Category:Contributions -> Applications -> TCPDF
Category:Contributions -> Libraries -> PDF
I struggled some some strange nuances on the other TCPDF-CI integration, so I thought that I would just post some notes on how I got it working in a very simple and easy manner.
1. Download TCPDF - http://sourceforge.net/projects/tcpdf/files/
2. Unzip the above download into /application/libraries/tcpdf. Make sure that the main tcpdf.php file is in this directory
3. Create a new file: /application/libraries/Pdf.php:
<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/tcpdf/tcpdf.php';
class Pdf extends TCPDF
{
function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
}
}
?>
/* End of file Pdf.php */
/* Location: ./application/libraries/Pdf.php */
4. To create a new PDF you would do something like this in your controller:
$this->load->library('Pdf');
$pdf = new Pdf('P', 'mm', 'A4', true, 'UTF-8', false);
$pdf->SetTitle('My Title');
$pdf->SetHeaderMargin(30);
$pdf->SetTopMargin(20);
$pdf->setFooterMargin(20);
$pdf->SetAutoPageBreak(true);
$pdf->SetAuthor('Author');
$pdf->SetDisplayMode('real', 'default');
$pdf->Write(5, 'Some sample text');
$pdf->Output('My-File-Name.pdf', 'I');