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Pdf functions

You have getters to

• Logo
• Orientation
• Size
• Rotation
• Units
• Head title
• Head subtitle

render function

It have two optional params:

• Dest,means (destination)
• name, the result file's name.

Dest, indicates what to do wiht the final document, it possible values are:

• 'I': send the file inline to the browser. The PDF viewer is used if available.
• 'D': send to the browser and force a file download with the name given by name.
• 'F': save to a local file with the name given by name (may include a path).
• 'S': return the document as a string.

Format

Format is added from the config file:

/*
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
|  Format
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Prototype boolean
|  TRUE means UTF8.false means ISO-8959-1
*/
$config['format'] = FALSE;

and as you can see, TRUE, will be converted in UTF8 format, and FALSE in ISO-8959-1 format.

Config file

Placed in application/third_party/fpdf/config/pdf.php you can change any of this configuration, but be sure their behavior and prototypes. Any configuration off this optional values may cause malfunctions and demages. The config file is:

<?php  if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
/**
* Name:  pdf.config
*
* Version: 1.0.0
*
* Author: Pedro Ruiz Hidalgo
*		  ruizhidalgopedro@gmail.com
*         @pedroruizhidalg
*
* Location: application/third_party/fpdf/config/pdf.php
*
* Created:  2018-02-27
*
* Description:  This enables initial preferences for pdf library
*
* Requirements: PHP5 or above
*
*/

/*
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
|  Orientation
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
| Prototype:
|
|  'P' as "portrait", 'L' as "landscape"
|
*/
$config['orientation'] = 'P';

/*
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
|  Size
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
| Prototype:
|
|
|    A3
|    A4
|    A5
|    Letter
|    Legal
|
|   Or array, in units enabled by user, with no standarised size: array(with,hight)
*/
$config['size'] = 'A4';

/*
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
|  Rotation
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
| Prototype:
|
|  Integer multiple of 90 degrees: 0,90,180,270
|
*/
$config['rotation'] = '0';

/*
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
|  Units
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
| Prototype:
|
|   'mm' means milimetres
|   'pt' means points
|   'cm' means centimetre
|   'in' means inches
|
*/
$config['units'] = 'mm';

/*
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
|  convert logo as base_url() address
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
| Prototype:
|  TRUE , FALSE
|
| Behavior:
|   If false, logo addres will be passed as you declare
|   else, will be wrapped in base_url() function.
*/
$config['url_wrapper'] = FALSE;

/*
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
|  Logo
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
| Logo url
| the address of the logo will be subsequently converted to an absolute address
*/
$config['logo'] = 'assets/img/logo.jpg';

/*
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
|  Head Title
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Main page's Title
*/
$config['head_title'] = '@pedroruizhidalg';

/*
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
|  Head Subitle
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Main page's Subitle
*/
$config['head_subtitle'] = 'coding the world since 1983';

/*
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
|  Footer 'page' literal
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Set 'page' in your language
*/
$config['footer_page_literal'] = 'Página';

/*
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
|  Format
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Prototype boolean
|  TRUE means UTF8.false means ISO-8959-1
*/
$config['format'] = FALSE;

/*
* application/third_party/fpdf/config/pdf.php
*/

For more information about fpdf see FPDF manual