PlaywrightPHP

Render a PDF

Render a page to a PDF file and to bytes.

This example renders example.com to a PDF file, then renders the same page to in-memory bytes and prints the byte count.

Use it when PDF output is part of the product, such as invoices, reports, receipts, or printable pages.

Run it

bash
php content/examples/pdf.php

Expected output:

text
PDF saved to: .../var/playwright-artifacts/examples/example.pdf
Inline PDF bytes: ...

The byte count varies by browser version and rendering details.

What it demonstrates

  • pdf() writes a PDF file.
  • pdfContent() returns the generated PDF as bytes.
  • Print output should be generated after the page reaches the state you want to print.

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Source

pdf.php
php
<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

/*
 * This file is part of the community-maintained Playwright PHP project.
 * It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft.
 *
 * (c) 2025-Present - Playwright PHP - https://github.com/playwright-php
 *
 * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 * file that was distributed with this source code.
 */

require_once __DIR__.'/../../vendor/autoload.php';

use Playwright\Playwright;

$artifactDir = __DIR__.'/../../var/playwright-artifacts/examples';
is_dir($artifactDir) || mkdir($artifactDir, 0777, true);

$context = Playwright::chromium();
$page = $context->newPage();

$page->goto('https://example.com');

$pdfPath = $artifactDir.'/example.pdf';
$page->pdf($pdfPath, ['format' => 'A4']);
echo 'PDF saved to: '.$pdfPath."\n";

$pdfBytes = $page->pdfContent();
echo 'Inline PDF bytes: '.strlen($pdfBytes)."\n";

$page->close();
$context->close();