Php Pdf Add-ons

The latest version is using an autoloader for the classes, so require_once stuff is not needed anymore. You'll have to define/include the autoloader in your php files.

Are the provided examples working in your case?

Thanks for replying so quickly ...

I'm afraid I'm still not sure what I need to do - I've had a look at the examples and some are dated 2014. Some have requires. I've removed my requires as you suggest and it cant fiind the 'Pdf' class - so I'm assuming I do need a require somewhere ?

Could you advise what the autoloader is that you mention?

If you can point me to the actual code I need to include that would be a great help !

Thanks again ...
Jerry

I'll provide tomorrow a code sample. Please let me know which version are you using.

Hi,

I've downloaded both tcpdf_table_5.4.0 and tcpdf_table_5.4.1

Its 5.41 I'm trying to get working at present for Table and 2.6.1 for Multicell ...

Many thanks again,

Jerry

Thank-you for the information - I will give it a proper go on Monday but my knowledge of classes etc is very minimal. We got a developer to write soe code for us which I extended across our system.

She wrote a piece of code - which extends the pdf class. I can get her to look at this but if you can spot anythig obvious with the class extend (and the reference tothe multicell bit ) then that may help too.

Sorry I know I'm asking a lot but do appreciate your help ... !

Rgds
Jerry

PS our extended class code below :-

class RedkitePdf extends Pdf
{

private $headerTxt;
private $address;
private $registration;
private $telephone;
private $email;
private $website;

public function construct($headerTxt, $address, $registration, $telephone, $email, $website ) {
$this->headerTxt = $headerTxt;
$this->address = $address;
$this->registration = $registration;
$this->telephone = $telephone;
$this->email = $email;
$this->website = $website;
parent::construct();
}

/**
 * Custom Header
 *
 * @see Pdf::Header()
 */
public function Header()
{
    $this->SetY( 10 );

    /**
     * yes, even here we can use the multicell tag! this will be a local object
     */
    $oMulticell = PdfMulticell::getInstance( $this );
    $oMulticell->setStyle( "h1", 'Helvetica', "", 7, "170, 170, 170" );
    $oMulticell->multiCell( 160, 5, "<h1>". $this->headerTxt . date('j M Y') ."</h1>" );
    $this->SetY( $this->tMargin );
}


/**
 * Custom Footer
 *
 * @see Pdf::Footer()
 */
public function Footer()
{
    $this->SetY( -30 );
    $oMulticell = PdfMulticell::getInstance( $this );

    $oMulticell->setStyle( "span", 'Helvetica', "", 6, "170, 170, 170" );
    $oMulticell->multiCell(120,-1,'<span>'. $this->address. '</span>', 0, 'L');
    $oMulticell->multiCell( 0, 4, '<span>t: '.$this->telephone.' e: '.$this->email.'</span>', 0, 'R');      
    $oMulticell->multiCell( 150, 7, '<span>'.$this->registration.'</span>');
    $oMulticell->setStyle( "h1", 'Helvetica', "B", 10, "170, 170, 170" );
    $oMulticell->multiCell( 100, 7, '<h1>'.$this->website.'</h1>' );

    $this->SetFont( $this->getDefaultFontName(), 'I', 7 );
    $this->SetTextColor( 170, 170, 170 );

// $this->MultiCell( 0, 4, "Page {$this->PageNo()} / {$this->getAliasNbPages()}", 0, 'C' );
$this->MultiCell( 0, 4, "Page {$this->getPageNumGroupAlias()} / {$this->getPageGroupAlias()}", 0, 'C' );
}

/**
 * Returns the default Font to be used
 *
 * @return string
 */
public function getDefaultFontName()
{
    return 'helvetica';
}

/**
 * Draws the margin lines.
 * It's helpful during development
 */

public function drawMarginLines()
{
//draw the top and bottom margins
$ytop = $this->tMargin;
$ybottom = $this->h - 20;

    $this->SetLineWidth( 0.1 );
    $this->SetDrawColor( 150, 150, 150 );
    $this->Line( 0, $ytop, $this->w, $ytop );
    $this->Line( 0, $ybottom, $this->w, $ybottom );
    $this->Line( $this->rMargin, 0, $this->rMargin, $this->h );
    $this->Line( $this->w - $this->rMargin, 0, $this->w - $this->rMargin, $this->h );
}

}

Hi Andrei,

Ok so I've written a small program which now works - so I understand what I need to do within the program code now for tables.

But this program only works if it resides in your examples subfolder.

My program code sits in a parent folder above your code. So folder structure for my code is htdocs/myproject/mycode.php .... and your code is as /htdocs/myproject/PDFvendor/examples plus the other subfolders of content, library, tcpdf_table and vendor.

Now i dont want to really have all my code in your examples folder - so what do I have to do to your code (JSON file and others) so I can have my code in myproject folder? What library reference do i have to chnage and towhat ?

I've played around with it and keep getting errors referencing classes and functions - could you advise ?

Thanks very much in advance,

Jerry

Mycode that works if it resides in your examples folder is :-

<?php
echo (DIR);
require_once DIR . "/../autoload.php";
use Interpid\PdfLib\Multicell;
use Interpid\PdfLib\Table;
use Interpid\PdfExamples\pdfFactory;
$factory = new pdfFactory();
$oPdf = pdfFactory::newPdf( 'table' );
$oTable = new Table( $oPdf );
$oTable->initialize( array( 30, 55, 85 ) );
$oTable->close();
ob_end_clean();

$oPdf->Output();

The was you describe it, you could add this code in the htdocs/myproject/mycode.php and just adjust the "autoload.php" path.

Example:

require_once DIR. "/PDFvendor/autoload.php";
use Interpid\PdfLib\Multicell;
use Interpid\PdfLib\Table;
use Interpid\PdfExamples\pdfFactory;
$factory = new pdfFactory();
$oPdf = pdfFactory::newPdf( 'table' );
$oTable = new Table( $oPdf );
$oTable->initialize( array( 30, 55, 85 ) );
$oTable->close();
ob_end_clean();
$oPdf->Output();

Andrei,

That's great - many thanks I have it all working now ... I just need to get the Class extension working now ...

Thank you so much for all your help ...

Kind Regards
Jerry