Joomla 3.0+ Create PDF from HTML content

Question

So I am trying to convert a certain type of page view into PDF (and also CSV's but thats another hurdle). The tricky part is that I am using Joomla 3.0 so the ever popular PhocaPDF extension will not work.

So far I have tried using http://docs.joomla.org/Creating_PDF_views, but it ends up throwing errors when referring to JRENDER().

Also I have tried using this extension http://rootprogress.com/index.php/downloads/root-pdf-content

Which I can get to work but only for the article view. I can tell that this plug-in gets its code using DOMPDF and also grabs the $article from JOOMLA! so I have no idea where it is grabbing the $article variable from (so I can reassign it to my new view).

Has anyone had any success with implementing a PDF generator in Joomla 3.0?

Are we talking about a custom component you are developing or you just want to add the posibility to print articles? Maybe try to be as specific as possible on what is the flow... — Valentin Despa
Well I am trying to add the functionality for users to download articles as a PDF, like they had in Joomla 1.5. I have no interest in releasing it as a component and really just want the code for a specific site. Also the ROOT pdf component does this but it will only will do it for pages that contain ?view=article, I am using many different views but I want it to only appear on a custom view. — Meowpheus

Hazzit Hazzit · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-11T22:52:52

The PDF functionality that used to be there in V1.5 was removed in V1.6, see Changes from 1.5 to 1.6. I don't think anybody put it back in for later versions. You can use a third party component if you really need it.

Joomla 3.0+ Create PDF from HTML content

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