Fastest PDF generation in PHP?

Question

I'm attempting to generate some reports dynamically, very simple HTML tables with borders.

I've tried TCPDF and it renders up to 400 rows just fine but anything more than that (about 20 pages) it can't handle it. DOMPDF can't even do that.

These reports can be thousands of rows.

Any idea on a faster library or a better plan of attack?

Answer 1

Try php-wkhtml2x php extension. It uses popular web engine webkit(Chrome and Safari uses that)

Answer 2

I use the FPDF library, the output is fast and resource-efficient. Try it out... http://www.fpdf.org/

Answer 3

I don't know if these methods are the fastest, but they can certainly handle more than 20 pages.

You could use latex in combination with php: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7870

or Zend_Service_LiveDocx_MailMerge http://www.phphatesme.com/blog/webentwicklung/pdf-erzeugung-mit-dem-zend-framework/