JasperReports for PHP
Package to generate reports with JasperReports 6 library through JasperStarter v3 command-line tool.
##Install
composer require cossou/jasperphp
##Introduction
This package aims to be a solution to compile and process JasperReports (.jrxml & .jasper files).
###Why?
Did you ever had to create a good looking Invoice with a lot of fields for your great web app?
I had to, and the solutions out there were not perfect. Generating HTML + CSS to make a PDF? WTF? That doesn't make any sense! :)
Then I found JasperReports the best open source solution for reporting.
###What can I do with this?
Well, everything. JasperReports is a powerful tool for reporting and BI.
From their website:
The JasperReports Library is the world's most popular open source reporting engine. It is entirely written in Java and it is able to use data coming from any kind of data source and produce pixel-perfect documents that can be viewed, printed or exported in a variety of document formats including HTML, PDF, Excel, OpenOffice and Word.
I recommend using Jaspersoft Studio to build your reports, connect it to your datasource (ex: MySQL), loop thru the results and output it to PDF, XLS, DOC, RTF, ODF, etc.
Some examples of what you can do:
- Invoices
- Reports
- Listings
##Examples
###The Hello World example.
Go to the examples directory in the root of the repository (vendor/cossou/jasperphp/examples
).
Open the hello_world.jrxml
file with iReport or with your favorite text editor and take a look at the source code.
Compiling
First we need to compile our JRXML
file into a JASPER
binary file. We just have to do this one time.
Note: You don't need to do this step if you are using Jaspersoft Studio. You can compile directly within the program.
JasperPHP::compile(base_path() . '/vendor/cossou/jasperphp/examples/hello_world.jrxml')->execute();
This commando will compile the hello_world.jrxml
source file to a hello_world.jasper
file.
Note: If you are using Laravel 4 run php artisan tinker
and copy & paste the command above.
####Processing
Now lets process the report that we compile before:
JasperPHP::process(
base_path() . '/vendor/cossou/jasperphp/examples/hello_world.jasper',
false,
array("pdf", "rtf"),
array("php_version" => phpversion())
)->execute();
Now check the examples folder! :) Great right? You now have 2 files, hello_world.pdf
and hello_world.rtf
.
Check the API of the compile
and process
functions in the file src/JasperPHP/JasperPHP.php
file.
####Listing Parameters
Querying the jasper file to examine parameters available in the given jasper report file:
$output = JasperPHP::list_parameters(
base_path() . '/vendor/cossou/jasperphp/examples/hello_world.jasper'
)->execute();
foreach($output as $parameter_description)
echo $parameter_description;
###Advanced example
We can also specify parameters for connecting to database:
JasperPHP::process(
base_path() . '/vendor/cossou/jasperphp/examples/hello_world.jasper',
false,
array("pdf", "rtf"),
array("php_version" => phpversion()),
array(
'driver' => 'postgres',
'username' => 'vagrant',
'host' => 'localhost',
'database' => 'samples',
'port' => '5433',
)
)->execute();
##Requirements
- Java JDK 1.6
- PHP exec() function
- [optional] Mysql Connector (if you want to use database)
- [optional] Jaspersoft Studio (to draw and compile your reports)
##Installation
###Java
Check if you already have Java installed:
$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_51"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_51-b11-457-11M4509)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.51-b01-457, mixed mode)
If you get:
command not found: java
Then install it with: (Ubuntu/Debian)
$ sudo apt-get install default-jdk
Now run the java -version
again and check if the output is ok.
###Composer
Install Composer if you don't have it.
composer require cossou/jasperphp
Or in your composer.json
file add:
{
"require": {
"cossou/jasperphp": "~2",
}
}
And the just run:
composer update
and thats it.
###Using Laravel 5?
We don't provide a specific package for L5 but you can easily use JasperPHP.
use JasperPHP\JasperPHP as JasperPHP;
Route::get('/', function () {
$jasper = new JasperPHP;
// Compile a JRXML to Jasper
$jasper->compile(__DIR__ . '/../../vendor/cossou/jasperphp/examples/hello_world.jrxml')->execute();
// Process a Jasper file to PDF and RTF (you can use directly the .jrxml)
$jasper->process(
__DIR__ . '/../../vendor/cossou/jasperphp/examples/hello_world.jasper',
false,
array("pdf", "rtf"),
array("php_version" => "xxx")
)->execute();
// List the parameters from a Jasper file.
$array = $jasper->list_parameters(
__DIR__ . '/../../vendor/cossou/jasperphp/examples/hello_world.jasper'
)->execute();
return view('welcome');
});
###Using Laravel 4?
Add to your app/config/app.php
providers array:
'JasperPHP\JasperPHPServiceProvider',
Now you will have the JasperPHP
alias available.
###MySQL
We ship the MySQL connector (v5.1.34) in the /src/JasperStarter/jdbc/
directory.
###PostgreSQL
We ship the PostgreSQL (v9.4-1203) in the /src/JasperStarter/jdbc/
directory.
##Performance
Depends on the complexity, amount of data and the resources of your machine (let me know your use case).
I have a report that generates a Invoice with a DB connection, images and multiple pages and it takes about 3/4 seconds to process. I suggest that you use a worker to generate the reports in the background.
##Thanks
Thanks to Cenote GmbH for the JasperStarter tool.
##Questions?
Drop me a line on Twitter @cossou.
##License
MIT