m1ke/fpdi-ext

Extensions for the FPDI and FPDF libraries

FPDI Extended

Extensions for the FPDI and FPDF libraries with methods for convenience and quicker templating., _(*1)

Install

You can install FPDI Extended with Composer. Add the following to the require key of your composer.json file:, _(*2)

"m1ke/fpdi-ext": "dev-master"

Authors

Written by Mike Lehan and Ground Control Skydiving., _(*3)

Example

$users=[ ['name'=>'Ben'], ['name'=>'Hero'], ['name'=>'Human'] ];

$pdf = FPDIExt::template(__DIR__.'/files/email.pdf')->SetFont('FreeSans','',22);

foreach ($users as $user){
    $pdf->add_page_template()->block_text($user['name'], 75, 50);
}

$pdf->output_inline('file.pdf');

The extra draw_grid function lets you print a grid as described here. The intention is that you'd use this once to work out where to hard code your content markers during development., _(*4)