FPDF Tutorial for Beginners

FPDF is a PHP class which allows to generate PDF files with pure PHP, that is to say without using the PDFlib library. F from FPDF stands for Free: you may use it for any kind of usage and modify it to suit your needs. click to download

Main Features

Page Format
Header and Footer
Automatic page break
Automatic line break
Adding Images (Supporting Image Format : JPEG, PNG, GIF)
Colors
Links

FPDF Constructor

This is the class constructor. It allows to set up the page size, the orientation and the unit of measure.

Parameters

Orientation
unit
Size

Orientation

Default value is P. other Values are

P or Portrait
L or Landscape

$pdf = new FPDF('P');

Unit

Default value is mm. font sizes are expressed in that unit. Other Values are

pt: point - equals 1/72 of inch
mm: millimetre - 1/72 of inch, equals to 0.35 mm
cm: centimetre - 1 inch being 2.54 cm
in: inch

$pdf = new FPDF('mm');

Size

Default value is A4. Other Values are

A3
A4
A5
Letter
Legal

$pdf = new FPDF('A4');

Source Code

<?php
	require_once "fpdf/fpdf.php"; //fpdf supporting file
 
	//Page Creation (Default value is P; Default value is mm; default page size: A4)
	#$pdf = new FPDF(); 
	//or
	$pdf = new FPDF('P','mm','A4');
 
 
	$pdf -> Output(); // Display output
?>

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Custom Page Size

Default value is A4. Other Values are

A3
A4
A5
Letter
Legal

$pdf = new FPDF('A4');

Source Code

<?php
	require_once "fpdf/fpdf.php"; //fpdf supporting file
 
	//Page Creation (Default value is P;Default value is mm;default page size: A4)
	#$pdf = new FPDF(); 
	//or
	$pdf = new FPDF('P','mm',array(100,150));
 
 
	$pdf -> Output(); // Display output
?>

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