we are building a PHP script that we need at work to create reports

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Asked: May 14, 20262026-05-14T20:17:44+00:00 2026-05-14T20:17:44+00:00

we are building a PHP script that we need at work to create reports in PDFs

the reports will be created by using templates from postgrSQL.

so far I found that it can be done with the use of php and odt (openoffice) files [http://www.odtphp.com/%5D (do you have any other suggestions?)

now how I can convert the results to PDF so teachers will get the final reports as PDF

any tips? the server has no GUI and I want to make it as simple as possible

we tried using PHP to PDF directly with FPDF [http://www.fpdf.org/%5D but it is really a CPU killer!

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-05-14T20:17:45+00:00

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this may help you, it needs to start OpenOffice as service, and the python script is merely utilizing its api, maybe you can write one in PHP too

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