PDF Generate in Codeigniter using mPDF

 

Today i will discus about `How to generate PDF in Codeigniter using mPDF`

Step 1. Download mPDF-Codeigniter from here.

Step 2. After Downloading extract it. Here is the codeigniter framework with mPDF integrated. You can copy mPDF to your existing project.

• Copy Pdf.php library from library to your existing project library directory.
• Copy mpdf directory from third_party directory to your existing project third_party directory.

Step 3. Now open or create a controller class and then create function in it. And then do something as bellow code –

<?php
function mypdf() {
    $this->load->library('pdf');
    $pdf = $this->pdf->load();
    $html = $this->load->view('welcome_message', null, true);
    $pdf->WriteHTML($html);
    // write the HTML into the PDF
    $output = 'itemreport' . date('Y_m_d_H_i_s') . '_.pdf';
    $pdf->Output("$output", 'I');
}
?>

Above first i load the pdf library. Then create a instance of pdf library class. After then get the view page into a variable called html. And finally create the pdf for the view page.

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

PDF Generate in Codeigniter using DOMPDF