CodeIgniter TCPDF Integration

TCPDF is PHP class for generating pdf documents.Here we will learn TCPDF integration with CodeIgniter.we will use following step for TCPDF integration with CodeIgniter.

To Download TCPDF Click Here.

Unzip the above download inside application/libraries/tcpdf.

Create a new file inside 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();
    }
}
/*Author:Tutsway.com */  
/* End of file Pdf.php */
/* Location: ./application/libraries/Pdf.php */

Create Controller file inside application/controllers/pdfexample.php.

<?php 
class pdfexample extends CI_Controller{
      function __construct() { 
 parent::__construct();
 } 
     function index()
 {
$this->load->library('Pdf');
$pdf = new Pdf('P', 'mm', 'A4', true, 'UTF-8', false);
$pdf->SetTitle('Pdf Example');
$pdf->SetHeaderMargin(30);
$pdf->SetTopMargin(20);
$pdf->setFooterMargin(20);
$pdf->SetAutoPageBreak(true);
$pdf->SetAuthor('Author');
$pdf->SetDisplayMode('real', 'default');
$pdf->Write(5, 'CodeIgniter TCPDF Integration');
$pdf->Output('pdfexample.pdf', 'I');
      }
}
?>