README

Uses FPDF 1.8 and FPDI 2.3, tested in Symfony 2+ and 3+

Instalation and Usage

Package available on Composer.

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

composer require royopa/fpdf-symfony2

Usage

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

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

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

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

My Controller:

<?php

namespace AppBundle\Controller;

use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Route;
use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;


class DefaultController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * @Route("/", name="homepage")
     */
    public function indexAction(Request $request)
    {
        $pdf = new \FPDF();

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

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