peter279k / uxdm-pdf-destination

PDF destination for the UXDM data migrator

UXDM PDF Destination

The UXDM PDF destination allows you to migrate data into a PDF table.

Installation

To install the UXDM PDF destination, just run the following composer command.

composer require divineomega/uxdm-pdf-destination

Creating

To create a new PDF destination, you must provide it with the file path of PDF file you wish to export data to. The first row of the PDF table will contain the field names.

The following example creates a PDF destination object, using a PDF file called users.pdf in the same directory.

$pdfFile = __DIR__.'/users.pdf';
$pdfDestination = new PDFDestination($pdfFile);

Custom Paper Size & Orientation

You can alter the PDF destination to output PDFs with a custom paper size and orientation. To do this, use the setPaperSize and setPaperOrientation methods of the PDF destination object, as shown below.

$destination->setPaperSize('A5');
$destination->setPaperOrientation('landscape');

HTML Prefix & Suffix

Internally, the PDF destination renders a basic HTML table into a PDF. If you wish to style the table, add a heading, or extra content, you can add a HTML prefix or HTML suffix.

An example of how to do this is shown below.

$htmlPrefix = '<h1>My Report</h1>
            <style>
                table { width: 100% }
                h1 { text-align: center; }
                th { text-transform: capitalize; text-align: center; } 
                th, td { margin: 0; border: 1px solid #000; }
            </style>';
$htmlSuffix = '<p>Created by UXDM</p>';

$destination->setHtmlPrefix($htmlPrefix);
$destination->setHtmlSuffix($htmlSuffix);

Assigning to migrator

To use the PDF destination as part of a UXDM migration, you must assign it to the migrator. This process is the same for most destinations.

$migrator = new Migrator;
$migrator->setDestination($pdfDestination);

Alternatively, you can add multiple destinations, as shown below. You can also specify the fields you wish to send to each destination by passing an array of field names as the second parameter.

$migrator = new Migrator;
$migrator->addDestination($pdfDestination, ['field1', 'field2']);
$migrator->addDestination($otherDestination, ['field3', 'field2']);