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PHP Kindle Periodical: Generate Kindle ebook file in .mobi format

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This class can generate Kindle ebook file in .mobi format.

It takes an array with the definition of the content sections and generates temporary ebook definition files using HTML templates, as well a .mobi file in a given directory using the kindlegen program.

The class may redirect the browser to a URL to download the Kindle .mobi file, as well cleanup any temporary files.

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Prize: One downloadable e-book of choice by O'Reilly
Kindle is a popular e-reader device and ebook publishing platform.

This class helps generating ebooks in the .mobi format that can be read using the Kindle application. It uses HTML templates as base for the generated ebooks.

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Kindle Periodical ================= Php class that helps to build kindle periodicals **Important:** You need to add [KindleGen](http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000765211) to your path to run KindlePeriodical ## Usage First you need to create an array with the content of the periodical: $content = array( // Array of sections array( 'id' => '0', 'name' => 'My first section', 'content' => array( // Array of articles array( 'title' => 'Title of my first article', 'content' => 'content of my article' // HTML is allowed ) ) ), array( 'id' => '1', 'name' => 'My toher section', 'content' => array( // Array of articles array( 'title' => 'Title of my other article', 'content' => 'content of my article' ) ) ) ); With this, you can now generate your .mobi file with KindlePeriodical: $ebook = new \Kindle\Periodical(array( "outputFolder" => "out", // Optional arguments: "shell" => false, // KindlePeriodical will use exec instead of shell_exec "debug" => true )); $ebook->setMeta(array( 'title' => 'My Kindle Periodical', 'creator' => "sergiovilar", 'publisher' => "sergiovilar", 'subject' => 'Sample Periodical', 'description' => 'Set of articles in one .mobi file' )); // Generates the file $content = $ebook->setContent($content); // Return the file name $file = $ebook->getFilename(); // Download the file $ebook->downloadFile(); // Remove the file and directory $ebook->deleteFile();

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