Generating a PDF document-PHP

Generating a PDF document

<?php

// These values are in points (1/72nd of an inch)

$fontsize = 72;     // 1 inch high letters

$page_height = 612; // 8.5 inch high page

$page_width = 792;  // 11 inch wide page



// Use a default message if none is supplied

if (strlen(trim($_GET['message']))) {

    $message = trim($_GET['message']);

} else {

    $message = 'Generate a PDF!';

}



// Create a new PDF document in memory

$pdf = pdf_new( );

pdf_open_file($pdf, '');



// Add a 11"x8.5" page to the document

pdf_begin_page($pdf, $page_width, $page_height);



// Select the Helvetica font at 72 points

$font = pdf_findfont($pdf, "Helvetica", "winansi", 0);

pdf_setfont($pdf, $font, $fontsize);



// Display the message centered on the page

pdf_show_boxed($pdf, $message, 0, ($page_height-$fontsize)/2,

               $page_width, $fontsize, 'center');



// End the page and the document

pdf_end_page($pdf);

pdf_close($pdf);



// Get the contents of the document and delete it from memory

$pdf_doc = pdf_get_buffer($pdf);

pdf_delete($pdf);



// Send appropriate headers and the document contents

header('Content-Type: application/pdf');

header('Content-Length: ' . strlen($pdf_doc));

print $pdf_doc;

?>

the functions in the PDF extension. 

This extension depends on the PDFLib 

library that is available at

 http://www.pdflibrary.com. 

The CLibPDF extension also generates

 PDF files,