converting page with nested tables to pdf

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  •  21-12-2019
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heyy.. I am new to php.. I am trying to convert a page containing nested tables into pdf.. this is the page i need to convert

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 75%">  
<table width="1000" border="1" bordercolor="#500000">
<tr>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color:#500000;">
<h1 style="text-align:center;"><font color="#FFFFFF">COMPANY NAME</font></h1>
<h2 style="text-align:center;"><font color="#FFFFFF">BALANCE SHEET</font></h2>
<h3 style="text-align:center;"><font color="#FFFFFF">DATE</font></h3>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th width="50%">ASSETS</th>
<th width="50%">LIABILITIES</th>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<!-- <td width="480"><?php include('assets.php') ?></td>       
<td width="480">fadffd</td> -->
<td><iframe src="assets.php" frameborder="0" width="500" height="500"></iframe></td>
<td><iframe src="liabilities.php" frameborder="0" width="500" height="500"></iframe></td></tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color:#500000;text-align:center;"><font color="#FFFFFF">lkfjsdgjljsglhlhfsaj</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</body>

</html>

here i have included two tables as table data using iframe.. when i try to import it to pdf using the code shown below, the nested tables are not displayed. 

<?php 
include("MPDF53/MPDF53/mpdf.php");
$mpdf=new mPDF('win-1252','A4','','',15,10,16,10,10,10);//A4 page in portrait for      landscape add -L.
$mpdf->SetHeader('|Your Header here|');
$mpdf->setFooter('{PAGENO}');// Giving page number to your footer.
$mpdf->useOnlyCoreFonts = true;    // false is default
$mpdf->SetDisplayMode('fullpage');
// Buffer the following html with PHP so we can store it to a variable later
ob_start();
?>
<?php include "balancesheet.php";
//This is your php page ?>
<?php 
$html = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
// send the captured HTML from the output buffer to the mPDF class for processing
$mpdf->WriteHTML($html);
//$mpdf->SetProtection(array(), 'user', 'password'); uncomment to protect your pdf page with password.
$mpdf->Output();
exit;
?>

please help..

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Solution

Are you sure that you want to use mpdf? There are several other options. For example, dompdf explicitly supports complex tables. And you can see some other options in this answer

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