// Create MPDF instance $mpdf = new Mpdf();
generateAndDownloadPDF($html, 'invoice_' . date('Ymd') . '.pdf'); <?php function savePDFAndGetLink($htmlContent, $filename) $mpdf = new \Mpdf\Mpdf(); $mpdf->WriteHTML($htmlContent); // Save to server (F mode) $savePath = __DIR__ . '/uploads/pdfs/' . $filename; $mpdf->Output($savePath, 'F');
// Create download.php // download.php content: if (isset($_GET['file'])) $file = . '/uploads/pdfs/' . basename($_GET['file']); if (file_exists($file)) header('Content-Type: application/pdf'); header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' . basename($file) . '"'); header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file)); readfile($file); exit; mpdf download
function generateAndDownloadPDF($htmlContent, $filename = 'document.pdf') try // Configuration $config = [ 'mode' => 'utf-8', 'format' => 'A4', 'orientation' => 'P', // Portrait 'margin_left' => 15, 'margin_right' => 15, 'margin_top' => 16, 'margin_bottom' => 16, 'margin_header' => 9, 'margin_footer' => 9, 'default_font_size' => 10, 'default_font' => 'dejavusans', 'auto_language_detection' => true, ];
| Mode | Description | |------|-------------| | D | Force download (file dialog) | | I | Inline display (browser PDF viewer) | | F | Save to server file | | S | Return as string | 5.1 Complete Download Handler with Headers <?php require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php'; use Mpdf\Mpdf; use Mpdf\Config\ConfigVariables; use Mpdf\Config\FontVariables; // Create MPDF instance $mpdf = new Mpdf();
// Usage $html = ' <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Invoice</title> </head> <body> <h1>Invoice #12345</h1> <p>Date: ' . date('Y-m-d') . '</p> <table border="1" cellpadding="8"> <tr><th>Item</th><th>Price</th></tr> <tr><td>Product A</td><td>$50</td></tr> <tr><td>Product B</td><td>$30</td></tr> </table> </body> </html>';
// Force download $mpdf->Output('document.pdf', 'D'); The second parameter in Output() defines the destination: '/uploads/pdfs/'
1. Introduction MPDF is a powerful PHP library that generates PDF files from HTML content. It uses the Unicode and HTML rendering engine to convert HTML with CSS styles into a PDF document. The "MPDF download" process refers to generating and forcing a PDF file to be downloaded by the user's browser rather than displayed or saved on the server.
