\Pdf\Color\Rgb; use Laminas\Pdf\Font; php web development with laminas pdf
// Load image $image = \Laminas\Pdf\Image::imageWithPath('/path/to/logo.jpg'); // Draw at position (x, y) with scaling $page->drawImage($image, 50, 750, 150, 800); // x1,y1 (bottom-left) to x2,y2 (top-right) Introduction PDF generation is a cornerstone requirement for
my-pdf-app/ ├── vendor/ ├── public/ │ └── generate.php └── composer.json Let's create a simple PDF with "Hello, Laminas PDF!". // Draw at position (x
// Load an existing PDF $pdf = PdfDocument::load('/path/to/document.pdf'); // Add a watermark to every page foreach ($pdf->pages as $page) { $page->setFont(Font::fontWithName(Font::FONT_HELVETICA), 60); $page->setFillColor(new Rgb(0.8, 0.8, 0.8)); $page->rotate(250, 400, deg2rad(45)); $page->drawText('CONFIDENTIAL', 200, 400); $page->rotate(250, 400, deg2rad(-45)); // rotate back }
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