Module Pages2Pdf

[markus-th]

Hi everyone,

For those of you running into compatibility issues with PHP 8 or needing a newer version of the underlying mPDF library, I wanted to let you know that I am working on a modernized successor to this module.

To avoid clogging up this thread, I have started a separate discussion about the new project (currently named Wire2Pdf) here:

 

If you are interested in a maintained version with PHP 8 support and new features, please join the conversation over there.

Thanks!

[wbmnfktr]

A little heads-up: WirePDF ≠ WirePDF

I am in the process of upgrading a pretty old project, still running 3.0.240. I wanted everything up to date from ProcessWire to each and every module. So I was happy to see new version of WirePDF and went with it.

Right after finishing the installation error messages showed up, Pages2Pdf broke and was messing with me, PDF generation threw errors, and so on. 

I started digging and found the problem: the listed update belongs to a totally new module called WirePDF (by @maximus) and has nothing to do with the file in the Pages2Pdf module folder.

So there is a weird name collision and hijacking of the old module happening in the ProcessWire Upgrade (by @ryan) module right now. 

 

[markus-th]

I was afraid of that and had already mentioned it before.

To avoid this, I renamed my “WirePDF” to Wire2PDF, even though it is compatible with Pages2PDF.

[maximus]

I think need to fix a few lines of code WireUpgrade to avoid this problem in the future @ryan, and I can easily change the module name.

[dab]

New link to mPDF info here: https://mpdf.github.io/, this http://mpdf1.com/manual/index.php?tid=256 has been off line for a while now.  Thanks @Wanze for this module!

[markus-th]

On 3/6/2026 at 5:37 AM, maximus said:

I think need to fix a few lines of code WireUpgrade to avoid this problem in the future @ryan, and I can easily change the module name.

@maximus
The ProcessWire Upgrade module currently suggests your module as an update for existing Pages2Pdf installations. Some of my clients have "just clicked update," which immediately broke their PDF generation.

To prevent further broken production sites and support overhead for other developers, could you please consider renaming your module to something unique (e.g., MaxWirePDF or PdfEngine)?