How to convert PHP files to PDF files using MacPro

In daily work and study, we often need to download various materials and files. Among them, whether developers or designers, they often need to download some PHP code samples or technical documents from the Internet. However, some websites do not support downloading these files in PDF format, so we need to convert them to PDF. This article will explain how to convert PHP files to PDF files using MacPro.

The first step is to download and install the Wkhtmltopdf tool. Wkhtmltopdf is a free open source tool that can convert HTML code to PDF documents and supports custom page sizes, headers, footers and other features. The download and installation steps are as follows:

1. Enter the official website of Wkhtmltopdf: https://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html
2. Select the corresponding download link according to your operating system version, such as The download link corresponding to the MacOS file is: https://downloads.wkhtmltopdf.org/0.12/0.12.5/wkhtmltox-0.12.5-1.macos-cocoa.pkg
3. After the download is completed, double-click the installation package to install.

4. After the installation is completed, enter the following command in the terminal to confirm whether the installation is successful:

   wkhtmltopdf --version

If the version number is displayed , it means the installation has been successful.

The second step is to convert the PHP file into an HTML file. Wkhtmltopdf tool can only convert HTML files to PDF files, so we need to convert PHP files to HTML files first. Here we use the services provided by the Apache server that comes with Mac for conversion. The specific steps are as follows:

1. Place the PHP file in the directory of the Apache server (the default directory is /Library/WebServer/Documents/).
2. Enter http://localhost/filename.php in the browser and access it. If the correct result appears, it means that the server has been configured correctly.

The third step is to use the Wkhtmltopdf tool to convert the HTML file to a PDF file. The specific steps are as follows:

1. Open the terminal and enter the directory where the PHP files are stored.

2. Enter the following command to convert the PHP file to an HTML file:

   php -f filename.php > filename.html

Among them, the > symbol is a command to redirect the output results to the specified file.

3. Enter the following command to convert HTML files to PDF files using the Wkhtmltopdf tool:

   wkhtmltopdf filename.html filename.pdf

Among them, file name.html is the name of the HTML file generated in the second step, and file name.pdf is the name of the converted PDF file.

At this point, we have successfully used MacPro to convert PHP files to PDF files. If you need to convert files in other formats to PDF files, you can do so in a similar way. To sum up, the steps are divided into three parts: install the Wkhtmltopdf tool, convert PHP files to HTML files, and use the Wkhtmltopdf tool to convert HTML files to PDF files.

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