{"id":8057,"date":"2019-12-18T11:55:51","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T11:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=8057"},"modified":"2021-11-15T07:11:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T07:11:24","slug":"how-to-create-a-pdf-using-php-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-pdf-using-php-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Create a PDF using PHP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Step 1.<\/strong> Create a file index.php file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Copy this code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script src=\"https:\/\/gist.github.com\/narayanlog\/5ff2953ebae2ab3084078989efdcef2c.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/index.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/index.png 660w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/index-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>then, create a makepdf.php file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2. <\/strong>Go to this link:  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/mpdf\/mpdf.\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/github.com\/mpdf\/mpdf.<\/a> Which includes mPDF is a PHP library that generates PDF files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now we need to use called composer. If you don&#8217;t know what is a composer just goes on to google again and type in the composer and the top listing should get composer org. So click into it and then click on download.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are Windows PC it&#8217;s going to be quite easy because all you need to do is click on the composer. Then downloaded just install it and once it is installed then we can run the composer and we can install it into our project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3. <\/strong>Once you have installed the composer you should be able to go into git bash and run this specific command.<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">$ composer <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">require<\/span> mpdf\/mpdf<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/git.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8058\" width=\"578\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/git.png 578w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/git-300x181.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And copy this code and paste in your makepdf.php file.<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PHP\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"php\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-php\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">require_once<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">__DIR__<\/span> . <span class=\"hljs-string\">'\/vendor\/autoload.php'<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">PHP<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">php<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<script src=\"https:\/\/gist.github.com\/narayanlog\/6afb09e9f8cc16a31853a1fdaf88f186.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, fill the details below, you can see the final output.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"909\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/output.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/output.png 909w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/output-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/output-768x340.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 909px) 100vw, 909px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"epyt-gallery\" data-currpage=\"1\" id=\"epyt_gallery_27520\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_67077\"  width=\"760\" height=\"427\"  data-origwidth=\"760\" data-origheight=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  data-epytgalleryid=\"epyt_gallery_27520\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure><div class=\"epyt-gallery-list\"><div>Sorry, there was a YouTube error.<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Step 1. 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