tcpdf

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tcpdf PDF generation with TCPDF

ETcPdf is a wrapper for the TCPDF class, which is not bundled, since it's huge (not so much the class itself, but the associated files, making a 9 Mb tarball or 13 Mb unpacked). You can download the class here. Notice that TCPDF is updated almost daily, so I recommend you to update the class file frequently, since new cool features are added on every release. I used TCPDF 4.2.007 while developing this wrapper.

Resources ¶

Documentation ¶

Requirements ¶

Yii 1.0 or above
TCPDF 4.2.007 or above

Installation ¶

Extract the release file under protected/extensions

TCPDF installation: ¶

Download the tarball.
Unpack it on the extension directory.
If necessary, rename the resulting subdirectory to tcpdf
You just need to keep these subdirectories inside tcpdf: config, fonts and images, since the cache is stored on the runtime directory, and no docs are needed

Usage ¶

See the following code example:

<?php
$pdf = Yii::createComponent('application.extensions.tcpdf.ETcPdf', 
                            'P', 'cm', 'A4', true, 'UTF-8');
$pdf->SetCreator(PDF_CREATOR);
$pdf->SetAuthor("Nicola Asuni");
$pdf->SetTitle("TCPDF Example 002");
$pdf->SetSubject("TCPDF Tutorial");
$pdf->SetKeywords("TCPDF, PDF, example, test, guide");
$pdf->setPrintHeader(false);
$pdf->setPrintFooter(false);
$pdf->AliasNbPages();
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->SetFont("times", "BI", 20);
$pdf->Cell(0,10,"Example 002",1,1,'C');
$pdf->Output("example_002.pdf", "I");

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Yii Version: 1.1

License: LGPL-3.0

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Developed by: MetaYii

Created on: Nov 19, 2008

Last updated: 15 years ago

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#391

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error %PDF-

hi guys...
I setting up this extension right now, but... i have one problem!! browser send me an alert.. it says:"file does not begin with '%PDF-'". I try the tcpdf library in a stand alone script (withous using YII) and it work fine!! i need help!
thank you

PS i'm sorry for my bad english, i'm italian!! :D

lorenzomar at Jun 17, 2010, 11:05:50 AM

#1455

1 1

Not very high level (not at all) and so a questionable extension

An extension should actually give some functionality specific to the yii framework. This is actually just a "include tcpdf" done the yii way - there is NO functionalty like "print model data" or an auto-pdf-view generation or ANYTHING of interest. Thus it is nothing more than a fake addition to this extension collection and should be removed. A better place for this would be the tips and snippets wiki to show a way how to include libraries. But please rempove it from here to keep a clean extension collection.

yingyang at Jul 30, 2009, 12:41:20 PM

#1630

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Array of configurations

I think you could add to the constructor an array parameter to put main information. Like this

$params = array("author" => "Nicola Asuni",

            "title" =>TCPDF Example 002",
            "subject" => "TCPDF Tutorial",
            "keywords"=>array("TCPDF, PDF, example, test, guide"),
            "header" => false,
            "footer" => false,
            "output" => "example_002.pdf");

$pdf = Yii::createComponent('application.extensions.tcpdf.ETcPdf',

                        'P', 'cm', 'A4', true, 'UTF-8', $params);

I think this should be more Yii-style.

Great Job!

ricardograna at May 29, 2009, 5:06:16 PM

#2634

0 0

Table in the Header

Hi,
I want to use a table in the Header. It dosen't work.
Any Idea??

Mahdi at Jan 24, 2011, 12:57:44 PM

#3159

0 0

Problems downloading main class

You can get source class of TCPDF from site mentioned by extension author (www.tecnick.com) or from www.tcpdf.org. But both sites gets often overloaded and results in timeouts instead of real content. In this situation, you may try to get the class from SourceForge, at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/tcpdf/.

Trejder at Mar 22, 2011, 10:45:40 PM

#4297

0 0

tcpdf

Hi
I got the following error
require_once(D:\Dev\Apache\htdocs\first\protected\extensions\tcpdf/tcpdf/tcpdf.php): failed to open stream: No such file or director,

Karthik12 at Jun 23, 2011, 5:48:41 AM

#5908

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tcpdf

naga --

make sure you have a subdirectory called tcpdf with the tcpdf files(not the wrapper) in there. The wrapper files go in extensions\tcpdf in there you have a sub directory tcpdf that contains the tcpdf files

MountainCastle at Nov 24, 2011, 1:33:06 AM

#5943

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How to use extend header / footer

I love the extension and am using it successfully.

One thing I haven't been able to figure out is how to replace the header footer functions of tcpdf. In order to be able to customize the footer, you must redefine the Footer function. Since this extension does not technically extend the tcpdf class, redefining the footer function does not work.

Keith Sorbo at Nov 28, 2011, 12:32:46 AM

#6033

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tcpdf

Hi,

i got the following error require_once(D:\Dev\Apache\htdocs\first\protected\extensions\tcpdf/tcpdf/tcpdf.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory.

Please suggest the solution.
thnks to all...

husnooo at Dec 7, 2011, 7:48:17 AM

#6045

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husnoo - tcpdf

@husnoo

Make sure you have a tcpdf subdirectory. Look in you folder structure you may have the files in extensions\tcpdf. If so move all the files in extensions\tcpdf to extensions\tcpdf\tcpdf.

MountainCastle at Dec 7, 2011, 9:37:06 PM

#6365

2 0

Solution for Constant K_PATH_CACHE already defined

Change line 85 from:

define ("K_PATH_CACHE", Yii::app()->getRuntimePath());

To:

if (!defined("K_PATH_CACHE")) 
{
    define ("K_PATH_CACHE", Yii::app()->getRuntimePath());
}

Pablovp at Jan 3, 2012, 4:20:31 PM

#8044

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error %PDF-

The solution is to use blank layout, which only contains

<?php echo $content; ?>

This prevents any appending html tags to the generated pdf.

Cheers!

willowdan at May 5, 2012, 9:52:17 AM

#11395

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TCPDF ERROR: Some data has already been output, can't send PDF file

i have a view and want its pdf format. how can i get ?

i have this code

$this->renderPartial('application.views.reportcard.report',array(

		'student_info'=>$student_info,
	));

$pdf = Yii::createComponent('application.extensions.tcpdf.ETcPdf',

                        'P', 'cm', 'A4', true, 'UTF-8');

$pdf->SetCreator(PDF_CREATOR);
$pdf->SetAuthor("Nicola Asuni");
$pdf->SetTitle("TCPDF Example 002");
$pdf->SetSubject("TCPDF Tutorial");
$pdf->SetKeywords("TCPDF, PDF, example, test, guide");
$pdf->setPrintHeader(false);
$pdf->setPrintFooter(false);
$pdf->AliasNbPages();
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->SetFont("times", "BI", 20);
$pdf->Cell(0,10,"Example 002",1,1,'C');
$pdf->Output("example_002.pdf", "I");

ranairfan at Jan 11, 2013, 6:43:51 AM

#11397

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how to load view

how i tell tcpdf to generate pdf of particular view ?

ranairfan at Jan 11, 2013, 6:45:23 AM

#11819

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Answer to @ranairfan

Unfortunately this extension is not a converter from HTLM to PDF. It 'just' give you access to the tcpdf function you must draw your report by yourself...

CedSha at Feb 6, 2013, 3:47:23 AM

#12885

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tcpdf version 6

just installed the extension and

solved the "K_PATH_CACHE already defined" error thanks to @Pablovp
but, now i get the following error:

call_user_func_array() expects parameter 1 to be a valid callback, class 'TCPDF' does not have a method 'AliasNbPages'

any cues?

lgastmans at Apr 18, 2013, 4:19:39 AM

#12894

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AliasNbPages error

I confirm same error report for me.
I delete the line

$pdf->AliasNbPages();

and then it works again .I do not know precisely the consequences...
but seems this methods no more exist in tcpdf.

CedSha at Apr 18, 2013, 12:49:54 PM

#12908

0 0

line at top of page

I have started using tcpdf and have it working, but for a mysterious line that appears at the top of the page. I have just the following as code, yet the line keeps appearing:

$pdf = Yii::createComponent('application.extensions.tcpdf.ETcPdf', 'P', 'cm', 'A4', true, 'UTF-8');
$pdf->SetFont('dejavusans', 'B', 16, '', true);
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->Cell(0, 0, $pdf->header_title, 0, 1, 'L', 0, '', 0);
$pdf->Output('invoice.pdf', 'I');

Anyone else have this issue?

lgastmans at Apr 20, 2013, 1:21:46 AM

#13124

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issue with header and footer

I have issue with header and footer.. how to set header and footer and how to erase the line at top and bottom of the pages...? can anyone help with this issue?

Wiwit Iwan SEP at May 7, 2013, 3:07:34 AM

#13129

0 0

header and footer

The answer lies in this link:
Your text to link here...

lgastmans at May 7, 2013, 6:35:45 AM

#13535

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Custom Header / Footer

To create custom header / footer you have to extend the basic class TCPDF and define methods Footer() / Header(). It is more complicated if you are using ETCPDF because you have to edit constructor in ETcPdf.php. I created one more parameter and based on it's value constructor desides which object will be used to fill variable myTCPDF.

// etcpdf.php
require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/myTCPDF.php');
public function __construct($orientation, $unit, $format, $unicode, $encoding, $docType = null)
{
  switch ($docType)
  {
    case null:
      $this->myTCPDF = new TCPDF($orientation, $unit, $format, $unicode, $encoding);
      return;
      break;

    case 'myPdf':
      $this->myTCPDF = new myTCPDF($orientation, $unit, $format, $unicode, $encoding);
      return;
      break;
  }
}

// myTCPDF.php

require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/tcpdf/tcpdf.php');
class myTCPDF extends TCPDF
{
  public function Header() 
  {
    // ...
  }
  public function Footer() 
  {
    // ..
  }
}

You also have to change methods in etcpdf.php:

public function __call($method, $params)
{
  return call_user_func_array(array($this->myTCPDF, $method), $params);
}

public function __set($name, $value)
{
   $this->myTCPDF->$name = $value;
}

public function __get($name)
{
   return $this->myTCPDF->$name;
}

Or should I do it in another way? What If I want to generate 10 different PDFs with different headers and footers? Do I really have to extend TCPDF 10x? Or can ETCPDF solve this situation?

rackycz at Jun 4, 2013, 2:38:25 PM

#13698

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PDF should be as my Page...

I have already implemented this extension.. How can I get exported file as my page look like.. what can I do??
Thank in advance..

Ravi Bhalodiya at Jun 18, 2013, 12:34:06 PM

#18874

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error call_user_func_array() expects parameter 1 to be a valid callback, class 'TCPDF' does not have a method 'AliasNbPages'

just change

$pdf->AliasNbPages();

$pdf->getAliasNbPages();

deyelicious at Jan 28, 2015, 7:17:00 AM

#19227

0 0

Loading file.

I recieved this Error: "Failed to load PDF document"

someone know how solve this.

jarvyii at Apr 24, 2015, 6:22:08 PM

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