PDF creation error about knpsnappybundle HOT 35 CLOSED

I have the same problem ! the html file is created in the temp directory but not the pdf !
I added twkhtmltopdf in my path enviroment!
can you help me plzz

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Hi, i've got the same error and I found a solution.

First, install xvfb (sudo apt-get install xvfb)
Next, change the configuration of the bundle in app/config/config.yml by :

knp_snappy:
    pdf:
        enabled:    true
        binary:     xvfb-run wkhtmltopdf
        options:    []
    image:
        enabled:    true
        binary:     xvfb-run wkhtmltopdf
        options:    []

I found this solution here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9910975/pdf2html-in-php-convert-untilities-scripts-examples-demos/9924154#9924154

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the good solution is to use the static version of wkhtmltopdf like here #3

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Thanx for answer. I was read article at stackoverflow and issues at github and tried to do it before create a new issue here, but I'm still having a error.

The workflow for wkhtmltopdf looks like:

1. Post the innerHTML to the server -> done
2. Write a temporary HTML file with the posted data (file:write_file) -> done
3. Convert this file to PDF using the command line WKHTMLTOPDF (os:cmd) -> fail
4. Read and store the PDF file content to a variable (file:read_file) -> fail
5. Delete the temporary HTML and PDF files (file:delete) ->fail
6. Send back the final document to the client using the ‘application/pdf’ content type header -> fail

On my opinion, the wkhtmltopdf works, but works only before third step

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Did you try making sure the config file points to the correct wkhtmltopdf binary? I had to fix my path to get it to work.

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Hi,
I am using KnpSnappyBundle and i am getting this error:

public function saveInvoiceAction()
{ 
      $session = $this->getRequest()->getSession();
      $session->start();
      $profile = $session->get('profile');
      $invoice = $session->get('invoice');

  $html = $this->renderView('InvFrontendBundle:Default:preview.html.twig', array('invoice' => $invoice, 'profile'=>$profile));

  return new Response(
      $this->get('knp_snappy.pdf')->getOutputFromHtml($html),
      200,
      array(
          'Content-Type'          => 'application/pdf',
          'Content-Disposition'   => 'attachment; filename="tralala.pdf"'
      )
  );
}

ERROR:

The file 'C:\Users\madal\AppData\Local\Temp\knp_snappy502dc162a018c4.84540823.pdf' was not created (command: /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf --lowquality "C:\Users\madal\AppData\Local\Temp\knp_snappy502dc1629fe996.73531235.html" "C:\Users\madal\AppData\Local\Temp\knp_snappy502dc162a018c4.84540823.pdf").

Can somebody help me please ?

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OS windows?

and you have installed and worked version of wkhtmltopdf?

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Even i did made it simpler:

  $html = trim($this->renderView('InvFrontendBundle:Default:prev.html.twig', array()));

  return new Response(
      $this->get('knp_snappy.pdf')->getOutputFromHtml($html),
      200,
      array(
          'Content-Type'          => 'application/pdf',
          'Content-Disposition'   => 'attachment; filename="tmp/file.pdf"'
      )
  );

and nothing again! :(

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I just followed the instructions here:
https://github.com/KnpLabs/KnpSnappyBundle

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man ask again you have installed and worked wkhtmltopdf?

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I don't think so. In the instructions in this page instalation of wkhtmltopdf is not included.
but probably they do it automaticaly or ... i don't know.

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read this

and configuration section https://github.com/KnpLabs/KnpSnappyBundle#configuration

You should have http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/ before you can use Snappy

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thanks, i will read it :)

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ok, i see, but there are no instructions how to install that in Symfony 2. I am beginner in this and i don't know what to do.

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You need install it on your system, and put path to the snappy config where snappy can find it

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I did download this: wkhtmltopdf-0.9.9-installer and i did install this, but nothing happen.
the instalation is in C:\Program Files (x86)\wkhtmltopdf
and the path that i have to create in config.yml should be something like

knp_snappy:
pdf:
enabled: true
binary: C:\Program Files (x86)\wkhtmltopdf
options: []

???

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would you give me an example or .. ?

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http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/wiki/compilation#Windows

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ok, if i install my application on the server do i need to do all this crap with C++ and to install wkhtmltopdf and etc ?
The server is Linux based and probably they have everything we need to make this pdf convert to work ??

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I did download MinGW and start the program, now what i have to do ?

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@madal only way to get this to work on windows is to add wkhtmltopdf in your path enviroment so it would be accessible directly with wkhtmltopdf.

My snappy config looks like this:

knp_snappy:
    pdf:
        enabled:    true
        binary:     wkhtmltopdf
        options:    []
    image:
        enabled:    true
        binary:     wkhtmltoimage
        options:    []

P.S. and yes, you'll need to install "all this crap" on server too.

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I followed the instructions above and it still does not work on Windows7.
Anybody got it working on any windows flavour?

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@2manypeople above setup is what works on my Windows 7 x64.

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Thanks, @Inori .

I keep getting

The file 'testfile.pdf' was not created (command: wkhtmltopdf --lowquality "http://www.google.fr" "testfile.pdf"

The funny thing about this is that the same command works fine on the command line.
Any idea?

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try to run this command in the same environment than your web server.

On systems like ubuntu, you could use:

su www-data
/usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf --lowquality "http://www.google.fr" "testfile.pdf"

Also, you should configure snappy to have the absolute path to wkhtmltopdf binary, eg: /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf or smthg like that.

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@docteurklein absolute path on windows won't work because of spaces and () in the path - "Program Files (x86)" breaks

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where would this break ?

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@docteurklein when snappy runs C:\Program Files (x86)\wkhtmltopdf\wkhtmltopdf.exe --lowquality "http://www.google.fr" "testfile.pdf"

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I have a setup on redhat thats giving me issues. I am able to run from the command line and get the PDF but it does not work from the bundle. I am using this with Symfony2 on Apache. I had this issue on my MAC which had a MAMP installation and I was able to use the link http://oneqonea.blogspot.in/2012/04/why-does-wkhtmltopdf-work-via-terminal.html to solve the issue but I am unable to find anything that helps me get through this on redhat "The file .... was not created error". I tried using both the static versions 0.9 and 0.11. Any help?

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Yep space in the file path will return this error. Solved by moving to c:\

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on windows you need to execute wkhtmltopdf as admin

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process for windows 7, that work for me :

• install wkhtmltopdf
• add wkhtmltopdf to your path enviroment
• also restart server :)

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how to give the path for binary if i put my application in server ,for example server address is www.wellness.com and i put wkhtmltopdf in www.wellness.com/wkhtmltopdf what should i give to binary path

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@CoreFloDev, Thanks! That worked for me.

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process for windows 7, that work for me :

• install wkhtmltopdf
• add wkhtmltopdf to your path enviroment
• also restart server :)

It worked for me, in windows 10 with symfony 4.

Add to your .env

WKHTMLTOPDF_PATH=wkhtmltopdf
WKHTMLTOIMAGE_PATH=wkhtmltoimage

Thank's

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