Codeigniter Generate PDF Using Mpdf Tutorial

The mPDF library allow users to generate PDFs for invoices, bill payments, data, information, subscription packages, etc.

In this tutorial guide, You will learn how to generate pdf files using mpdf library.

How to Generate PDF in Codeigniter using mpdf

Here are steps:

Download Codeigniter Latest
Install Mpdf Library
Basic Configurations
Create Controller
Create View
Start Development server
Conclusion

Download Codeigniter Project

In this step, we will download the latest version of Codeigniter, Go to this link Download Codeigniter. Download the fresh setup of Codeigniter and unzip the setup in your local system xampp/htdocs/ and rename your project folder name to demo.

Install Mpdf Library

Run the following composer command for installing the mPDF library from your project folder. This command installs all the files of the mpdf library inside the vendor folder.

composer require mpdf/mpdf

Basic Configurations

Set project base URL in application/config/config.php file:

$config['base_url'] = 'http://localhost/demo';

Open application/config/config.php file and set you vendor directory path:

$config['composer_autoload'] = 'vendor/autoload.php';

Create Controller

Create Mypdf.php controller file and methods in it to handle PDF generation using mPDF:

<?php
defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');
 
class Mypdf extends CI_Controller {
 
    public function index()
    {
        $mpdf = new \Mpdf\Mpdf();
        $html = $this->load->view('html_convert_pdf',[],true);
        $mpdf->WriteHTML($html);
        $mpdf->Output(); // opens in browser
        //$mpdf->Output('test.pdf','D'); // it downloads the file into the user system.
    }
 
}

Create View

Create html_convert_pdf.php file in applications/views folder to allow users to generate pdf from views:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Welcome to CodeIgniter</title>
</head>
<body>
 
<div id="container">
    <h1>Welcome to CodeIgniter!</h1>
 
    <div id="body">
        <p>The page you are looking at is being generated dynamically by CodeIgniter.</p>
 
        <p>If you would like to edit this page you'll find it located at:</p>
application/views/welcome_message.php
        <p>The corresponding controller for this page is found at:</p>
application/controllers/Welcome.php
        <p>If you are exploring CodeIgniter for the very first time, you should start by reading the <a href="user_guide/">User Guide</a>.</p>
    </div>
 
</div>
 
</body>
</html>

Test This Project

Go to the browser and hit below the url.

http://localhost/demo/index.php/mypdf/index

Conclusion

That’s it, We have created html to pdf using mpdf library and download this library using composer command.

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