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Class: SelectPdf PHP HTML to PDF REST API
Convert HTML to PDF using the SelectPdf API
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HTML To PDF API

SelectPdf HTML To PDF Online REST API is a professional solution that lets you create PDF from web pages and raw HTML code in your applications. The API is easy to use and the integration takes only a few lines of code.

Features

  • Create PDF from any web page or html string.
  • Full html5/css3/javascript support.
  • Set PDF options such as page size and orientation, margins, security, web page settings.
  • Set PDF viewer options and PDF document information.
  • Create custom headers and footers for the pdf document.
  • Hide web page elements during the conversion.
  • Automatically generate bookmarks during the html to pdf conversion.
  • Support for partial page conversion.
  • Easy integration, no third party libraries needed.
  • Works in all programming languages.
  • No installation required.

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PHP Client Library

This code converts a web page and sends the generated PDF as an HTTP response:

<?php
require 'selectpdf.php';

try
{   
    // create a SelectPdf API client instance
    $client = new SelectPdf("Your API key here");

    /*
    // get the number of conversions available in the current month
    $conv = $client->availableConversions();
    echo("Available conversions: $conv");
    exit();
    */

    /*
    // get service usage details
    $usage = $client->usageDetails(true);
    echo("<pre>");
    var_dump($usage);
    echo("</pre>");
    exit();
    */

    // set some conversion parameters
    $client->setPageSize("A4");
    $client->setPageOrientation("Portrait");
    $client->setAllMargins(10);

    // convert a web page and store the generated PDF into a $pdf variable
    $pdf = $client->convertUrl('https://selectpdf.com/');
    //$pdf = $client->convertHtmlString('<b>Hello!</b>');

    // set HTTP response headers
    header("Content-Type: application/pdf");
    header("Cache-Control: max-age=0");
    header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"Document.pdf\"");

    // send the generated PDF 
    echo $pdf;
}
catch(SelectPdfException $ex)
{
    echo "SelectPdf API Error: " . $ex;
}
?>