What are the limitations of server-side PHP scripts when it comes to converting browser content into PDFs?
When converting browser content into PDFs using server-side PHP scripts, one limitation is that the PHP script may not be able to capture dynamic content rendered by client-side scripts such as JavaScript. To overcome this limitation, you can use a headless browser like Puppeteer to render the webpage with dynamic content before converting it into a PDF.
<?php
require 'vendor/autoload.php'; // Include the Composer autoload file
use Nesk\Puphpeteer\Puppeteer;
$puppeteer = new Puppeteer();
$browser = $puppeteer->launch();
$page = $browser->newPage();
$page->goto('https://example.com');
$page->pdf(['path' => 'example.pdf']);
$browser->close();
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