createPDF and send file as attachement

Hi Karls, 

Here's some sample code from: Admin > Plugins > Create PDF > Example Code

// From /plugins/createPDF/examples/html_as_inline.php "HTML variable as inline PDF"
$html = '<h1>HTML As Inline</h1>';
$data = createPDF_fromHTML($html);
createPDF_display('inline', $data, 'example.pdf');

You can use this to get the PDF content in $data and then email that.  Here's an example:

// Send as email
$errors = sendMessage(array(
  'from'    => "dave@interactivetools.com",
  'to'      => "dave@interactivetools.com",
  'subject' => "Email with attached PDF",
  'text'    => "Here's the PDF attachment!\n",
  'attachments' => array(
    'sample.pdf'  => createPDF_fromHTML('<h1>HTML As Inline</h1>')
  ),
));
if ($errors) { die($errors); }


Let me know if that works for you!

Hi Karls, 

That code example doesn't require any files.  The file data is just stored in memory until it's sent and the email recipient can choose where to save the attachment.

But you can create files like this:

file_put_contents('hello.txt', 'Hello World'); 

And read them in like this:

$data = file_get_contents('hello.txt'); 

What are you trying to do specifically?

Hi Dave,

1. Originally I wanted to store the created PDF file permanently in a selected folder on my server,
2. i need to use an email template on the email,
3. and the attachment has a custom filename.

I created this with your hints:

$GLOBALS['CREATEPDF_CUSTOM_SWITCHES'] = '--disable-smart-shrinking --margin-left 5 --margin-right 5'; 

$url  = "https://www.example.com/invoice-create.php?orderId=".$sampleVar['orderId'];
$fileName = $sampleVar['orderId']).".pdf";
$data = createPDF_fromUrl($url);
file_put_contents('../invoices/'.$fileName, $data);

$defaultLang = strtoupper($CURRENT_USER['uilang']);
$tempName     = 'MEMBER-SEND-INVOICE-'.$defaultLang;
$emailHeaders = emailTemplate_loadFromDB(array(
    'template_id'  => $tempName,
    'placeholders' => array(
        'user.email'      => $CURRENT_USER['email'],
        'user.name'       => $CURRENT_USER['nickname'],
    ),
    'attachments' => array(
        $fileName         => $data
    )
));
$mailErrors = sendMessage($emailHeaders);
if ($mailErrors) { alert("Mail Error: $mailErrors"); }


For some reason the CREATEPDF_CUSTOM_SWITCHES are ignored and i cannot change the margins. (i use the latest version pdfcreate)

Items in the Outgoing Mail folder not store attachments, right?

Please make a note on the above if you have any.

Thank you,
Karls

Hi Karls, 

You can try adding the help switch to ensure the switches are getting to CreatePDF: 

$GLOBALS['CREATEPDF_CUSTOM_SWITCHES'] = '--disable-smart-shrinking --margin-left 5 --margin-right 5  --extended-help';  

That should cause all the help out to be displayed.  If it's not, the switches aren't reaching Wkhtmltopdf, if it is displayed then you'll have to experiment more.  I'd try --margin-left 50 or 500 and see if that's visible.

And, no, outgoing mail doesn't store attachments (to prevent using too much disk space).