Save generated pdf file into server

[actionwave34F]

The user creates a pdf from the form pdf button and by default that file is downloaded into the browser. We have a need to store the file in that operation also to some specific location into server for archive/reference purpose. It will be linked to the form concept. I can't find any means to achieve this. Any ideas or tips?

 

[cheesegrits]

Not really, no. It's probably possible, but not with anything currently in the Fabrik toolbox. It'd need some custom coding.

-- hugh

 

[actionwave34F]

Yes , I realize that. Can u give us some hints where to put the "custom coding"? in view.pdf.php? Is the pdf output available somewhere?

 

[raimis]

?

 

[actionwave34F]

For now we "accept" that the pdf is downloaded and then we drop it into a document form field to be uploaded. We want the file to be stored into document field directly .

 

[cheesegrits]

I should have been more specific. I have no idea how to do this, without coding it into the pdf view directly, ie modifying core code.

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[zzzz54]

I?m interested in this kind of functionality too. searching on google I?ve found this

Automatically Saving a dynamic PDF to the remote server using DOMPDF
You can do one thing like below which i am doing for my application. First create a folder in your server under the root directory for example. Then change read write permissions to that folder using chmod command.

Then get all the code in $html string.

$dompdf->load_html($html);
$dompdf->render();
$pdf = $dompdf->output();
$file_location = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."app_folder_name/pdfReports/".$pdf_name.".pdf";
file_put_contents($file_location,$pdf);
Where pdfReports is the folder which i created to save all the pdf's. You can change to your folder name.

I don?t know to perform the changes needed to include that code in /libraries/dompdf/dompdf.php, any idea?

 

[cheesegrits]

You'd have to do it in our PDF renderer, in ./libraries/joomla/document/pdf/pdf.php, around line 157 where we currently stream() the doc to the browser. But as you'd be modifying core code, you'd have to either re-apply your changes after every update, or maintain your own fork of Fabrik.

This is potentially something that could be added as a global option, something like "archive PDF's", if someone wants to do the work and submit a PR on github.

-- hugh

 

[zzzz54]

sounds like a solution. very thanks hugh