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Test installation

Quick check

To verify that the library is working, you can create a test page with a basic PHP code that will display a simple message. If you use a framework like Laravel or Symfony you must add the test code in a controller and set the route that call it.

Open a command prompt and inside the project folder, type the following command to install the library:

composer require alienproject/pdfreport

Inside the project folder, create an "index.php" file and copy the following code into it.


File : index.php

Create an xml file in the root folder with the following code:

File : hello.xml

Run the test project

Now start your local PHP server and development database server (e.g. XAMPP or Laragon). Launch your browser (e.g., Chrome) and type the address of the home page of your newly created web app. It should look something like: http://localhost/my-report-app/index.php. If all goes well, a PDF report appear on the screen.