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[PDF & Document Generation](/categories/documents) 4. / 5. david-garcia/fpdf Abandoned → [setasign/fpdi](/?search=setasign%2Ffpdi)ArchivedLibrary[PDF & Document Generation](/categories/documents) david-garcia/fpdf ================= FPDF library which allows to generate PDF files with pure PHP 1.2.0(8y ago)0109MITPHPPHP >=5.5,<7.2 Since Dec 8Pushed 8y ago2 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/DavidGarciaCat/fpdf)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/david-garcia/fpdf)[ Docs](https://github.com/DavidGarciaCat/fpdf)[ RSS](/packages/david-garcia-fpdf/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced today READMEChangelog (7)DependenciesVersions (9)Used By (0) FPDF ==== [](#fpdf) Set-up the library ------------------ [](#set-up-the-library) ### Before we start [](#before-we-start) You will need to download and install `composer`: (NOTE: this project is not related with `composer` team so they can change the way to download and use it. Please refer to [getcomposer.org](https://getcomposer.org/download/) to get latest updates about how to get `composer`) ``` php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');" php composer-setup.php php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');" ``` Now that you have the `composer.phar` file, you can move it to your project folder, in order to use it as part of it: ``` mv composer.phar /path/to/your/project/root/composer.phar php composer.phar -V ``` (NOTE: your `composer.phar` file should be added into your `.gitignore` file, due it's not a file related with your project) Or you can move it as a global system binary (the how-to-install process is based on this method): ``` mv composer.phar /usr/bin/composer composer -V ``` ### Install [](#install) Just include your package in your `composer.json` file: ``` { "require": { "david-garcia/fpdf": "^1.1" } } ``` Then run the `composer` command to install the dependency: ``` composer install ``` Alternatively you can just `require` the package to deal with all of it automatically: ``` composer require david-garcia/fpdf ``` ### Usage [](#usage) Step 1. Include the composer autoload: ``` require "vendor/autoload.php"; ``` Step 2. Include the `use` statements for `FPDF`: ``` use DavidGarciaCat\FPDF\FPDF; ``` Step 3. Create a PDF file: ``` $fpdf = new new FPDF(); $fpdf->output(); ``` ### Scripts [](#scripts) FPDF allows to build and implement stripts to expand and enhance the experience working with the library. This project is implementing the currently published Scripts in FPDF website as Design Pattern Decorators. Just set-up the main library as a Facade and then inject it in any Decorator constructor: ``` use DavidGarciaCat\FPDF\FPDF; use DavidGarciaCat\FPDF\Script\BookmarkDecorator; $fpdf = new BookmarkDecorator(new FPDF()); ``` What is FPDF? ------------- [](#what-is-fpdf) 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, PNG and GIF) - Colors - Links - TrueType, Type1 and encoding support - Page compression FPDF requires no extension (except Zlib to enable compression and GD for GIF support). The latest version requires at least PHP 5.1, however this project is based on PHP 5.5 or newer versions. Please browse [www.fpdf.org](http://www.fpdf.org/) for Tutorials and Documentation. The tutorials will give you a quick start. The complete online documentation is available OnLine and you can downlaod it in multiple languages. It is strongly advised to read the FAQ which lists the most common questions and issues. A Script section is available and provides some useful extensions (such as bookmarks, rotations, tables, barcodes...). ToDo ---- [](#todo) - **Provide all FPDF Scripts natively** FPDF has several scripts, but we need to download and include all of them manually, in order to use them. This project already moved the FPDF code to `namespaces` and is starting to include other FPDF Scripts, however the real goal is to include all these functionalities natively, as part of the project. - **Scrutinizer CI Code coverage** Base FPDF source code, downloadable at [www.fpdf.org](http://www.fpdf.org/)'s website, does not include automated tests, so there's no code coverage. This project wants to provide tests, in order to enhance the code quality and offer the expected warranties that all of us want for a project like this. - **Scrutinizer CI Code score** Base FPDF and FPDF Scripts are probably not designed in the right way, and code score is really poor due a high complexity and some missed checks. This project wants to improvide the code quality. ### Health Score 28 — LowBetter than 54% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity9 Limited adoption so far Community10 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity63 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 98.6% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~0 days Total 7 Last Release 3073d ago ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/62c1db3c19dedf826fe3b41a2fa2df2cc65ec69bd0f388b9854c624e85af5fa4?d=identicon)[DavidGarciaCat](/maintainers/DavidGarciaCat) --- Top Contributors [![DavidGarciaCat](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7809429?v=4)](https://github.com/DavidGarciaCat "DavidGarciaCat (71 commits)")[![scrutinizer-auto-fixer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6253494?v=4)](https://github.com/scrutinizer-auto-fixer "scrutinizer-auto-fixer (1 commits)") --- Tags pdffpdf ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/david-garcia-fpdf/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/david-garcia-fpdf/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/david-garcia-fpdf) ``` ### Alternatives [setasign/fpdi FPDI is a collection of PHP classes facilitating developers to read pages from existing PDF documents and use them as templates in FPDF. 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