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MRobinson · 24th June 2007, 03:10 PM

Creating the PDF file on the server is the best approach IMO since it does not limit you. On the server it would be straight-forward to "email this PDF to a friend" for example - not sure how that would be achieved client-side without user intervention.

Also, printing the page as PDF can give different results from what's required. e.g. I generate PDF invoices that look entirely different from the displayed page (with letterhead, terms and conditions etc) - although you could do a lot with a print media stylesheet I suppose.

There are plenty of pure PHP alternatives that don't require the PHP extension.
e.g. FPDF, or Zend_Pdf (php5) amongst many others.

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MRobinson Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: UK Posts: 106	Creating the PDF file on the server is the best approach IMO since it does not limit you. On the server it would be straight-forward to "email this PDF to a friend" for example - not sure how that would be achieved client-side without user intervention. Also, printing the page as PDF can give different results from what's required. e.g. I generate PDF invoices that look entirely different from the displayed page (with letterhead, terms and conditions etc) - although you could do a lot with a print media stylesheet I suppose. There are plenty of pure PHP alternatives that don't require the PHP extension. e.g. FPDF, or Zend_Pdf (php5) amongst many others. __________________ Mark Get Firefox \| SitePoint "It's difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it" - Upton Sinclair