Hello guys
I have upgraded my CodeIgniter 2.1.3 project to CodeIgniter 3.1.4.
I am facing problem in generating pdf files in the new version whereas I could do it in CodeIgniter 2.1.3. Now only a blank page comes up.
The changes I have made are as follows:
Create a folder libraries under application folder and put tcpdf folder under it.
Create a file Pdf.php in the same level as tcpdf folder and its contents are as follws:
Code:
<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/tcpdf/tcpdf.php';
class Pdf extends TCPDF
{
function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
}
}
Then in the controller Project, I am calling the function report_pdf_excel () as below:
Code:
<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
class Project extends CI_Controller
{
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
$this->load->helper(array('form', 'url', 'array'));
$this->load->library('form_validation');
$this->load->model('project_model', 'project');
$this->load->library('Pdf');
}
public function report_pdf_excel()
{
$this->form_validation->set_error_delimiters('<li class="breadcrumb">', '</li>');
if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE) {
} else {
$pdf = new TCPDF(PDF_PAGE_ORIENTATION, PDF_UNIT, PDF_PAGE_FORMAT, true, 'UTF-8', false);
// set document information
$pdf->SetCreator(PDF_CREATOR);
$pdf->SetAuthor('Nicola Asuni');
$pdf->SetTitle('TCPDF Example 001');
$pdf->SetSubject('TCPDF Tutorial');
$pdf->SetKeywords('TCPDF, PDF, example, test, guide');
// set default header data
$pdf->SetHeaderData(PDF_HEADER_LOGO, PDF_HEADER_LOGO_WIDTH, PDF_HEADER_TITLE.' 001', PDF_HEADER_STRING, array(0,64,255), array(0,64,128));
$pdf->setFooterData(array(0,64,0), array(0,64,128));
// set header and footer fonts
$pdf->setHeaderFont(Array(PDF_FONT_NAME_MAIN, '', PDF_FONT_SIZE_MAIN));
$pdf->setFooterFont(Array(PDF_FONT_NAME_DATA, '', PDF_FONT_SIZE_DATA));
// set default monospaced font
$pdf->SetDefaultMonospacedFont(PDF_FONT_MONOSPACED);
// set margins
$pdf->SetMargins(PDF_MARGIN_LEFT, PDF_MARGIN_TOP, PDF_MARGIN_RIGHT);
$pdf->SetHeaderMargin(PDF_MARGIN_HEADER);
$pdf->SetFooterMargin(PDF_MARGIN_FOOTER);
// set auto page breaks
$pdf->SetAutoPageBreak(TRUE, PDF_MARGIN_BOTTOM);
// set image scale factor
$pdf->setImageScale(PDF_IMAGE_SCALE_RATIO);
// set some language-dependent strings (optional)
if (@file_exists(dirname(__FILE__).'/lang/eng.php')) {
require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/lang/eng.php');
$pdf->setLanguageArray($l);
}
// ---------------------------------------------------------
// set default font subsetting mode
$pdf->setFontSubsetting(true);
$pdf->SetFont('dejavusans', '', 14, '', true);
// Add a page
// This method has several options, check the source code documentation for more information.
$pdf->AddPage();
// set text shadow effect
$pdf->setTextShadow(array('enabled'=>true, 'depth_w'=>0.2, 'depth_h'=>0.2, 'color'=>array(196,196,196), 'opacity'=>1, 'blend_mode'=>'Normal'));
// Set some content to print
$html = <<<EOD
<h1>Welcome to <a href="http://www.tcpdf.org" style="text-decoration:none;background-color:#CC0000;color:black;"> <span style="color:black;">TC</span><span style="color:white;">PDF</span> </a>!</h1>
<i>This is the first example of TCPDF library.</i>
<p>This text is printed using the <i>writeHTMLCell()</i> method but you can also use: <i>Multicell(), writeHTML(), Write(), Cell() and Text()</i>.</p>
<p>Please check the source code documentation and other examples for further information.</p>
<p style="color:#CC0000;">TO IMPROVE AND EXPAND TCPDF I NEED YOUR SUPPORT, PLEASE <a href="http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=128076">MAKE A DONATION!</a></p>
EOD;
// Print text using writeHTMLCell()
$pdf->writeHTMLCell(0, 0, '', '', $html, 0, 1, 0, true, '', true);
ob_end_clean();
//Close and output PDF document
$pdf->Output('status_report.pdf', 'I');
}
}
}
I am only getting a blank page where as in CodeIgniter 2.13 I was able to generate the pdf.
Any guidance will be very much appreciated.
Regards,
