Creating PDF files using PHP

Create PDF files using your own PHP code

Welcome ,

I'm sure you would have struggled to convert your Document(doc) file into Portable Document File(pdf) by searching for a converter software and other mean.

Why don't you create a PDF file by your own .

YES you can do it using PHP , want to try ??? Its very simple !!!!!! 

For this purpose we make use of  FPDF --->FPDF is a PHP class using which you can  generate PDF files with pure PHP, that is without using the PDFlib library where F stands for Free

FPDF has a lot of advantages and excellent features .

You can download the FPDF files  and  from here .

To get some more  idea about the functions below , you can refer this manual

Here goes the code !!!!!!

PDF Creation using PHP

 

/********************************************************************/

 <?php

require('fpdf.php');

class wetechiesPDF extends FPDF {

function Header() {

    $this->SetFont('Times','B',18); //prototype of the setFont function is SetFont(string family [, string style [, float size]])

    $this->SetY(0.5);// Moves the current abscissa back to the left margin and sets the ordinate. If the passed value is negative, it is relative to the bottom of the page.

    $this->Cell(0, .25, "wetechies ".$this->PageNo(), 'T', 2, "R");

    //reset Y

    $this->SetY(1);

}

function Footer() {

//This is the footer; it's repeated on each page.

    $this->Image("wetechies.jpg", (8.5/2)-1.5, 9.8, 3, 1, "JPG", "http://wetechies.blogspot.in");//prototype --> Image(string file [, float x [, float y [, float w [, float h [, string type [, mixed link]]]]]])

}

}

//class instantiation

$pdf=new wetechiesPDF("P","in","A4");//prototype-->

//FPDF([string orientation [, string unit [, mixed size]]]) here P - portrait ,  //in - inches , A4 - size

$pdf->SetMargins(1.5,1.5,1.5);

$pdf->AddPage();

$pdf->SetFont('Times','I',16);

$wetechies1="Group of techies have come together to share there experience in various domains.";

 

$wetechies2="Wetechies is a group of techies post about some technology/domain in

which they are interested, any new thing they learn they will share here ,";

 

$wetechies3 ="its not related to single techi but any one can post here if you want to

share your knowledge and express yourself.";

 

$pdf->SetFillColor(240, 100, 100);

$pdf->SetFont('Times','BU',12);

 

$pdf->Cell(0, .25, "wetechies", 1, 2, "C", 1);

 

$pdf->SetFont('Times','B',12);

//MultiCell(float width, float height, string txt [, mixed border [, string align [, boolean fill]]])

$pdf->MultiCell(0, 0.25,$wetechies1, 1, "J");

$pdf->MultiCell(0, 0.25,$wetechies2, 1, "R");

$pdf->MultiCell(0, 0.25,$wetechies3, 1, "J");

$pdf->AddPage();

$pdf->Write(0.5, $wetechies1.$wetechies2.$wetechies3);

 

$pdf->Output();

?>

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You can download the source code  here

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