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Jelix offers a specific response jResponseLatexToPdf. It aims to convert a latex document to PDF and send the result. Its alias is "ltx2pdf".


 $rep = $this->getResponse("ltx2pdf");
  • *Note : jResponseLatexToPdf requires pdflatex program presence on the server!**

If this program can not be found through a system environment variable (PATH under linux or Windows), you should assign its full path to $pdflatexPath.


 $resp->pdflatexPath = '/usr/bin/pdflatex';

jResponseLatexToPdf takes care of the latex header defining title and authors of the document. The latex content should be made available through a template. You should tell jResponseLatexToPdf which template to use by assigning $bodyTpl property with an appropriated selector. You can pass variable to your template through $body property.

More specifically, the addCommand() method can generate some latex commands at the beginning of the document.

Example :


   $resp = $this->getResponse("ltx2pdf");

   $resp->title = 'document title';
   $resp->authors[] = 'Michel Dupont';
   $resp->date = '\today'; // default value
   $resp->outputFileName = 'myDocument.pdf';

   $resp->addCommand('documentclass', 'article', array('a4', '14pt'));
   $resp->addCommand('geometry', 'hmargin=1cm, vmargin=2cm');

   $resp->bodyTpl = 'myModule~doclatex';
   $resp->body->assign('texte', $unTexte);

   return $resp;