DOMPDF 0.6.0 beta 3 Release Notes New Features HTML/CSS/Images support * Limited support for CSS float (disabled by default). See DOMPDF_ENABLE_CSS_FLOAT (r407, r408, r415, r438, r457, r459, r471) * Support for nth-child selectors (r407, r419) * Support for @font-face (r407, r413) * Font sub-setting now available (disabled by default). See DOMPDF_ENABLE_FONTSUBSETTING (r466, r468, r469) * Added an HTML5 Parser to enable improved document parsing/correction (disabled by default). See DOMPDF_ENABLE_HTML5PARSER (r429, r430, r431, r441) * Added support for ID in anchors tags (r373) * Added a message for broken images and updated the broken_image.png file to something less aggressive (r377) * Added support for transparent PNG in background-image and improved background-image handling (r380, r404, r450, r453) * Improved absolute positioning (r387, r409, r459, r460) * Added support for the "rem" CSS unit (r389) * Improved support for the "ex" CSS unit (r390) * When parsing tables, TR elements not contained by TBODY, TFOOT, or THEAD are automatically encapsulated by TBODY (r390) * Added support for the CSS declaration word-wrap: break-word (r391) * Added support for @page :left, :right, :first, :odd, and :even (r393) * Added support for CSS visibility and empty-cells properties (r393) * Type selectors (e.g. h1) are now case insensitive (r417) * Image type detection is now based on file header instead of filename extension (r422) * Added support for HTML5-style charset metatag () (r430) * Added support for nested CSS counters (r438) * Replaced TTF2UFM with php-font-lib and remove all dependencies on TTF2UFM (r447) * Table columns widths are now consistent across pages (r462) * Added limited support for table captions (r456) * Reduced rendering time by using caches (r469) Installation / configuration / debugging * Added frame (i.e. discreet document element) count to the sample website debugger output (r399) * DOMPDF_ENABLE_REMOTE is no longer needed for stylesheet references that use a URL with domain component (r407) * Added a ready-to-use web-based font installer to the sample website (www/fonts.php) (r417, r418) * Added the Unicode-compatible DejaVu Fonts as part of the base installation (r388) Major bug fixes * Fixes compatibility with the Symfony framework autoloader (disabled by default). See DOMPDF_AUTOLOAD_PREPEND (r374) * Fixes errors in how margins were collapsed between siblings (r375) * Improves the way lines are aligned vertically (see the css_baseline example) (r375) * Corrects the bounding box used for drawing backgrounds (r377) * Fixes the z-index rendering process (r377, r378, r379, r393) * Adds support for color styling inheritance (r390) * Fixes bugs with nested tables and HTML attributes (r393) * Fixes handling of URLs with non-ascii chars in the CPDF adapter (r394) * Fixes a rgb()-style color parsing bug (r402) * Fixes RLE4 compressed bitmap image support (r405) * Fixes bug that caused generated content to occasionally display multiple times (r406) * Improves background image clipping (r417) * Fixes table layout bug caused by zero-height rows (r464) * Fixes layout bug caused by 100% width tables centered with margin auto (r465) For a full list of modifications since DOMPDF 0.6.0 beta 2 see the changes listed on this page of the repository changelog . Known Issues * Table cells cannot be split over multiple pages * CSS float support is not yet perfected For a full list of known issues, see the issue tracker . Installation Notes * Starting with DOMPDF 0.6.0 the dompdf.php script will no longer allow conversion of HTML document on the local file system that are located outside of the path specified by DOMPDF_CHROOT * If you are installing DOMPDF on top of an existing installation you should remove any existing font metrics. This can be done manually or through the sample website (www/fonts.php). * When upgrading to a new version of DOMPDF you must replace dompdf_config.inc.php with the new one. To simplify the upgrade process you can store your configuration settings in dompdf_config.custom.inc.php (which does not need to be overwritten). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DOMPDF 0.6.0 beta 2 New Features HTML/CSS/Images support * CSS3: opacity, 2D transforms * CSS2: outline, letter-spacing, z-index, position: relative, overflow: hidden * CSS Pseudo elements :before and :after with generated content * CSS2 pseudo-selectors (last-child, disabled, checked, enabled) * CSS3 attribute selectors (ends-width, starts-width, contains) * Improves absolute positioning * Adds fixed positioning * CMYK colors and CMYK Jpeg images * 32bit PNG with alpha channel (Cpdf backend) * BMP images (8, 24 and 32 bit) * Adds support for image embedding via ?data? URI * Adds support for ordered list * Adds support for embedding PDF JavaScript * Uses the HTML document title element and certain meta tags to populate the PDF?s meta information (title, author, keywords and subject) * Uses the ?alt? attribute of an image when the image is inaccessible * Supports loading system fonts Installation / configuration * The demo page now shows the HTML file and the PDF document in an iframe * Adds a setup/configuration tool that provides information about the server configuration, dompdf parameters, and installed fonts. * The font metrics cache files can now be cleared using the setup/config tool * Adds a debug tool that shows side-by-side the HTML file, the rendered PDF, and a console showing memory consumption, rendering time, warning, and debug messages * Adds examples showing new features * Moves ttf2ufm out of the DOMPDF code repository and into an external project * Disables inline PHP support by default * Disables direct input in the examples page for non-localhost access * Adds configuration option to help debugging (see DEBUG_LAYOUT) which draws rectangles around the different types of blocks and frames Major bug fixes * Addresses memory leaks from running eval() on the font metrics cache * Reduces memory consumption caused by the font metrics (when using the Cpdf backend) * Updates text wrapping to prevent splitting text into more lines than needed (issue 198 ) * Implements a check against an infinite loop caused by table cells larger than a page * Improves text height and width calculations as well as placement (improves, for example, justified text rendering for text that is not iso-8859-1) * Updates the fallback MBString functions * Supports PHP 5.3 and includes improved compatibility with older versions of PHP 5 * Improves image placement * Addresses problems with table flow caused by empty table cells * Addresses warning/errors caused by unrecognized CSS rules or selectors For a full list of modifications since DOMPDF 0.6.0 beta 1 see the repository changelog Known Issues * Table cells cannot be split over multiple pages * Column widths of tables that span more than one page may not be consistent across pages Installation Notes * Starting with dompdf 0.6.0 dompdf.php will no longer allow conversion of HTML document on the local file system that are located outside of the path specified by DOMPDF_CHROOT * The format of the font metrics cache has changed as of this release. You should manually remove any existing font metrics prior to upgrading or use the setup/configuration tool to do so immediately after. * Inline PHP is *disabled* by default now (see DOMPDF_ENABLE_PHP) * Because additional configuration options have been added you will need to replace your dompdf_config.inc.php file with the new one. You may modify this file or copy your configuration settings to dompdf_config.custom.inc.php.