FPDF for use with Symfony2

Uses FPDF 1.7, tested in Symfony 2.5+

Instalation and Usage

Package available on Composer.

If you're using Composer to manage dependencies, you can use

composer require ftwex/fpdf-symfony2

Usage

class WelcomeController extends Controller
{
    public function indexAction()
    {
        $pdf  = new \FPDF_FPDF();
        $pdi  = new \FPDF_FPDI();

        $pdf->AddPage();
        $pdf->SetFont('Arial','B',16);
        $pdf->Cell(40,10,'Hello World!');
        $pdf->Output();
    }
}

FPDF

FPDF is a PHP class which allows to generate PDF files with pure PHP, that is to say without using the PDFlib library. FPDF is a open source project: you may use it for any kind of usage and modify it to suit your needs.

• http://www.fpdf.org/

On the fpdf homepage you will find links to the documentation, forums and so on.

Example

See My Controller:

<?php

namespace Acme\DemoBundle\Controller;

use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;

class WelcomeController extends Controller
{
    public function indexAction()
    {
        $pdf  = new \FPDF_FPDF();
        $pdi  = new \FPDF_FPDI();

        //my code...

        return new Response($pdf->Output( 'MyPDF.pdf', 'I'), 200, array('Content-Type' => 'application/pdf'));
    }
}