HTML is the simplest of all languages used to design web pages. With the support of tags and simple, easy to understand source codes, numerous web sites use HTML coded files as the underlying base upon which scripts can be deployed to provide a variety of functions. PHP and PDF on the other hand are strong tools used to create robust and complex websites. Designing web pages using PHP and PDF tools require the user to have in depth knowledge of the language which is not the case with many designers.
In these cases, there is a tool provided to convert simple HTML web documents to PDF files which are then used in the web site design. html2pdf is a tool designed to do just that. It is a PHP class that converts simple HTML coded files to complex PDF files.

Some of the features of html2pdf would include:

. Ability to convert even remote files as well as links into clickable links that are embedded into the PDF documents.
. Ability to convert images in the web page to embedded images along with the option to convert relative image paths to absolute paths.
. Ability to use CSS in the HTML file when it is being converted to PDF file.
. Ability to support PEAR error handling.
. More functionalities that can be added to the file which include: setting of encryption codes and permissions to the PDF file, setting of the page size and margins, scaling of the HTML page, setting of header and footer text and setting of color to name a few.
. Ability to set and control all of the above mentioned options with the use of classes.

System requirements:

. Runs on both Unix/Linux and Windows operating systems.
. Support for PHP classes.
. Support for html2ps convertors.
. Support for ps2pdf convertors.
. Support for curl, PEAR utilities along with valid HTML coding.
. Support for PDFEncryptor.