Html to PDF using PHP with Example

Html to pdf Conversion is a very useful functionality in web development. But Most of the cases Developers are Confused about how to convert HTML to PDF by using which library. In the market, you will find verities of the library are available by which we can convert your HTML to pdf file. Some Of them are like Dompdf, tcpdf, mpdf, etc. So You can use anyone to get HTML to pdf. Here we will work by using Dompdf. If you want to use tcpdf then click here.

Follow the below 2 steps, you can do HTML to pdf using PHP within a minute.

Step-1: Download the Dompdf library click the here

Step-2: Extract it in your root folder

Step-3: Just include the file name in your PHP file and initialize the Dompdf by seeing the below example.

Example:-

<?php

require_once './dompdf/autoload.inc.php';

// reference the Dompdf namespace

use Dompdf\Dompdf;

//initialize dompdf class

$document = new Dompdf();

$output ='<div class="main_div">

<h1><strong>Convert HTML To PDF Using PHP</h1></div>

<h3>What is Lorem Ipsum?</h3>

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</div>

</div></div>';

;

//echo $output;

$document->loadHtml($output);

//set page size and orientation

$document->setPaper('A4', 'portrait');

//Render the HTML as PDF

echo $document->render();

//Get output of generated pdf in Browser

$document->stream("Example.pdf", array("Attachment"=>0));

//1 = Download

//0 = Preview