I've been reading up on creating a PDF file with PHP and am wondering what the easiest option is.
Create a PDF template, open it and replace placeholder text -- which function do I use to open an existing PDF for editing?
Create a PDF template and place text on it using co-ordinates
Create a HTML document then convert it to PDF using some sort of free tool?
Create a PDF from scratch using PHP (this seams like a time consuming way to do it).
The one that i know of as being best is the FPDF. It is great open-source solution for creating all sorts of PDF layouts. Thanks
If you want very advanced features in PDF creation then try TCPDF. If you want just minimal features of PDF creation and want a smaller in size class then try FPDF.
The following link has an article describing these two PDF generating class libraries: Easily create PDF with PHP