Wednesday, January 11, 2017

integrating fpdf and tcpdf in codeigniter

hi

sometimes creating pdf on the fly can be tricky part in my coding world. if its scratch coding then its fine but the mess is inevitable. to make it clean, i gotta put it into the codeigniter. its easier to track.
i use these 2 php classes when dealing with pdf file.
if u ask the advantage or the disadvantage between these 2 php classes,
i said, thats depends on u. which one do u like cos it will be u will do the works... haha
as for me, i use both, sometimes tcpdf n sometimes fpdf when creating the pdf.
at the beginning, im having trouble when i tried to create pdf with header n footer cos the involvement of the class within the classes. at that time, im trying to write the header and the footer of the pdf inside the controller. yea, i admit, im not that smart untill recently i learn to write the header n the footer in the view file. this will make my controller clean. left only process in the controller.
easier to see n to track all the things through the controller in case of debugging.

anyway, enjoy the video.