https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/php-libraries/ Recent content in Php-Libraries on Pi Stack Hugo en-us Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-08-26-php-pdf-libraries-dompdf-mpdf-tcpdf-comparison/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-08-26-php-pdf-libraries-dompdf-mpdf-tcpdf-comparison/ <p>If your PHP application has ever needed to turn HTML into a PDF, you have stared at the same three names: <strong>Dompdf</strong>, <strong>mPDF</strong>, and <strong>TCPDF</strong>. For a decade the default answer was &ldquo;just use TCPDF&rdquo; — but in 2026 that answer is actively wrong: TCPDF&rsquo;s maintainer has officially deprecated it, mPDF&rsquo;s GPL license is a legal trap for commercial products, and Dompdf quietly became the safest default. This article gives you the current state of all three — real stars, real licenses, real code — plus the migration checklist TCPDF users now need.</p>