Output/Render a JasperReport with PHP

01-render.php

<?php 
/**
 * Output a JasperReport in PDF format and show on browser 
 */
include_once "vendor/autoload.php";
use JasperPHP\JasperPHP;

//report.jrxml
$reportFileName = "report";
$reportFileExt = ".jrxml";

//compiling report - generate report.jasper
$report = new JasperPHP();
$report->compile($reportFileName.$reportFileExt)->execute();

//generate a unique filename
$outputFileName = $reportFileName.hash('sha1',uniqid());

$output = $report->process(
    $reportFileName.'.jasper',
    $outputFileName,
    array("pdf"),
    array(), //report arguments 
    array(
        'driver' => 'mysql',
        'username' => 'root',
        'password' => '',
        'host' => '',
        'database' => '',
        'port' => '3306',
    )
)->execute();

//set content-type of response
header("Content-type: application/pdf");

//show PDF on browser
header("Content-Disposition: inline;filename='$outputFileName.pdf'");
readfile("$outputFileName.pdf");

//force download
//header("Content-Disposition: attachment;filename='$outputFileName.pdf'");
//readfile("$outputFileName.pdf");

02-params.php

<?php 
/**
 * Retrieve the expected report parameters
 */
include_once "vendor/autoload.php";
use JasperPHP\JasperPHP;

//report name
$file = "parameters";

$report = new JasperPHP();
$report->compile("$file.jrxml")->execute();

//list parameters expected by report. Ex: Array ( [0] => P pOrderId java.lang.String )
$parameters = $report->list_parameters(
    "$file.jasper"
)->execute();

var_dump($parameters);

composer.json

{
    "require": {
        "cossou/jasperphp": "^2.1"
    }
}