Dec. 12, 2023, 2 p.m. | Damien Clauzon

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A thousand PDF generation solutions, but which one to choose?


Recently, I was faced with a problem that many developers fear and avoid: generating a PDF document.


There are lots of libraries handling this, the problem is knowing which one best fits your project. For my specific use case, I had to generate printable documents from HTML in a Symfony application.


Let's see why WeasyPrint fits this job perfectly, and what you need to know before using it …

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