php-tcpdfHow do I generate a PDF file using TCPDF, PHP and MySQL?

Using TCPDF, PHP and MySQL, you can generate a PDF file with the following steps:

1. Include the TCPDF library in your project:

require_once('tcpdf_include.php');

2. Create a new PDF document:

$pdf = new TCPDF(PDF_PAGE_ORIENTATION, PDF_UNIT, PDF_PAGE_FORMAT, true, 'UTF-8', false);

3. Connect to the MySQL database:

$db = new mysqli('host', 'username', 'password', 'database');

4. Retrieve data from the database:

$sql = "SELECT * FROM table";
$result = $db->query($sql);

5. Iterate through the result and add content to the PDF:

while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
  $pdf->Cell(0, 0, $row['field_name'], 0, 1);
}

6. Output the PDF to the browser:

$pdf->Output('example.pdf', 'I');

7. Close the database connection:

$db->close();

Helpful links

• TCPDF Documentation
• PHP MySQLi Tutorial

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