How to get the output of a php file into a variable using mPDF

Question

I'm using mPDF library to provide pdf files.

Assume that I have a file named facture.php that contains :

• an image in the header

• a table in the body

• an image in the footer of the file

And another file named convert_HTML2PDF.php that will provide the pdf output of the first file.

I would like to get the output of the facture file that is interpreted into a variable and output it as a pdf file without visualising in the browser.

How can I do that and use the output inside the convert_HTML2PDF.php?

Answer 1

$mpdf->Output('filename.pdf', 'F');

will send the output to a file on your server instead of a browser.

See: http://mpdf1.com/manual/index.php?tid=125 For more output variations.

Answer 2

$pdf = $mpdf->Output('', 'S')

will output the PDF into a string - no need to create temp file.

Answer 3

Use file_get_contents() to get html content of your facture.php :

$output = file_get_contents('http://www.example.com/facture.php');