FPDF including a php file?

Question

I want to send a dynamic page for printing to labels using Fpdf, however I'm not entirely sure how to get Fpdf to display the contents of my php file.

The php file renders a page with the users url, avatar, custom user background and name in a contactcard.php file.

How would i go about sending this to PDF, using Fpdf?

I have tried creating a function but it will not print images in the PDF.

Answer 1

I've done a similar thing with a real estate property listing. I've output text and images to a pdf for saving or printing using fpdf and php.

I used a form with hidden fields. Click the form button then it goes to the fpdf page. The form uses Post so I can retrieve the data on the fpdf page with something like...

$username = $_POST(username);

The way I've included images is to link to the images directly, well kind of. I have an id retrieved from the database which I include in the file name to display the correct image eg

$image = "http://www.yourdomain.com/img/avatar_$id.jpg";

Then you would display them with fpdf like...

$pdf->Cell(10,0,$username,0,0);
$pdf->Image($image,30,36);

You could use sessions so you don't have to include a form. That should work also. Might be more suitable in your case.

I hope this is what you're after.