net-tools/pdf

Composer library for handling PDF files through TCPDF lib

net-tools/pdf

Composer library for creating PDF files through TCPDF lib

Setup instructions

To install net-tools/pdf package, just require it through composer : require net-tools/pdf:^1.0.0, _(*1)

How to use ?

The package has an only helper class, PdfHelper ; you have to create an object of that class before using it., _(*2)

The class constructor requires the following parameters :, _(*3)

By default, PDF files created don't have any header/footer, but the header may be specified with setHeader method., _(*4)

To create the document, just use HTML tags and simple CSS formatting (with addHTMLPage), and get the PDF file by calling output method., _(*5)

Sample

$pdfh = new \Nettools\Pdf\PdfHelper($cfgfile, 'P', 'Me', 'Dummy title');
$pdfh->addHTMLPage("<p><strong>This is a simple PDF file</strong></p><p>with two lines. First is bold, the second is in normal print.</p>");
$pdfh->output($path_to_file_to_be_created);

You can also create a blank page, and then output several strings to it :, _(*6)

$pdfh->addPage();
$pdfh->writeHTML("<p>first line</p>");
$pdfh->writeHTML("<p>second line</p>");
$pdfh->output($path_to_file_to_be_created);