Activate pdf library in php - Windows (32 bit)

I have an Apache server running PHP-5.3.0 for Windows. For the creation of开发者_运维技巧 pdf files, I need to activate the pre-bundled pdf library (referred here) in my php by editing the configuration file. How can I do this?

Or is there any other way to enable pdf creation?

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Go to PHP's root directory > php.ini. Ctrl+F 'extension=php_pdflib.dll' and remove the semicolon (;) at the start of the line. Then restart Apache. If the semicolon isn't there, then it should already be activated. If there isn't any results from the Ctrl+F, it likely means you don't have it installed. You could try adding 'extension=php_pdflib.dll' (anywhere will do).

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You can use a small file to test whether the library is loaded, just write in it:

<?php phpinfo();

Watch for php.ini in the output of this script, and add the following line to the file (you may need additional privileges to do that, right click your editor -> Run as Administrator):

extension=php_pdflib.dll

Restart apache, and check that pdf has been installed by checking the aforementioned phpinfo file.

Unless you're doing really advanced PDF stuff (and you need the non-free version of php-pdf for that), I can really recommend Prince XML. It converts XML and HTML into PDF and adds additional CSS properties, like page dimensions and numbers, PDF bookmarks and the like. Their documentation is better in demonstrating that than any of their marketing pages.

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I solved it using TCPDF.. Its easy to handle. No need to edit php.ini.