Quick poll regarding PDF generation library

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Monday, October 29. 2007

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Quick poll regarding PDF generation library

1. Have you ever needed to generate PDF files on-the-fly? (Yes/No)
2. If yes, what did you use for that? (PDFLib/libharu/Other)
3. Did you try PECL/haru or libharu itself? (Yes/No)
4. Are you interested in open source library for PDF generation (written in C)? (Yes/No)
5. Would you like to take part in development/maintenance/testing of such a library? (Yes/No)

I'm thinking to move libharu development under the PHP.net umbrella (Takeshi Kanno, the original author, has just agreed to that), just as we did with GD, but I'm not yet sure if there is a need for it in the community.
At the moment libharu development is de facto stopped because the author lacks time for it and I personally think it would be a great pity to lose this kind of library.

So what do you people think?
Are there any people willing to help?

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1. Yes.
2. Other: Zend Framework Zend_Pdf classes.
3. No.
4. No. It is hard to install it on shared server.
5. No.
#1 Alex Netkachov (Homepage) on 2007-10-29 14:18 (Reply)
1. Yes
2. Other
3. No
4. Yes
5. Yes
#1.1 Cesar (Homepage) on 2007-10-29 23:01 (Reply)
1. Have you ever needed to generate PDF files on-the-fly? (Yes/No)

Yes

2. If yes, what did you use for that? (PDFLib/libharu/Other)

PDFLib

3. Did you try PECL/haru or libharu itself? (Yes/No)

No

4. Are you interested in open source library for PDF generation (written in C)? (Yes/No)

Yes

5. Would you like to take part in development/maintenance/testing of such a library? (Yes/No)

No
#2 Richard Fletcher (Homepage) on 2007-10-29 14:21 (Reply)
1. Have you ever needed to generate PDF files on-the-fly? (Yes/No)
Yes
2. If yes, what did you use for that? (PDFLib/libharu/Other)
FPDF
3. Did you try PECL/haru or libharu itself? (Yes/No)
No
4. Are you interested in open source library for PDF generation (written in C)? (Yes/No)
Yes
5. Would you like to take part in development/maintenance/testing of such a library? (Yes/No)
Maybe :-)
#3 Lafriks on 2007-10-29 14:31 (Reply)
1. Yes
2. FPDF
3. No
4. Yes
5. No (Don't have required skill)
#4 PeterN on 2007-10-29 14:41 (Reply)
1. Have you ever needed to generate PDF files on-the-fly? (Yes/No)
YES
2. If yes, what did you use for that? (PDFLib/libharu/Other)
FPDF
3. Did you try PECL/haru or libharu itself? (Yes/No)
NO
4. Are you interested in open source library for PDF generation (written in C)? (Yes/No)
YES
5. Would you like to take part in development/maintenance/testing of such a library? (Yes/No)
NO
#5 demiurg (Homepage) on 2007-10-29 14:50 (Reply)
1. Have you ever needed to generate PDF files on-the-fly? (Yes/No)

YES, often.

2. If yes, what did you use for that? (PDFLib/libharu/Other)

HTMLDOC (I love the ease of creating your templates with html)

3. Did you try PECL/haru or libharu itself? (Yes/No)

NO

4. Are you interested in open source library for PDF generation (written in C)? (Yes/No)

YES

5. Would you like to take part in development/maintenance/testing of such a library? (Yes/No)

NO
#6 Lars Pohlmann (Homepage) on 2007-10-29 14:57 (Reply)
1.Yes.
2.Other: Zend_Pdf (Zend Framework), html2fpdf (fpdf)
3.No
4.Yes, definitely.
5.No. The time problem.
#7 Andreas H on 2007-10-29 15:30 (Reply)
1. Yes
2. PDFlib, FPDF, Zend Framework, ps2pdf, etc.
3. No
4. Yes
5. Depends on the time commitment
#8 Mike Willbanks (Homepage) on 2007-10-29 15:33 (Reply)
1. Yes
2. Other : FPDF
3. No
4. Yes
5. No
#9 antoine (Homepage) on 2007-10-29 16:07 (Reply)
1. Have you ever needed to generate PDF files on-the-fly? (Yes/No)
Yes, very important
2. If yes, what did you use for that? (PDFLib/libharu/Other)
FPDF/FPDI
3. Did you try PECL/haru or libharu itself? (Yes/No)
No
4. Are you interested in open source library for PDF generation (written in C)? (Yes/No)
Question I would ask myself: Would the C module be portable to a virtual domain? cross platform, etc.
5. Would you like to take part in development/maintenance/testing of such a library? (Yes/No)
Not at present.
#10 Larry Anderson (Homepage) on 2007-10-29 16:16 (Reply)
>Question I would ask myself: Would the C module be portable to a virtual domain?

As well as any other PHP extension.
See http://pecl.php.net/haru and http://php.net/haru for more details.

> cross platform, etc.

In most cases C == cross platform.
Though I don't care of any platforms except *nix at the moment.
#10.1 Antony Dovgal (Homepage) on 2007-10-29 16:22 (Reply)
1. Yes
2. Other : FPDF
3. No
4. No
5. No
#11 Marc Carlucci on 2007-10-29 16:20 (Reply)
#1 I do need to generate PDF files on-the-fly
#2 None, haven't got around to do it yet
#3 Not really, only did quick'n'dirty tests using PECL/haru
#4 Yes
#5 Yes, count me in as a testing monkey
#12 Hannes Magnusson (Homepage) on 2007-10-29 16:22 (Reply)
That's good news! =)
#12.1 Antony Dovgal (Homepage) on 2007-10-29 16:23 (Reply)
1. Have you ever needed to generate PDF files on-the-fly? Yes
2. If yes, what did you use for that? PDFLib, FPDF
3. Did you try PECL/haru or libharu itself? No
4. Are you interested in open source library for PDF generation (written in C)? Yes
5. Would you like to take part in development/maintenance/testing of such a library? Maybe
#13 Yosh on 2007-10-29 16:31 (Reply)
1. : YES
2. Other : FPDF
3. No
4. Yes
5. No
#14 SKY (Homepage) on 2007-10-29 16:57 (Reply)
1. Yes
2. Other: FPDF
3. No
4. Yes
5. No
#15 Ben Mason (Homepage) on 2007-10-29 17:41 (Reply)
1. Yes
2. FPDF/FPDFi
3. No
4. Yes
5. No
#16 Jan on 2007-10-29 18:28 (Reply)
1. Yes
2. html2ps + ghostscript = yuck, but worked
3. No, was not available when this project started
4. of course
5. As best as my C skills would allow.
#17 Brian Moon (Homepage) on 2007-10-29 18:29 (Reply)
1. Yes
2. Other: FPDF and Zend_Pdf (from Zend Framework)
3. No
4. No (no performance issue for PDF generaly)
5. No
#18 Philippe (Homepage) on 2007-10-29 19:43 (Reply)
1. Yes
2. FPDF
3. No
4. Yes
5. No
#19 Zahariash on 2007-10-29 20:22 (Reply)
1. Have you ever needed to generate PDF files on-the-fly?

Yes.

2. If yes, what did you use for that? (PDFLib/libharu/Other)

Other (FPDF)

3. Did you try PECL/haru or libharu itself? (Yes/No)

No, did not know about it.

4. Are you interested in open source library for PDF generation (written in C)? (Yes/No)

Yes.

5. Would you like to take part in development/maintenance/testing of such a library? (Yes/No)

No. (Lack of required C skills/time reasons.)
#20 Mikey (Homepage) on 2007-10-29 21:42 (Reply)
1. Yes
2. PDFLib
3. No.
4. Shared Webhosting => No
5. No.
#21 Felix Jacobi on 2007-10-29 22:09 (Reply)
1. Yes
2. FPDF
3. No
4. No
5. No
#22 saturn on 2007-10-30 05:54 (Reply)
1. Yes
2. Zend Framework: Zend_Pdf
3. No
4. No
5. No
#23 Brutos on 2007-10-30 05:54 (Reply)
1. Yes
2. TCPDF
3. No
4. Yes
5. Yes (Testing)
#24 nan (Homepage) on 2007-10-30 10:58 (Reply)
1. Yes
2. PDFLib
3. No
4. Yes
5. Testing, yes

One thing though - please add support for Unicode font subsetting (so only the unicode glyphs that are actually used in the document are embedded). I have yet to find a PHP generation library usable from PHP that can do that.
#25 Anti Veeranna (Homepage) on 2007-10-30 16:57 (Reply)
1 Yes
2 Other
3 No
4 Yes
5 Yes de facto
#26 Marcelo Araujo (Homepage) on 2007-11-01 15:43 (Reply)
Yes
FPDF
No
For better performance : Yes ; For use : I don't care
Why not
#27 Jeremie on 2007-11-02 13:09 (Reply)
1. Yes
2. fpdf
3. No
4. Not really sure, if it does need to be install on the server (as the Pear package existing), I think you get rid of most users, because they can't change the server...
5. No

I'm no kind of expert, but I think a new way to make PDF through PHP would be great, as existing "accessible" (with shared hosting) ones are usable but a little oldy (fpdf : 2004 - r&os pdf class : 2003). But as I already said, installing it may not be possible to most of users.
#28 Blackeyedboy (Homepage) on 2007-11-05 11:12 (Reply)
1. Have you ever needed to generate PDF files on-the-fly? (Yes/No)
Yes

2. If yes, what did you use for that? (PDFLib/libharu/Other)
FPDF

3. Did you try PECL/haru or libharu itself? (Yes/No)
No

4. Are you interested in open source library for PDF generation (written in C)? (Yes/No)
Yes

5. Would you like to take part in development/maintenance/testing of such a library? (Yes/No)
Yes
#29 ClearNet (Homepage) on 2007-11-05 12:27 (Reply)
1. Have you ever needed to generate PDF files on-the-fly? (Yes/No)
Yes, constantly
2. If yes, what did you use for that? (PDFLib/libharu/Other)
FPDF, and self-customed FPDF
3. Did you try PECL/haru or libharu itself? (Yes/No)
No
4. Are you interested in open source library for PDF generation (written in C)? (Yes/No)
No
5. Would you like to take part in development/maintenance/testing of such a library? (Yes/No)
No
#30 Reporter on 2007-11-06 13:22 (Reply)
1. Yes
2. PDFLib
3. No
4. Yes
5. No
#31 Gerald (Homepage) on 2007-11-07 20:28 (Reply)

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