New Features Of Instant Package 2.0.0

We have just released the Instant 2.0.0 with new features: Report Settings and new Exporter class. The Instant package is Free to download and also be available in the KoolReport Pro 2.32.7.

Report Settings

As you may know that Instant package helps us to use Widget of KoolReport instantly without setting up a whole report. You can use the Widget like Table or Chart in right in your php file. However, due to not setting up report, the resources of Widget may not able to publish to assets or public location which they can be accessed. In this new version, we allow Widget::create function to receive the third parameter which is the settings of temporary report. This feature is extremely important if you are using modern MVC frameworks like Laravel, CodeIgniter.

Widget::create(Table::class,array(
    "dataSource"=>array(
        array("name"=>"Peter","age"=>35),
        array("name"=>"Karl","age"=>32),
    )
),array(
    "assets"=>array(
        "path"=>"../../public/assets",
        "url"=>"/assets"
    )
))

Exporter

New Exporter class allows us to export any HTML or PHP file to PDF or other format.

<?php
require_once "koolreport/autoload.php";
use \koolreport\instant\Exporter;

Exporter::export("/full/path/to/your/file.php")
->pdf(array(
    "format"=>"A4",
    "orientation"=>"portrait"
))
->toBrowser("myfile.pdf");

As you can see, now it is very easy to utilize the power of Export package to export any file to PDF. It does not limit to export the report of KoolReport.

Summary

The new version of Instant package extends the capability of using KoolReport power outside of its environment. This adds flexibility to the usage of KoolReport for general purpose. We are working hard to make KoolReport the best library for reporting as well as extend its usefulness.

<3 koolreport team