Standalone Rendering

It is possible to render a PDF document as standalone view. That is especially useful if you want to attach the document to an email or you want to generate multiple PDFs in one request.

PHP

<?php
$objectManager = \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility::makeInstance(\TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Object\ObjectManager::class);
$standaloneView = $objectManager->get(\TYPO3\CMS\Fluid\View\StandaloneView::class);
$templatePath = \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility::getFileAbsFileName('EXT:pdfviewhelpers/Resources/Public/Examples/BasicUsage/Bithost.html');

$standaloneView->setFormat('html');
$standaloneView->setTemplatePathAndFilename($templatePath);

$pdf = $standaloneView->render(); //return pdf as string, or simply save to file system

Fluid Template - return String

{namespace pdf=Bithost\Pdfviewhelpers\ViewHelpers}

<pdf:document outputDestination="S">
        <pdf:page>
                <pdf:text>Your content</pdf:text>
        </pdf:page>
</pdf:document>

Fluid Template - save file

{namespace pdf=Bithost\Pdfviewhelpers\ViewHelpers}

<pdf:document outputDestination="F" outputPath="fileadmin/document.pdf">
        <pdf:page>
                <pdf:text>Your content</pdf:text>
        </pdf:page>
</pdf:document>