FPDF is a PHP class which allows to generate PDF files with pure PHP, that is to say without using the PDFlib library. F from FPDF stands for Free: you may use it for any kind of usage and modify it to suit your needs.
FPDF has other advantages: high level functions. Here is a list of its main features:
- Choice of measure unit, page format and margins
- Page header and footer management
- Automatic page break
- Automatic line break and text justification
- Image support (JPEG and PNG)
- Colors
- Links
- TrueType, Type1 and encoding support
- Page compression
FPDF requires no extension (except zlib to activate compression) and works with PHP4 and PHP5.
The
tutorials will give you a quick start. The complete online documentation is
here and download area is
there. It is strongly advised to read the
FAQ which lists the most common questions and issues (especially with browsers).
A
script section is available and provides some useful extensions (such as bookmarks, rotations, tables, barcodes...).
GIF support is available too.