How to Generate Dynamic PDF File using TCPDF in PHP

Hello friends in this video we are going to discuss how can we create pdf file from html data using TCPDF class in php. This is my new video in PHP Advance Video tutorial series. In this video we will show how can we generate pdf file from html table data by using TCPDF libraries. This is the best library for creating pdf file from html data in php programming language, this is because it is build by php language. This is the one of the best library for creating pdf, this is because in this library we can generate pdf file from html data. So most of the developer use this library for generating pdf document in their project. This is the official site of TCPDF library and here you can see that it is now one of the world's most active Open Source projects, used daily by millions of users and included in thousands of Content Management system and Web applications. You can download TCPDF library from here - https://sourceforge.net/projects/tcpdf/

Source Code

Database

 --  
 -- Table structure for table `tbl_employee`  
 --  
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `tbl_employee` (  
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,  
  `name` varchar(50) NOT NULL,  
  `address` text NOT NULL,  
  `gender` varchar(10) NOT NULL,  
  `designation` varchar(100) NOT NULL,  
  `age` int(11) NOT NULL,  
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)  
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=22 ;  
 --  
 -- Dumping data for table `tbl_employee`  
 --  
 INSERT INTO `tbl_employee` (`id`, `name`, `address`, `gender`, `designation`, `age`) VALUES  
 (1, 'Bruce Tom', '656 Edsel Road\r\nSherman Oaks, CA 91403', 'Male', 'Driver', 36),  
 (5, 'Clara Gilliam', '63 Woodridge Lane\r\nMemphis, TN 38138', 'Female', 'Programmer', 24),  
 (6, 'Barbra K. Hurley', '1241 Canis Heights Drive\r\nLos Angeles, CA 90017', 'Female', 'Service technician', 26),  
 (7, 'Antonio J. Forbes', '403 Snyder Avenue\r\nCharlotte, NC 28208', 'Male', 'Faller', 32),  
 (8, 'Charles D. Horst', '1636 Walnut Hill Drive\r\nCincinnati, OH 45202', 'Male', 'Financial investigator', 29),  
 (9, 'Beau L. Clayton', '3588 Karen Lane\r\nLouisville, KY 40223', 'Male', 'Extractive metallurgical engin', 33),  
 (10, 'Ramona W. Burns', '2170 Ocala Street\r\nOrlando, FL 32801', 'Female', 'Electronic typesetting machine operator', 27),  
 (11, 'Jennifer A. Morrison', '2135 Lakeland Terrace\r\nPlymouth, MI 48170', 'Female', 'Rigging chaser', 29),  
 (12, 'Susan M. Juarez', '3177 Horseshoe Lane\r\nNorristown, PA 19403', 'Female', 'Control and valve installer', 25),  
 (13, 'Ellan D. Downie', '384 Flynn Street\r\nStrongsville, OH 44136', 'Female', 'Education and training manager', 26),  
 (14, 'Larry T. Williamson', '1424 Andell Road\r\nBrentwood, TN 37027', 'Male', 'Teaching assistant', 30),  
 (15, 'Lauren M. Reynolds', '4798 Echo Lane\r\nKentwood, MI 49512', 'Female', 'Internet developer', 22),  
 (16, 'Joseph L. Judge', '3717 Junkins Avenue\r\nMoultrie, GA 31768', 'Male', 'Refrigeration mechanic', 35),  
 (17, 'Eric C. Lavelle', '1120 Whitetail Lane\r\nDallas, TX 75207', 'Male', 'Model', 21),  
 (18, 'Cheryl T. Smithers', '1203 Abia Martin Drive\r\nCommack, NY 11725', 'Female', 'Personal banker', 23),  
 (19, 'Tonia J. Diaz', '4724 Rocky Road\r\nPhiladelphia, PA 19107', 'Female', 'Facilitator', 29),  
 (20, 'Stephanie P. Lederman', '2117 Larry Street\r\nWaukesha, WI 53186', 'Female', 'Mental health aide', 27),  
 (21, 'Edward F. Sanchez', '2313 Elliott Street\r\nManchester, NH 03101', 'Male', 'Marine oiler', 28);  

index.php

 <?php  
 function fetch_data()  
 {  
      $output = '';  
      $connect = mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", "", "testing");  
      $sql = "SELECT * FROM tbl_employee ORDER BY id ASC";  
      $result = mysqli_query($connect, $sql);  
      while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result))  
      {       
      $output .= '<tr>  
                          <td>'.$row["id"].'</td>  
                          <td>'.$row["name"].'</td>  
                          <td>'.$row["gender"].'</td>  
                          <td>'.$row["designation"].'</td>  
                          <td>'.$row["age"].'</td>  
                     </tr>  
                          ';  
      }  
      return $output;  
 }  
 if(isset($_POST["create_pdf"]))  
 {  
      require_once('tcpdf/tcpdf.php');  
      $obj_pdf = new TCPDF('P', PDF_UNIT, PDF_PAGE_FORMAT, true, 'UTF-8', false);  
      $obj_pdf->SetCreator(PDF_CREATOR);  
      $obj_pdf->SetTitle("Export HTML Table data to PDF using TCPDF in PHP");  
      $obj_pdf->SetHeaderData('', '', PDF_HEADER_TITLE, PDF_HEADER_STRING);  
      $obj_pdf->setHeaderFont(Array(PDF_FONT_NAME_MAIN, '', PDF_FONT_SIZE_MAIN));  
      $obj_pdf->setFooterFont(Array(PDF_FONT_NAME_DATA, '', PDF_FONT_SIZE_DATA));  
      $obj_pdf->SetDefaultMonospacedFont('helvetica');  
      $obj_pdf->SetFooterMargin(PDF_MARGIN_FOOTER);  
      $obj_pdf->SetMargins(PDF_MARGIN_LEFT, '5', PDF_MARGIN_RIGHT);  
      $obj_pdf->setPrintHeader(false);  
      $obj_pdf->setPrintFooter(false);  
      $obj_pdf->SetAutoPageBreak(TRUE, 10);  
      $obj_pdf->SetFont('helvetica', '', 12);  
      $obj_pdf->AddPage();  
      $content = '';  
      $content .= '  
      <h3 align="center">Export HTML Table data to PDF using TCPDF in PHP</h3><br /><br />  
      <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">  
           <tr>  
                <th width="5%">ID</th>  
                <th width="30%">Name</th>  
                <th width="10%">Gender</th>  
                <th width="45%">Designation</th>  
                <th width="10%">Age</th>  
           </tr>  
      ';  
      $content .= fetch_data();  
      $content .= '</table>';  
      $obj_pdf->writeHTML($content);  
      $obj_pdf->Output('sample.pdf', 'I');  
 }  
 ?>  
 <!DOCTYPE html>  
 <html>  
      <head>  
           <title>Webslesson Tutorial | Export HTML Table data to PDF using TCPDF in PHP</title>  
           <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css" />            
      </head>  
      <body>  
           <br /><br />  
           <div class="container" style="width:700px;">  
                <h3 align="center">Export HTML Table data to PDF using TCPDF in PHP</h3><br />  
                <div class="table-responsive">  
                     <table class="table table-bordered">  
                          <tr>  
                               <th width="5%">ID</th>  
                               <th width="30%">Name</th>  
                               <th width="10%">Gender</th>  
                               <th width="45%">Designation</th>  
                               <th width="10%">Age</th>  
                          </tr>  
                     <?php  
                     echo fetch_data();  
                     ?>  
                     </table>  
                     <br />  
                     <form method="post">  
                          <input type="submit" name="create_pdf" class="btn btn-danger" value="Create PDF" />  
                     </form>  
                </div>  
           </div>  
      </body>  
 </html>