Build PDF

The code snippet example will generate a simple pdf from the PDF service.

Code Snippet Example:

//to import the pdf service classes
$t->runInteraction("Pdf.class.php");
//import config class which contains keys
$t->runInteraction("Config.class.php");

//set header/footer keys
$header_html="{_BLINK_PAGE_NO_}/{_BLINK_PAGES_}<br><hr>";
$footer_html = "<hr><br>{_BLINK_PAGE_NO_}/{_BLINK_PAGES_}";
$body = "<table><td>PDF Example: " . date("c") . "</td></tr></table>";

$content = array(
   "page" => array(
       "orientation" => "Portrait",
       "size" => "A4",
       "margins" => array(
           "top" => "5mm",
           "right" => "1cm",
           "bottom" => "5mm",
           "left" => "1cm"
       )
   ),
   "header" => array(
       "height" => "1in",
       "html" => $header_html
   ),
   "footer" => array(
       "height" => "1in",
       "html" => $footer_thml
   ),
   "body" => array(
       "html" => $body
   )
);


echo "About to build<BR>";

//create object
$pdf = new PDFBuilder(Config::$PDF);
//build pdf, if base64 is required
$result = $pdf->build($content);

echo "<pre>";
print_r($result);
echo "</pre>";

/*
 try {
print_r($result);
 } catch (Exception $e) {
      print_r($result);
 }
*/

//Following code sends an email to your email address with pdf as attachment
$t->addStringAttachment(file_get_contents($result["url"]), "Report.pdf", "base64");
$from = "bmp@blinkmobile.com.au";
$to = "YOUR ADDRESS EMAIL";
$subject = "[BlinkMobile] PDF Demo";
$body = "PDF Attached.";
$t->email($to, $subject, $body, $from);

return "Done<BR>";


/**
* $result = array(
*  "id" => "<UNIQUE OBJECT ID>",
*  "url" => "http://url.to.pdf/valid.for.3.minutes",
*  "content" => "base64 pdf content"
* );
**/

Explanation:

The first two "runInteraction" lines will simply "include" the class files you already uploaded. Make sure your have used the correct interaction names. You will need to put both of these lines on any page, or interaction, that you will be calling the class.

In the code example above, the following functions are used.

The function calls the PDF Service with your access credentials set up in the Config.class.php file and sends your PDF content to be created.

$pdf = new PDFBuilder(Config::$PDF);

Optional: You can include BMP mADL code to send you the results of the generated PDF via email. 

$t->email($to, $subject, $body, $from);

See more information on $t->email

$header_html (array)

The header array can contain any HTML code or CSS styling you want in the header section of your PDF document.

 In the example above, we're including the two built in variables {_BLINK_PAGE_NO_}/{_BLINK_PAGES_} which will display the page number and total page numbers.

$footer_html (array)

The footer array can contain any HTML code or CSS styling you want in the footer section of your PDF document.

 In the example above, we're including the two built in variables {_BLINK_PAGE_NO_}/{_BLINK_PAGES_} which will display the page number and total page numbers.

$body (array)

The body array can contain any HTML code or CSS styling you want in the body of your PDF document.

$content (array)

The content array contains tall the parameters required to produce a PDF document.

• Page parameters 
  • Default Page Parametres

     "page": {
        "orientation": "P",
        "size": "A4",
        "margins": {
          "top": "5mm",
          "right": "1cm",
          "bottom": "5mm",
          "left": "1cm"
        }

    page	An array containing the following parameters
    	orientation : (string) page orientation.	P  or portrait (default). L  or landscape
    	size : (string) page size	A4 (default)
    	margins :  (array) for top, right, bottom and left margins (case sensitive)	"top": "5mm" "right": "1cm" "bottom": "5mm" "left": "1cm"

    
    

• Header parameters

  • header	An array containing your header styling and html code
    	height : (array) use the same parameters as page:margin	"height" => "1in" (default)
    	html : (string) containing your header html code	"html" => $header_html

    
    

• Footer parameters

  •  

    footer	An array containing your header styling and html code
    	height : (array) use the same parameters as page:margin	"height" => "1in" (default)
    	html : (string) containing your footer html code	"html" => $footer_thml

    
    

• body parameters

Response:

After running this method, you will receive a response object that will simply return the data you logged. You can use this to double check values if you wish, but this is optional.

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