TCPDF - How to use GetStringWidth when text is bold

Question

Is there a way to use GetStringWidth on text that has formatting? Right now if I have <b>Jarod</b>, the GetStringWidth treats the tags as if they are text to display and returns the string width including the tags. If I take them out, then the String Width returned is for non-bold text and we know that bold text is bigger than non-formatted text, so I'm trying to figure out how to measure formatted text width in TCPDF. Thanks!

Answer 1

According TCPDF Doc you can send parameters to the GetStringWidth() function, including font style. In your example:

$text_width = $pdf->GetStringWidth("Text To Be Measured",'','B');

Answer 2

Just figure this out. In TCPDF, we always use SetFont('Times','',12); where we have Font family or name, next is the '' where we can put I or B or U, etc. and then the font size. The problem with GetStringWith that I was having is that I was using the default font setting to measure my font when I needed to measure bold. To the Fix:

//Temporarily set the font to Bold.
$pdf->SetFont('Times','B',12);

//Now measure the text that needs to be measured;

$text_width = $pdf->GetStringWidth("Text To Be Measured");

//Now reset the font back to normal so the rest of the document isn't messed up.

$pdf->SetFont('Times','',12);

I hope this helps someone else.