I am new in PHP and know maybe 1% only, but i am trying to make it work anyhow.
I am using joomla for my website anf i am using a component names EventList.
I am trying to generate PDF from daily events. So because i dont have any knowledge in PHP i am trying to get it through http://www.onlinepdfprinter.com
I am tryng to follow their step with some help from support to write the code, but still it is not working.
This is the Code what i got now, Am i doing something wrong?
Thanks for ur help everybody!
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function do_post_request($url, $data) {
$data = array("options" => base64_encode(json_encode($data)));
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PORT, "8888");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
return $response;
} // end do_post_request()
function force_pdf_download($stream, $filename_to_save_as = "output.pdf") {
if ($stream && (substr($stream, 0, 5) == "%PDF-")) {
header("Pragma: public");
header("Expires: 0");
header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
header("Content-Length: ".strlen($stream));
header("Content-Type: application/pdf");
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"${filename_to_save_as}\"");
echo $stream;
} // end if
} // end force_pdf_download()
function onlinepdfgenerator() {
$url = "http://www.onlinepdfprinter.com";
$rows = & $this->get('Data');
//echo $rows;
//print_r($rows);
$data = array(); // DATA TO SEND TO PDF PRINTER
foreach ($rows as $row) {
if (($row->times >= "06:00:00") && ($row->times < "09:00:00")) {
$section = "morgen";
} else if (($row->times >= "09:00:00") && ($row->times <= "12:00:00")) {
$section = "vormittag";
} else if (($row->times >= "12:00:00") && ($row->times <= "15:00:00")) {
$section = "mittag";
} else if (($row->times >= "15:00:00") && ($row->times <= "18:00:00")) {
$section = "nachmittag";
} else {
$section = "abend";
} // end if
switch ($row->catname) {
case "Ausstellungen":
$variable = "aust_${section}";
break;
case "Besichtigungen":
$variable = "besi_${section}";
break;
case "Bildung":
$variable = "bild_${section}";
break;
case "Brunch & Breakfast":
$variable = "brun_${section}";
break;
case "Charity":
$variable = "char_${section}";
break;
case "Familienfeste":
$variable = "fami_${section}";
break;
case "Flohmärkte":
$variable = "floh_${section}";
break;
case "Freizeitparks":
$variable = "frei_${section}";
break;
case "Gartenfestivals":
$variable = "gart_${section}";
break;
case "Gesundheit":
$variable = "gart_${section}";
break;
case "Kinderwelten":
$variable = "kind_${section}";
break;
case "Kirmes, Rummel":
$variable = "kirm_${section}";
break;
case "Konzerte und Gesang":
$variable = "konz_${section}";
break;
case "Märkte":
$variable = "mark_${section}";
break;
case "Messen":
$variable = "mess_${section}";
break;
case "Musik & Theater":
$variable = "musi_${section}";
break;
case "Offene Türen":
$variable = "aust_${section}";
break;
case "Saisonales":
$variable = "sais_${section}";
break;
case "Sonstige":
$variable = "sons_${section}";
break;
case "Special-Events":
$variable = "spec_${section}";
break;
case "Sportveranstaltungen":
$variable = "spor_${section}";
break;
case "Tagestipps":
$variable = "tage_${section}";
break;
} // end switch
$data["static_data"][$variable] .= "{$row->title} - {$row->datdescription}\n";
} // end foreach
$options = array("template" => "test3.doc",
"api_key" => "pRaDS-Iq9TS-4GUkN",
"static_data" => $data["static_data"],
"rows_per_page" => 1,
);
//var_export($options);
//exit;
$pdf_data = $this->do_post_request($url, $options);
$filename = "category_eventlist." . strftime("%Y-%m-%d", time()) . ".pdf";
ob_clean();
$this->force_pdf_download($pdf_data, $filename);
exit;
} // end onlinepdfgenerator()