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.

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Export 2.0.0

We are glad to let you know that we have released Export 2.0.0. In this version, we have solved one of the mysterious issues SSL Handshake.

SSL Handshake

In the previous version, we found that Export functionality works unstably with HTTPS protocols. Most of the cases, it works well. However in some cases, it does not load resources from HTTPS such as images, javascript, css. The SSL Handshake fails that causes interruption in loading those resources. We have solved the problem in this version. If you experience this issue, please upgrade.

Plan for next version

In the next version, we plan to make exporting job work without setting up a full report. In many cases, we just want to export a normal PHP page to PDF. We hope that by adding this new feature, the Export package will be more flexible and extensible in term of use case.

<3 koolreport team