Generating PDF using Codeigniter

Hello friends , I have stated using codeigniter framework for php. I would recommended codeigniter for all PHP developers.
Recently i had a task to generate PDF file in my codeigniter project ,there are many libraries like FPDF, Panda, DOM-pdf, R&OS to generate PDF documents with PHP.
I found a method to integrate R&OS pdf class file with codeigniter. I am sharing you the same.
Step 1
Download latest version of Codeigniter framework.
Step 2
Download the class files for pdf integration from here. The rar folder contains 2 folders.
1. library class files
2. fonts
Extract files under class files folder to application/libraries/
Extract fonts directory to root folder of your CI application.
Step 3
Now into final stage . Create a controller named home.php and paste the following code.

<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

class Home extends CI_Controller {

 function __construct()

 {

 parent::__construct();

 }

 function index()

 {

 $this->hello_world();

 }

 function hello_world()

 {

 $this->load->library('cezpdf');

 $this->cezpdf->ezText('Hello World', 12, array('justification' => 'center'));

 $this->cezpdf->ezSetDy(-10);

 $content = 'The quick, brown fox jumps over a lazy dog. DJs flock by when MTV ax quiz prog.

 Junk MTV quiz graced by fox whelps. Bawds jog, flick quartz, vex nymphs.';

 $this->cezpdf->ezText($content, 10);

 $this->cezpdf->ezStream();

 }

 function tables()

 {

 $this->load->library('cezpdf');

 $db_data[] = array('name' => 'Jon Doe', 'phone' => '111-222-3333', 'email' => 'jdoe@someplace.com');

 $db_data[] = array('name' => 'Jane Doe', 'phone' => '222-333-4444', 'email' => 'jane.doe@something.com');

 $db_data[] = array('name' => 'Jon Smith', 'phone' => '333-444-5555', 'email' => 'jsmith@someplacepsecial.com');

 $col_names = array(

 'name' => 'Name',

 'phone' => 'Phone Number',

 'email' => 'E-mail Address'

 );

 $this->cezpdf->ezTable($db_data, $col_names, 'Contact List', array('width'=>550));

 $this->cezpdf->ezStream();

 }

}

/* End of file welcome.php */

/* Location: ./application/controllers/home.php */

You are done .
Execute the code :
http://localhost/pdf/index.php/home/index – for basic pdf creation.
http://localhost/pdf/index.php/home/tables – for table creation.
Note: In Order to write the output as a .pdf file just change $this->cezpdf->ezStream(); to $this->cezpdf->ezOutput();
Complete Code :
create a folder named pdf in root directory of codeigniter project and replace the tables function in the above controller
[ home.php ] with the following.

function tables()

{

$this->load->helper('path');

$this->load->library('cezpdf');

$this->cezpdf->ezText('Hello World', 12, array('justification' => 'center'));

$this->cezpdf->ezSetDy(-10);

$db_data[] = array('name' => 'Jon Doe', 'phone' => '111-222-3333', 'email' => 'jdoe@someplace.com');

$db_data[] = array('name' => 'Jane Doe', 'phone' => '222-333-4444', 'email' => 'jane.doe@something.com');

$db_data[] = array('name' => 'Jon Smith', 'phone' => '333-444-5555', 'email' => 'jsmith@someplacepsecial.com');

$col_names = array(

'name' => 'Name',

'phone' => 'Phone Number',

'email' => 'E-mail Address'

);

$this->cezpdf->ezTable($db_data, $col_names, 'Contact List', array('width'=>550));

$directory = './pdf/';

set_realpath($directory);

$file = $directory.date('d-m-Y h:i:s').'.pdf';

$pdfcode = $this->cezpdf->ezOutput();

$fp = fopen($file,'wb');

fwrite($fp,$pdfcode);

fclose($fp);

}

You are done !