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joomla-pdf-document-view

Joomla universal pdf render(dompdf, mpdf, tcpdf, wkhtmltopdf).

The joomla library extention provide a solution to make PDF view & file.

Four HTML to PDF converter are supported.

• wkhtmltopdf, is Great and fast but has a step more to install on linux or windows or mac. https://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/
• DomPdf give great result, but is a little slower https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf
• Mpdf is a great chalenger. http://www.mpdf1.com/mpdf/index.php
• tcpdf, the old PDF converter included in jommla 1.5, a little obselete now. http://www.tcpdf.org/

With the library installed on joomla, you can display & save the rendered documents on file only with one instruction in your component. compared Speed a Quality of rendering pdf
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Why universal ?

The file include only the 4 most know and well documented html to PDF converter but you can easy make a new render class to call anothe PDF class.

Look one of the existing PHP file in the /render subfolder. add your own following the same class / function name(if you want implement the same functionality) make a librairy package of the PDF class and it have to work