Convert Html to Pdf using PHP

Convert Html to Pdf using PHP and DOMPDF

 

 

 In this tutorial, you are going to learn, how to generate a PDF of HTML table contents using dompdf library in PHP on a Button Click.

There are 3 files used in this tutorial.

  1. config.php 
  2. index.php
  3. generatepdf.php

 Versions: 

Create a project folder and copy all the given files into the folder. Download the given dompdf library with above link. Extract and copy the dompdf folder, into a project folder. 

Now your project folder looks as given in the picture.

  


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next, Create a database, table with given  Queries.

Db Queries:

Create a Database
 
Database: `agencydb` 
 
CREATE TABLE `tbl_visitors` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `visitorname` varchar(30) NOT NULL,
  `visitoremail` varchar(30) NOT NULL,
  `visitormobile` varchar(30) NOT NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

--
-- Dumping data for table `tbl_visitors`
--

INSERT INTO `tbl_visitors` (`id`, `visitorname`, `visitoremail`, `visitormobile`) VALUES
(1, 'John', 'john@gmail.com', '123412345'),
(2, 'dany', 'dany@gmail.com', '543212345');

 

 

1.config.php 

<?php

$databaseHost = 'localhost';
$databaseName = 'agencydb';
$databaseUsername = 'root';
$databasePassword = '';

$con = mysqli_connect($databaseHost, $databaseUsername, $databasePassword, $databaseName); 

?>

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2.index.php

<?php	
	include_once("config.php");
	
	$sql = "SELECT * FROM tbl_visitors";
	
	$table = "";
	
	$result = mysqli_query($con,$sql );

$table ="'<h1> Sample Data </h1><table border='1'><tr><td>VisitorID</td><td>VisitorName</td><td>VisitorEmail</td><td>VisitorMobile</td></tr>"; 

	while($res = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) { 	
	$visitorid = $res['id'];		 
	$visitorname =$res['visitorname'];
	$visitoremail =$res['visitoremail'];
	$visitormobile =$res['visitormobile'];

$table .= "<tr><td>" . $visitorid . "</td><td>" . $visitorname . "</td><td>" . $visitoremail . "</td><td>" . $visitormobile . "</td></tr>"; 

	}
	
 	$table .= "</table>";
	
	echo $table; 
?>


<html>
<head>

<title>Coding-zon Demo - Convert HTML to PDF using DomPDF </title> 

 
	<style>
	
	body
	{ 
	width: 80%;
	margin-left: auto;
	margin-right: auto;
	text-align:center;
	font-family: "Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif,Myriad Pro","Helvetica Neue";
	}
	table {
	font-family:  sans-serif,arial;
	border-collapse: collapse;
	width: 80%;
	align:center;
	}
	
	td, th {
	border: 1px solid #cccccc;
	text-align: left;
	padding: 8px;
	}
	
	tr:nth-child(even) {
	background-color: #fffccc;
	}
	</style>
	
	</head>
	<body> 
	<div>
	<form action="generatepdf.php" method="post">
	
	<input type="hidden" name="table" value="<?php
	echo $table; ?>"><br />
	<input type="submit" name="submit_val" value="GeneratePDF"> 
	</form>
	</div>
	
	</body>
	</html>

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 3. generatepdf.php

 

<?php
	namespace Dompdf;
	require_once 'dompdf/autoload.inc.php';
	
	//how-to-convert-dynamic-php-file-to-pdf
	if(isset($_POST['submit_val']))
	{
		$table1 = $_POST['table'];
		$dompdf = new Dompdf(); 
 
             $dompdf->loadHtml( $table1);
		$dompdf->setPaper('A4', 'landscape');
		// Render the HTML as PDF
		$dompdf->render();
    
             // displays the generated PDF in a browser
             $dompdf->stream("sample.pdf",array("Attachment" => false));
		
		// Outputs the generated PDF to Browser downloads directly
	      //  $dompdf->stream();
	     
            exit(0);
	}
	
	?>
 
 

 Index.php

 


 PDF-Output:



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