Kamis, 13 Januari 2011

How to use FPDF in Codeigniter

Simplest way to generate PDF in Codeigniter...

download FPDF here and make sure your file fonts are ready,
create directory plugin at application derectory... like this. /application/plugins.
and move your fpdf.php that you have downloaded and font file to plugins directory that you have created,

then.. make this simply function at your controoler...


function create_pdf(){
      define('FPDF_FONTPATH',APPPATH .'plugins/font/');
      require(APPPATH .'plugins/fpdf.php');
    
      $pdf = new FPDF('p','mm','A4');
      $pdf -> AddPage();
    
      $pdf -> setDisplayMode ('fullpage');
    
      $pdf -> setFont ('times','B',20);
      $pdf -> cell(200,30,"Title",0,1);
    
      $pdf -> setFont ('times','B','20');
      $pdf -> write (10,"Description");
    
      $pdf -> output ('your_file_pdf.pdf','D');    
  }

Good luck...........