Merge pull request #134 from mikehaertl/131-add-to-string-method

Implement toString() method in Pdf

Author: mikehaertl

src/Pdf.php

@@ -518,6 +518,19 @@ public function send($filename=null,$inline=false)
         return true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the raw PDF contents (triggers PDF creation).
+     * @return string|bool the PDF content as a string or `false` if the PDF
+     * wasn't created successfully.
+     */
+    public function toString()
+    {
+        if (!$this->getCommand()->getExecuted() && !$this->execute()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return file_get_contents($this->getTmpFile()->getFileName());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return Command the command instance that executes pdftk
      */

tests/PdfTest.php

@@ -552,6 +552,17 @@ public function testCanGetDataFields()
         $this->assertEquals($this->formDataFieldsArray, $data->__toArray());
     }
 
+    public function testCanGetPdfContentAsString()
+    {
+        $document = $this->getDocument1();
+        $file = $this->getOutFile();
+
+        $pdf = new Pdf($document);
+        $this->assertTrue($pdf->saveAs($file));
+        $this->assertFileExists($file);
+        $this->assertEquals(file_get_contents($file), $pdf->toString());
+    }
+
     protected function getDocument1()
     {
         return __DIR__.'/files/document1.pdf';