Making PDFs with PHP

As much as I like fPDF, I decided to use mpdf when I was creating pdfs with PHP.

1. // download fpdf class (http://fpdf.org)
2. require("/fpd/fpdf.php");
3. // fpdf object
4. $pdf = new FPDF();
5. // generate a simple PDF (for more info, see http://fpdf.org/en/tutorial/)
6. $pdf->AddPage();
7. $pdf->SetFont("Arial","B",14);
8. $pdf->Cell(40,10, "this is a pdf example");
9. // email stuff (change data below)
10. $to = "target@domain.com";
11. $from = "me@domain.com";
12. $subject = "send email with pdf attachment";
13. $message = "

    Please see the attachment.

    ";
14. // a random hash will be necessary to send mixed content
15. $separator = md5(time());
16. // carriage return type (we use a PHP end of line constant)
17. $eol = PHP_EOL;
18. // attachment name
19. $filename = "example.pdf";
20. // encode data (puts attachment in proper format)
21. $pdfdoc = $pdf->Output("", "S");
22. $attachment = chunk_split(base64_encode($pdfdoc));
23. // main header (multipart mandatory)
24. $headers = "From: ".$from.$eol;
25. $headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0".$eol;
26. $headers .= "Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=\"".$separator."\"".$eol.$eol;
27. $headers .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit".$eol;
28. $headers .= "This is a MIME encoded message.".$eol.$eol;
29. // message
30. $headers .= "--".$separator.$eol;
31. $headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"".$eol;
32. $headers .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit".$eol.$eol;
33. $headers .= $message.$eol.$eol;
34. // attachment
35. $headers .= "--".$separator.$eol;
36. $headers .= "Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name=\"".$filename."\"".$eol;
37. $headers .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64".$eol;
38. $headers .= "Content-Disposition: attachment".$eol.$eol;
39. $headers .= $attachment.$eol.$eol;
40. $headers .= "--".$separator."--";
41. // send message
42. mail($to, $subject, "", $headers);
43. ?>