endersending

 public function createPDF(){
        $BaseFileName = $this->customerid."-".date("m-d-Y")."-".$this->invoiceid;
        /* create the xsl-fo file */
        $tmpDir =  $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] . "/../tmp";
        $xmlDir = $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] . "/../invoicesXML";
        $xmlFile = $xmlDir . "/SnowPlowing-Invoice.xsl";

      echo "gonna try to make a pdf";
        /* Execute the fop command */
        $command = 'export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local  && /usr/local/bin/fop -xml - -xsl '.$xmlFile.' -pdf '.$tmpDir.'/foo1.pdf '.$this->stringXML;
        //echo $command;
        $result = shell_exec($command);
        echo $result;
        //$cmd = 'set';
//echo "<pre>".shell_exec($cmd)."</pre>";
            }


//fop example:
//fop -xml - -xsl foo.xsl -pdf -