How to dowload pdf using PHP

In this tutorial we will learn how to download pdf using PHP or how to print specific content from a webpage in pdf format.

Now follow below steps to download pdf using PHP.

Step 1- Install Mpdf php Library

$ composer require mpdf/mpdf

Simply Paste the above Command in your Composer. ( If you dont know that what is composer and how to install composer then click here and follow step 1 to step 3  or dowload it from here Dowload Composer . )

Please ensure that the mpdf file is downloaded into your job folder.

OUTPUT-

Step 2- Make a new Index.php file

Step 3-  Load autoload.php file from vendor

<?php
require('vendor/autoload.php');
?>

Step 4-  Make a variable for content to generate Pdf page

Here you need to create a variable in which all the code are stored, which you want to print into pdf format.

 $html =  " <table border=\"1\" >
    <tr>
        <th>#</th>
        <th>Name</th>
        <th>Age</th>
        <th>City</th>
    </tr>";
$html .=" 
    <tr>
        <td>1</td>
        <td>Sumit Sarkar</td>
        <td>28</td>
        <td>Mumbai</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>2</td>
        <td>Akash Sharma</td>
        <td>28</td>
        <td>Delhi</td>
    </tr>       
 <tr>
        <td>1</td>
        <td>Nitu Dey</td>
        <td>28</td>
        <td>Kolkata</td>
    </tr>        
<tr>
        <td>1</td>
        <td>Sumit</td>
        <td>28</td>
        <td>Mumbai</td>
    </tr>";
$html .= "</table>"; 

Step 5-  Now need to include the mpdf library class

$mpdf = new \Mpdf\Mpdf();
$mpdf->WriteHTML($html);
$file = "test.pdf";
$mpdf->Output($file , 'D');  // direct download the pdf page  when run on server
// $mpdf->Output($file , 'I');  // pdf page open on browser tab
// $mpdf->Output($file , 'F');  // pdf page save on your file

Step 6 – Now run the file in your Browser

OUTPUT –

Now we will see full code which we described above

<?php
require('vendor/autoload.php');
$html =  " <table border=\"1\" >
    <tr>
        <th>#</th>
        <th>Name</th>
        <th>Age</th>
        <th>City</th>
    </tr>";
$html .=" 
    <tr>
        <td>1</td>
        <td>Sumit Sarkar</td>
        <td>28</td>
        <td>Mumbai</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>2</td>
        <td>Akash Sharma</td>
        <td>28</td>
        <td>Delhi</td>
    </tr>       
 <tr>
        <td>1</td>
        <td>Nitu Dey</td>
        <td>28</td>
        <td>Kolkata</td>
    </tr>        
<tr>
        <td>1</td>
        <td>Sumit</td>
        <td>28</td>
        <td>Mumbai</td>
    </tr>";
$html .= "</table>";
$mpdf = new \Mpdf\Mpdf();
$mpdf->WriteHTML($html);
$file = "test.pdf";
$mpdf->Output($file , 'D');  // direct download the pdf page  when run on server
// $mpdf->Output($file , 'I');  // pdf page open on browser tab
// $mpdf->Output($file , 'F');  // pdf page save on your file
?>