How to Create PDF file Using mpdf and PHP

PDF is a popular file format for sharing and reading data on the internet. We've already given a tutorial on convert html data into pdf. Now I'm making a basic PHP application that uses the mpdf library to generate PDF files. The mpdf is a fantastic PHP utility that allows you to transform the text into a rich UI PDF format. The mPDF library aids in the creation of PDF files from HTML that has been encoded in UTF-8. There are following dependencies are: PHP 5.6 || 7.0.0 || 7.1.0 || 7.2.0 is required by mPDF 7.0.PHP mbstring and gd extensions must be enabled.Requires the PHP zlib module for output compression and embedded resources like fonts, as well as bcmath for barcode generation and xml for character set conversion and SVG handling.. Create PDF File with Watermark Using PHP We will add watermark text within a pdf file. The mPDF providing method to add watermark text and images. There is a two-step process to create a pdf using PHP. Step 1. Download the library from GitHub then extract it and paste it into (xampp/htdoc/projectname/mpdf) or use the composer command composer require mpdf/mpdf. Step 2. Create an HTML document and save it as a php variable. You can make it dynamic, but I'm going with a static HTML document. The following content will be added to the index.php file. $html ' Empid Name Salary Age 1 Tiger Nixon 320800 61 2 Garrett Winters 434343 63 3 Ashton Cox 86000 66 4 Cedric Kelly 433060 22 5 Airi Satou 162700 33 6 Brielle Williamson 372000 61 7 Herrod Chandler 137500 59 8 Rhona Davidson 327900 55 9 Colleen Hurst 205500 39 10 Sonya Frost 103600 23 '; Output: EmpidNameSalaryAge1Tiger Nixon320800612Garrett Winters434343633Ashton Cox86000664Cedric Kelly433060225Airi Satou162700336Brielle Williamson372000617Herrod Chandler137500598Rhona Davidson327900559Colleen Hurst2055003910Sonya Frost10360023 Step 3. We will include the library class mPDF at the end of the index.php file. $mpdf new mPDF(); $mpdf->WriteHTML($html); //call watermark content aand image $mpdf->SetWatermarkText('phpflow.COM'); $mpdf->showWatermarkText true; $mpdf->watermarkTextAlpha 0.1; //save the file put which location you need folder/filname $mpdf->Output("phpflow.pdf", 'F'); //out put in browser below output function $mpdf->Output(); Using PHP and static HTML content, I built a simple PDF document. You can change the pdf creation method to meet your requirements. You can download the source code and see the Demo from the below link. Live Demo Download Source Code