Split a PDF into one file per page
Recently I had to upload a PDF via a mobile app which required each page to be uploaded as a separate file - potentially an enormous amount of work. pdftk…
Open dompdf files in the browser instead of downloading
I use dompdf in a number of sites to produce PDF documents from HTML and CSS. It works brilliantly most of the time, but one slight annoyance I've experienced recently…
FLOSS UK newsletter build process
A couple of weeks ago, I sent the latest copy of the FLOSS UK newsletter (my last as editor) to the office for printing and distribution. When I became editor…
Converting JPG to PDF in Ubuntu
Earlier this week someone sent me a scanned document with each page as a separate JPG file. I prefer to keep documents as single PDFs, as they're easier to file…
Automatically populating PDF form fields
At a previous job I needed to automatically populate form fields in a PDF template and then 'flatten' the PDF so that users could make no further changes. After asking…
Combine multiple PDFs into one file in Linux
One thing which I find myself doing on a regular basis is combining multiple PDFs into a single file - e.g. scanned receipts with a digital expenses form. This is…
Using exec to reduce PHP memory use
As mentioned in a previous post, I've recently started to use a library called dompdf to convert HTML to PDF using PHP. One of the major problems I came across…
Creating PDF files in PHP with Smarty and dompdf
Back in 2010 I'd been looking for a way to generate PDF files dynamically on a Web site mainly to create files which can be printed or emailed and will…