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PHP

This is an integration guide for a PHP cURL-based PHP class built to simplify the use the PDFlayer API in PHP. To get started as quickly as possible, please follow the steps below:

Installation:

Click here to download the compressed PHP class ("pdflayer.class.php.zip").
Upload the contained PHP class file ("pdflayer.class.php") to a web accessible location on your server (e.g. "public_html").
Configuration:
In the PHP class, set the variable access_key to your API access key and (optional; only if you are using a Secret Key) the variable secret_keyword to your Secret Keyword.

Usage:

URL to PDF (Inline-Behaviour) URL to PDF (Attachment-Behaviour) HTML to PDF (Inline-Behaviour) URL to PDF with Header Text (Inline-Behaviour) URL to PDF and save to disk

Find below the most basic use of the PDFlayer PHP class. All available methods are listed in the table below.

Methods:

Method	Description	Syntax
`display_pdf`	Display the PDF (inline-behaviour)	`display_pdf();`
`download_pdf`	Download the PDF (attachment-behaviour)	`download_pdf('file_name.pdf');`
`set_param`	Specify any pdflayer API parameter	`set_param(string key, string value);`

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