This page contains various examples of using the HTML to PDF API in PHP. The examples are complete and fully functional. Read more about how to convert HTML to PDF in PHP.
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion and write the result to a file $client->convertUrlToFile("http://www.example.com", "example.pdf"); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); // rethrow or handle the exception throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion and store the result into the "pdf" variable $pdf = $client->convertUrl("http://www.example.com"); // at this point the "pdf" variable contains PDF raw data and // can be sent in an HTTP response, saved to a file, etc. } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); // rethrow or handle the exception throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // create an output stream for the conversion result $output_stream = fopen("example.pdf", "wb"); // check for a file creation error if (!$output_stream) throw new \Exception(error_get_last()['message']); // run the conversion and write the result into the output stream $client->convertUrlToStream("http://www.example.com", $output_stream); // close the output stream fclose($output_stream); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); // rethrow or handle the exception throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion and write the result to a file $client->convertFileToFile("/path/to/MyLayout.html", "MyLayout.pdf"); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); // rethrow or handle the exception throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion and store the result into the "pdf" variable $pdf = $client->convertFile("/path/to/MyLayout.html"); // at this point the "pdf" variable contains PDF raw data and // can be sent in an HTTP response, saved to a file, etc. } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); // rethrow or handle the exception throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // create an output stream for the conversion result $output_stream = fopen("MyLayout.pdf", "wb"); // check for a file creation error if (!$output_stream) throw new \Exception(error_get_last()['message']); // run the conversion and write the result into the output stream $client->convertFileToStream("/path/to/MyLayout.html", $output_stream); // close the output stream fclose($output_stream); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); // rethrow or handle the exception throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion and write the result to a file $client->convertStringToFile("<html><body><h1>Hello World!</h1></body></html>", "HelloWorld.pdf"); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); // rethrow or handle the exception throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion and store the result into the "pdf" variable $pdf = $client->convertString("<html><body><h1>Hello World!</h1></body></html>"); // at this point the "pdf" variable contains PDF raw data and // can be sent in an HTTP response, saved to a file, etc. } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); // rethrow or handle the exception throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // create an output stream for the conversion result $output_stream = fopen("HelloWorld.pdf", "wb"); // check for a file creation error if (!$output_stream) throw new \Exception(error_get_last()['message']); // run the conversion and write the result into the output stream $client->convertStringToStream("<html><body><h1>Hello World!</h1></body></html>", $output_stream); // close the output stream fclose($output_stream); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); // rethrow or handle the exception throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // configure the conversion $client->setDebugLog(true); // run the conversion and write the result to a file $client->convertFileToFile("/path/to/MyLayout.html", "MyLayout.pdf"); // print URL to the debug log echo "Debug log url: " . $client->getDebugLogUrl() . "\n"; // print the number of available conversion credits in your account echo "Remaining credit count: " . $client->getRemainingCreditCount() . "\n"; // print the number of credits consumed by the conversion echo "Consumed credit count: " . $client->getConsumedCreditCount() . "\n"; // print the unique ID of the conversion echo "Job id: " . $client->getJobId() . "\n"; // print the total number of pages in the output document echo "Page count: " . $client->getPageCount() . "\n"; // print the size of the output in bytes echo "Output size: " . $client->getOutputSize() . "\n"; } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); // rethrow or handle the exception throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // configure the conversion $client->setPageSize("Letter"); $client->setOrientation("landscape"); $client->setNoMargins(true); // run the conversion and write the result to a file $client->convertUrlToFile("http://www.example.com", "letter_landscape.pdf"); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); // rethrow or handle the exception throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // configure the conversion $client->setHeaderHeight("15mm"); $client->setFooterHeight("10mm"); $client->setHeaderHtml("<a class='pdfcrowd-source-url' data-pdfcrowd-placement='href-and-content'></a>"); $client->setFooterHtml("<center><span class='pdfcrowd-page-number'></span></center>"); $client->setMarginTop("0"); $client->setMarginBottom("0"); // run the conversion and write the result to a file $client->convertUrlToFile("http://www.example.com", "header_footer.pdf"); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); // rethrow or handle the exception throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // configure the conversion $client->setEnablePdfForms(true); // run the conversion and write the result to a file $client->convertStringToFile("<html><body>Enter name:<input type=text></body></html>", "form.pdf"); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); // rethrow or handle the exception throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // configure the conversion $client->setScaleFactor(300); // run the conversion and write the result to a file $client->convertUrlToFile("http://www.example.com", "zoom_300.pdf"); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); // rethrow or handle the exception throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // configure the conversion $client->setAuthor("Pdfcrowd"); $client->setTitle("Hello World"); $client->setSubject("Demo"); $client->setKeywords("Pdfcrowd,demo"); // run the conversion and write the result to a file $client->convertUrlToFile("http://www.example.com", "with_metadata.pdf"); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); // rethrow or handle the exception throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // configure the conversion $client->setPageLayout("single-page"); $client->setPageMode("full-screen"); $client->setInitialZoomType("fit-page"); $client->setOrientation("landscape"); $client->setNoMargins(true); // run the conversion and write the result to a file $client->convertUrlToFile("https://pdfcrowd.com/api/", "slide_show.pdf"); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); // rethrow or handle the exception throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // configure the conversion $client->setElementToConvert("#main"); // run the conversion and write the result to a file $client->convertUrlToFile("https://pdfcrowd.com/api/", "html_part.pdf"); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); // rethrow or handle the exception throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // configure the conversion $client->setCustomJavascript("el=document.createElement('h2'); el.textContent='Hello from Pdfcrowd API'; el.style.color='red'; el_before=document.getElementsByTagName('h1')[0]; el_before.parentNode.insertBefore(el, el_before.nextSibling)"); // run the conversion and write the result to a file $client->convertUrlToFile("http://www.example.com", "html_inject.pdf"); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); // rethrow or handle the exception throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // configure the conversion $client->setViewportWidth(992); $client->setRenderingMode("viewport"); $client->setSmartScalingMode("viewport-fit"); $client->setNoMargins(true); // run the conversion and write the result to a file $client->convertUrlToFile("https://getbootstrap.com/", "bootstrap.pdf"); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); // rethrow or handle the exception throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; require "vendor/autoload.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // create ZIP archive $options = new ZipStream\Option\Archive(); $in_stream = fopen("php://memory", "rw"); $options->setOutputStream($in_stream); $zip = new ZipStream\ZipStream("stream.zip", $options); // add HTML content to the archive $zip->addFile("index.html", "<html> <head> <style> @font-face { font-family: 'OpenSans'; src: url(fonts/OpenSans.ttf) format('truetype'); } h1 { font-family: OpenSans; } </style> </head> <body> <h1>Hello World</h1> <img src='images/logo.png'> </body> </html>"); # add required local files to the archive $zip->addFileFromPath("fonts/OpenSans.ttf", "/your-path-to/fonts/OpenSans.ttf"); $zip->addFileFromPath("images/logo.png", "/your-path-to/images/logo.png"); $zip->finish(); fseek($in_stream, 0); // create an output stream for the conversion result $output_stream = fopen("HelloFromZip.pdf", "wb"); // check for a file creation error if (!$output_stream) throw new \Exception(error_get_last()['message']); // run the conversion and write the result into the output stream $client->convertStreamToStream($in_stream, $output_stream); // close the output stream fclose($output_stream); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); // rethrow or handle the exception throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // configure the conversion $client->setCustomJavascript("libPdfcrowd.highlightHtmlElements({backgroundColor: 'rgba(255, 191, 0, 0.1)', borderColor:null})"); // run the conversion and write the result to a file $client->convertUrlToFile("http://www.example.com", "highlight_background.pdf"); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); // rethrow or handle the exception throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // configure the conversion $client->setCustomJavascript("libPdfcrowd.highlightHtmlElements({borderColor: 'orange', backgroundColor: null, padding: '4px', margin: '4px'})"); // run the conversion and write the result to a file $client->convertUrlToFile("http://www.example.com", "highlight_borders.pdf"); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); // rethrow or handle the exception throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // configure the conversion $client->setDataString('{ "name": "World", "product": "Pdfcrowd API" }'); // run the conversion and write the result to a file $client->convertStringToFile("Hello {{ name }} from {{ product }}", "output.pdf"); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); // rethrow or handle the exception throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // configure the conversion $client->setDataString('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <data> <name>World</name> <product>Pdfcrowd API</product> </data>'); // run the conversion and write the result to a file $client->convertStringToFile("Hello {{ data.name }} from {{ data.product }}", "output.pdf"); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); // rethrow or handle the exception throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // configure the conversion $client->setDataString("name: World product: Pdfcrowd API"); // run the conversion and write the result to a file $client->convertStringToFile("Hello {{ name }} from {{ product }}", "output.pdf"); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); // rethrow or handle the exception throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // configure the conversion $client->setDataString("name,product World,Pdfcrowd API"); // run the conversion and write the result to a file $client->convertStringToFile("Hello {{ name }} from {{ product }}", "output.pdf"); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); // rethrow or handle the exception throw $why; } ?>