I would like to use the wkhtmltopdf for HTML to PDF conversion.
When I have tried to convert it via linux terminal, it works fine.
But when I have tried with the php script it does not work.
I am trying execute the binary directly.
here is the code I am trying with PHP.
exec('/home/binary_loc/wkhtmltopdf http://www.google.com /home/user/output.pdf');
My binary is at the same folder where "index.php" exist.
I have tried to fetch the version of wkhtmltopdf binary with PHP, then it return the version.
But i don't able to understand why not it work to execute with php for pdf.
Here is code for version check using php.
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', '1');
$cmd = "./wkhtmltopdf --version";
$t = shell_exec($cmd);
echo $t;
exit()
Do anyone has solution regarding it??
I want this because this will work in the shared hosting too. No need to install the wkhtmltopdf in the server.
Define the complete path to the wkhtmltopdf executable and the complete path to the output folder.
To debug try something like this:
shell_exec("/home/binary_loc/wkhtmltopdf http://www.google.com /home/user/output.pdf > /home/user/debug.log 2>&1");
pipe the error in a file
Exec probably doesn't have permission to execute the file. PHP usually runs as either apache or nobody, rather than your user account. You'll have to make sure the execute bit is set for whatever user it runs under. You can use chmod 755 wkhtmltopdf from the directory it's under, to grant read and execute to all users.
Note that on some shared hosting, exec() is disabled. Check with your host to make sure you have access to it.