How to Generate PDF file using PHP

It is very important to generate PDF documents in the corporte world. E-Commerce applications developed in PHP provide this functionlity. So I decided to write a tutorial on 'How to Generate PDF file using PHP'. The script uses a class file 'fpdf.php' which is distributed for free use (that's why I love Open Source :)). A separate folder called 'fonts' is there to generate all the fonts. It is kept in the same directory where the main file and 'fpdf.php' is kept. All next is simple PHP programming that can be understood with little brain teasing. Lets see it working.




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PHP Code

<?php
include "../connect.php";
require('fpdf.php');

$pdf=new FPDF();
$pdf->AddPage(); //Create new PDF page

$pdf->SetFont('Arial','B',10); //Set the base font & size

//Cell function gets two parameters:Width & Height of the Cell
$pdf->Cell(50,3,"Cool PHP to PDF Tutorial by WebSpeaks.in");
$pdf->Ln();//Creates a new line, blank here
$pdf->Ln();

$pdf->SetFont('Arial','B',6);
$pdf->Cell(10,5,"Sr.no.");
$pdf->Cell(350,5,"Message");
$pdf->Ln();
$pdf->Cell(450,3,"--------------------------------------------------------------------------");

 // Get data records from table.
 $result=mysql_query("select * from records order by msg_id");
 while($row=mysql_fetch_array($result))
 {
  $pdf->Cell(10,5,"{$row['msg_id']}");
  $pdf->MultiCell(350,5,"{$row['message']}");//Necessary for generating a new line.
 }
$pdf->Output();//Finally shows the output.

?>