12Jan Create A PDF Page On The Fly Using PHP And FPDF
FPDF is one of powerful and free PHP libraries for you to create PDF pages on the fly. It’s code is readable, simple and easy to create PDF pages. PDF pages can be used to generate e-Books, online web reporting and so on. In this topic, we will show you how to create PDF pages using this powerful library.
Download FPDF Class Library
As the first step, you need to download FPDF Class Library. FPDF Class Library can be downloaded for free here. Copy the package into your project folder. Please read the installation guide to know how to place this package.
Source Code
<?
//By : Isusx Programming Corner
//URL : http://isusx.com
//define FPDF font path
define('FPDF_FONTPATH', 'fpdf/font/');
//include FPDF class library file
require_once 'fpdf/fpdf.php';
//create an instance of FPDF
//The first parameter should be paper orientation
//P refers to potrait and L refers to Letter
//The second parameter should be measuring-unit used
//Available units: cm, mm, in and pt
//The last parameter should be paper type
//Availale paper types: A4, Letter, and Legal
$pdf = new FPDF('P', 'cm', 'A4');
//Init PDF creation
$pdf->open();
//Add a new PDF blank page
$pdf->AddPage();
//You may set the margin (optional)
//The first param is the left margin
//The second param is the top margin
//The third param is the right margin
//The fourth param is the bottom margin
$pdf->SetMargins(1,1,1,1);
//Set font
//The first param should be the font family
//Available fonts: courier, helvetica, times
//The second param should be the font style
//Available style: B(Bold), U(Underline) and I(Italic)
//The third param should be the font size
$pdf->SetFont('Arial', 'BUI', 21);
//Set font color
//Color is represent by RGB
//The first param is Red color index
//The second param is Green color index
//The third param is Blue color index
$pdf->SetTextColor(200,75,75);
//Print a text on the page
//The first param should be the width of text area
//0 value will make the FPDF automate the width
//The second param is the height
//The third param is the text
$pdf->Cell(0, 2, 'Hello there!');
//Print a line break
//The param is the height of line spacing
//If you leave it empty, it will use default size
$pdf->Ln(2);
//Set text alignment and bordering
//The fourth param is the size of border
//0 means borderless
//The fifth param is the size of line spacing
//0 means no spacing after the text is printed
//The last param is the text alignment
//C(Center), L(Left), R(Right)
$pdf->Cell(0, 2, 'Hello there!',0, 0, 'C');
$pdf->Ln(1.5);
//You may re-define the font style as you wish
$pdf->SetFont('Arial', 'I', 12);
$pdf->SetTextColor(0,0,255);
//Print a multiline/paragraph text
$text = '
this is a long paragraph. this is a long paragraph.
this is a long paragraph. this is a long paragraph.
this is a long paragraph. this is a long paragraph.
this is a long paragraph. this is a long paragraph.
this is a long paragraph. this is a long paragraph.
this is a long paragraph. this is a long paragraph.
';
//The first param should be the width of text area
//0 value will make the FPDF automate the width
//The second param is the line spacing for this paragraph
//The third param is the text
$pdf->MultiCell(17.5,0.5,$text);
//You may add more param for multicell
//The fourth param is the border width
//The fifth param is the alignment
//e.g: $pdf->MultiCell(8,1,$text,1,'L');
$pdf->Ln(0.5);
$pdf->SetFont('Arial', 'U', 8);
$pdf->SetTextColor(0,0,200);
//Add a link
//The first param is the line height
//The second param is the link text
//The last param is the link URL
$pdf->Write(1, 'FPDF Example by Isusx', 'http://isusx.com');
$pdf->Ln(0.5);
//Adding image
//The first param is the file path
//Allowed type: jpg, jpeg, gif and png
//The second param is the x coordinate of the page
//The third param is the y coordinate of the page
//The fourth param is the width of the image
//The fifth param is the height of the image
$pdf->Image('http://isusx.com/images/isusx.gif', 1, 10, 5, 5);
//Creating table
//Table can be created by using Cell function
//We just need to set the cell border
$pdf->Ln(5.5);
//Data for the table
$header = array('Col A', 'Col B', 'Col C');
$data = array(
array('A1', 'B1', 'C1'),
array('A2', 'B2', 'C2'),
array('A2', 'B2', 'C2')
);
//Simple table
foreach($header as $col)
$pdf->Cell(2, 0.5, $col, 1);
$pdf->Ln();
foreach($data as $row){
foreach($row as $col)
$pdf->Cell(2, 0.5, $col, 1);
$pdf->Ln();
}
$pdf->Ln(0.5);
//Improved table
//Set Column widths
$w=array(2,2,2);
for($i=0;$i<count($header);$i++)
$pdf->Cell($w[$i],0.5,$header[$i],1,0,'C');
$pdf->Ln();
foreach($data as $row){
$pdf->Cell($w[0],0.5,$row[0],'LR');
$pdf->Cell($w[1],0.5,$row[1],'LR');
$pdf->Cell($w[2],0.5,$row[2],'LR');
$pdf->Ln();
}
$pdf->Cell(array_sum($w),0,'','T');
$pdf->Ln(0.5);
//Colored table
$pdf->SetFillColor(255,0,0);
$pdf->SetTextColor(255);
$pdf->SetDrawColor(128,0,0);
$pdf->SetLineWidth(0.01);
$pdf->SetFont('','B');
$w=array(2,2,2);
for($i=0;$i<count($header);$i++)
$pdf->Cell($w[$i],0.5,$header[$i],1,0,'C',true);
$pdf->Ln();
$pdf->SetFillColor(224,235,255);
$pdf->SetTextColor(0);
$pdf->SetFont('');
//Data
$fill=false;
foreach($data as $row){
$pdf->Cell($w[0],0.5,$row[0],'LR',0,'L',$fill);
$pdf->Cell($w[1],0.5,$row[1],'LR',0,'L',$fill);
$pdf->Cell($w[2],0.5,$row[2],'LR',0,'L',$fill);
$pdf->Ln();
$fill=!$fill;
}
$pdf->Cell(array_sum($w),0,'','T');
//Displaying PDF page
$pdf->Output();
//If you want to force the viewer to download
//the PDF file use the following command instead
//of $pdf->Output()
//$pdf->Output('file_name.pdf', 'D');
?>
Code Result
Click here to view the PDF generated by the above PHP script.
Copyright Note
This script is free to use and can be modified as your wish.
Related Links
FPDF Official Website
About PDF
June 11th, 2009 at 4:55 am
Having spent the last 2 days looking for additional documentation, other than the fpdf.org site content. This is the best explained script I have seen to date. Great job.
We have need to print multiple written direction pages we call MAPS. Some of the MAPS use 1 page while others use 2 pages. All the MAPS are output to the screen in one file and the operator after viewing can print them.
Problem is we want to display a JPG on the last page of each individual MAP, whether 1 or 2 pages long. Code below is what I have, but it does not disyplay the header or footer, thus I am unable to put a JPG in the footer.
Image(’images/cfv_logo_bw.gif’,5,8,30);
//Arial bold 15
$this->SetFont(’Arial’,'B’,20);
//Move to the right
$this->Cell(90);
//Title
$this->Cell(30,10,’Directions’,1,0,’C');
//Line break
$this->Ln(20);
}
//Page footer
function Footer()
{
//Position at 1. cm from bottom
$this->SetY(-10);
//Arial italic 8
$this->SetFont(’Arial’,'I’,8);
//Page number
$this->Cell(0,10,’Page ‘.$this->PageNo().’/{nb}’,0,0,’C');
}
}
//Instanciation of inherited class
$pdf=new FPDF(”P”, “mm”, “Letter”);
$pdf->AliasNbPages();
$pdf->SetFont(’Times’,”,12);
$off = 4;
$X[1] = 5;
$X[2] = 130;
$X[3] = 160;
$Y[1] = 40;
$Y[2] = 50;
$Y[3] = 60;
$page_count = 0;
if(isset($fcabin_name))
foreach ($fcabin_name as $i => $junk) {
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->Image(’../images/cfv-logo-pdf.jpg’,2,2,0);
$pdf->SetFont(’Times’,'BIU’,18);
$pdf->Text($X[1], $Y[1], $fcabin_name[$i]);
$pdf->SetFont(’Times’,'BI’,16);
$pdf->Text($X[2], $Y[1], “Door Code:”);
$pdf->Text($X[3], $Y[1], $fkeycode[$i]);
$pdf->SetFont(’Times’,'B’,14);
$pdf->Text($X[1], $Y[2], “Directions:”);
$pdf->SetFont(’Times’,'B’,12);
$pdf->Text($X[1], $Y[3], “From Cabin Fever Vacations Office:”);
$pdf->SetY(65);
$pdf->SetFont(’Times’,”,12);
$pdf->MultiCell(0, 6, $fdirections[$i],0,’L');
// $pdf->Image(’../images/thai-pdf-coupon.jpg’,20,0,0);
$page_count++;
}
$pdf->Output();
?>