net-tools/pdf

Composer library for handling PDF files through TCPDF lib

1.0.7 2023-09-10 12:46 UTC

Requires

• php: >= 7.0.0
• tecnickcom/tcpdf: ^6.2.17

MIT

• Pierre

README

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

How to use ?

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

The class constructor requires the following parameters :

parameter	mandatory/default value	description
configfile	mandatory	the path to an external config file for TCPDF library (which is a composer dependancy)
orientation	mandatory	provide either L or P (landscape or portrait)
author	mandatory	author of the document (will appear in the PDF document properties)
title	mandatory	title of the document (will appear in the PDF document properties)
subject	empty string	subject of the document (will appear in the PDF document properties)
fontsize	10	base font size to use
fontname	helvetica	default font to use

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

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

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 :

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