PDF generate in Codeigniter using DOMPDF

Dompdf is an HTML to PDF converter written in PHP. DOMPDF is a CSS 2.1 compliant HTML layout and rendering engine. It is a style-driven renderer: it will download and read the style features of external stylesheets, inline style tags, and individual HTML elements.

In this topic, we will discuss how to generate PDF using DOMPDF with Codeigniter Framework.

Step 1: Download Pdf.php library from https://github.com/chrisnharvey/CodeIgniter-PDF-Generator-Library/tree/master/libraries and copy it to codeigniter library directory.

Step 2: Download DOMPDF from https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/tree/v0.6.2 or https://code.google.com/p/dompdf/downloads/list. Extract it and copy the dompdf folder to codeigniter library directory.

Step 3: Open Welocme Controller or any other. Create a method on this controller as bellow-

<?php
defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');
class Welcome extends CI_Controller {
function mypdf(){
$this->load->library('pdf');
$this->pdf->load_view('common/template');
$this->pdf->render();
$this->pdf->stream("welcome.pdf");
}
}

Here mypdf function (you can give any name of this function) of Welcome controller will generate pdf file of common/template view file.

In the mypdf  function we first load pdf library and then load view file then render it and stream.

Ok it is done. you can try and enjoy it.

To learn about mPDF please go the following link

PDF Generate in Codeigniter using mPDF