Codeigniter 4 PDF Tutorial

27-Oct-2020

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Hi Guys,

In this example,I will learn you how to create pdf in codeigniter 4.you can easy and simply create pdf in codeigniter 4.

PDF is used to read the information in a document form. The PDF file is denoted by .pdf file extension and means as Portable Document Format. A PDF document manifests information for eBooks, application forms, user manuals, other documents.

Suppose you are a Codeigniter developer and want to know how to create a PDF file from the HTML view template using the domPDF library in Codeigniter 4. In that case, this tutorial is good to go for you.

Step 1: Install Codeigniter Application


We are going to install the CodeIgniter 4 application using composer package.

composer create-project codeigniter4/appstarter

Step 2: Install & Configure DomPDF

In this step we are going to install DomPDF plugin using Composer package. Run the below command to install Composer plugin.

composer require dompdf/dompdf

Once we are done installing the PDF package in Codeigniter application. Then, go to app/Config/Autoload.php file and search for $psr4 array, here you have to register the dompdf service.

public $psr4 = [

APP_NAMESPACE => APPPATH, // For custom app namespace

'Config' => APPPATH . 'Config',

'Dompdf' => APPPATH . 'ThirdParty/dompdf/src',

];

Step 3: Create PDF Controller

In this step,you will create to pdfController in app/Controllers folder.

<?php

namespace App\Controllers;

use CodeIgniter\Controller;

class PdfController extends Controller

{

public function index()

{

return view('pdf_view');

}

function htmlToPDF(){

$dompdf = new \Dompdf\Dompdf();

$dompdf->loadHtml(view('pdf_view'));

$dompdf->setPaper('A4', 'landscape');

$dompdf->render();

$dompdf->stream();

}

}

Step 4: Define Route

We have to create a route that renders the table into the view, place the following code in app/Config/Routes.php file.

$routes->get('/', 'PdfController::index');

Step 5: Create View

we have to create a pdf_view.php file that we will use to convert HTML to PDF. Place the following code inside the application/views/pdf_view.php file.

<!doctype html>

<html lang="en">

<head>

<meta charset="utf-8">

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">

<title>Codeigniter 4 PDF Example</title>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.5.0/css/bootstrap.min.css">

</head>

<body>

<div class="container mt-5">

<h2>Generate PDF in Codeigniter from View</h2>

<div class="d-flex flex-row-reverse bd-highlight">

<a href="<?php echo base_url('PdfController/htmlToPDF') ?>" class="btn btn-primary">

Download PDF

</a>

</div>

<table class="table table-striped table-hover mt-4">

<thead>

<tr>

<th>Name</th>

<th>City</th>

<th>Date</th>

</tr>

</thead>

<tbody>

<tr>

<td>Ravi</td>

<td>Rajkot</td>

<td>22/10/2020</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>Sunil</td>

<td>Jamanagar</td>

<td>23/10/2020</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>Jd</td>

<td>Rajkot</td>

<td>25/10/2020</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>Mehul</td>

<td>jamanagar</td>

<td>22/10/2020</td>

</tr>

</tbody>

</table>

</div>

</body>

</html>

It will help you...

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