// Usage $html = ' <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Invoice</title> </head> <body> <h1>Invoice #12345</h1> <p>Date: ' . date('Y-m-d') . '</p> <table border="1" cellpadding="8"> <tr><th>Item</th><th>Price</th></tr> <tr><td>Product A</td><td>$50</td></tr> <tr><td>Product B</td><td>$30</td></tr> </table> </body> </html>';
// Add HTML content $html = '<h1>Hello World</h1><p>This is a PDF generated by MPDF.</p>'; $mpdf->WriteHTML($html); mpdf download
| Mode | Description | |------|-------------| | D | Force download (file dialog) | | I | Inline display (browser PDF viewer) | | F | Save to server file | | S | Return as string | 5.1 Complete Download Handler with Headers <?php require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php'; use Mpdf\Mpdf; use Mpdf\Config\ConfigVariables; use Mpdf\Config\FontVariables; // Usage $html = ' <
// Force download $mpdf->Output('document.pdf', 'D'); The second parameter in Output() defines the destination: '/vendor/autoload
generateAndDownloadPDF($html, 'invoice_' . date('Ymd') . '.pdf'); <?php function savePDFAndGetLink($htmlContent, $filename) $mpdf = new \Mpdf\Mpdf(); $mpdf->WriteHTML($htmlContent); // Save to server (F mode) $savePath = __DIR__ . '/uploads/pdfs/' . $filename; $mpdf->Output($savePath, 'F');
// Return download URL return '/download.php?file=' . urlencode($filename);
// Create MPDF instance $mpdf = new Mpdf();