mPDF View

Extension for Kohana's View class that renders as a PDF instead of HTML. Uses MPDF to render normal HTML views as PDF Files.

Installation

If your application is a Git repository:

git submodule add git://github.com/smgladkovskiy/kohana-mpdf.git modules/mpdf
git submodule update --init --recursive

Or clone the the module separately:

cd modules
git clone git://github.com/smgladkovskiy/kohana-mpdf.git mpdf

Update mPDF

cd modules/mpdf
git submodule update --init

Configuration

Edit application/bootstrap.php and add a the module:

Kohana::modules(array(
    ...
    'mpdf' => 'modules/mpdf',
    ...
));

Usage

Placed in a controller action:

// Load a view using the PDF extension
$pdf = View_MPDF::factory('pdf/example');

// Use the PDF as the request response
$this->response->body($pdf);