I need to provide an option for sellers/vendors to download their order information like name, sku, price, qty, etc. in PDF format on a custom page.
I am planning to use any PDF plugin as mentioned in link1 or in link2. I wanted to know which PDF plugin Magento uses to generate invoices [ sales > orders ] in PDF format.
I mean which one of the following does Magento use?
Magento does not use any plugin to generate the pdfs. It uses Zend_Pdf.
You can take a look at all the classes in here and see how it's done.
Unfortunately Zend_Pdf is not something magical. It requires a lot of work and some knowledge of geometry.
It is like drawing something on a canvas. You ca use methods as drawRectangle or drawText to actually place your elements on the page.
You can find a more detailed documentation about Zend_Pdf here
By default magento using ZEND_PDF to customization on pdf invoice,order and shipment.
You have to refer link for more customization of your task,
You can start from here,
Zend Pdf Customization Basics Link
Thanks.
By default magento uses Zend_Pdf here is sample fo creating your own pdf
simple zend pdf file not generate in magento
If you want to use third party library then i recommend use the tcpdf library it is easy to use.
Try With MPDF Code
<?php
namespace VendoreName\ModuleName\Controller\Index;
use Magento\Framework\App\Action\Action;
use Zend_Loader;
class GetPdfData extends \Magento\Framework\App\Action\Action
{
/**
* @var \Magento\Framework\View\Result\PageFactory
*/
protected $resultPageFactory;
/**
* @var \Magento\Framework\Filesystem\DirectoryList
*/
protected $dir;
/**
* @param \Magento\Framework\App\Action\Context $context
* @param \Magento\Framework\View\Result\PageFactory $resultPageFactory
*/
public function __construct(
\Magento\Framework\App\Action\Context $context,
\Magento\Framework\Filesystem\DirectoryList $dir,
\Magento\Framework\View\Result\PageFactory $resultPageFactory
) {
$this->dir = $dir;
$this->resultPageFactory = $resultPageFactory;
parent::__construct($context);
$this->initializePDF();
}
/**
* @inheritdoc
*/
public function execute()
{
$pdfData = [];
$pdfData["body_data"] = "<h1><b>TEST Data</b></h1>";
$config = [
'mode' => 'utf-8',
'format' => 'A4',
'default_font_size' => 10,
'default_font' => "dejavusans",
'margin_left' => 1.5,
'margin_right' => 1.5,
'margin_top' => 1.5,
'margin_bottom' => 1.5,
'allow_charset_conversion' => true,
'orientation' => 'P',
'showBarcodeNumbers' => false,
'tempDir' => $this->dir->getPath('var'),
];
$pdf = new \Mpdf\Mpdf($config);
$pdf->WriteHTML(html_entity_decode($pdfData["body_data"]));
$outputData = $pdf->Output('test.pdf', 'I'); // D , F , S
}
/**
* Initialization of mpdf library
*/
protected function initializePDF()
{
error_reporting(0);
$path = $this->dir->getRoot() . "/vendor/mpdf/mpdf/src/";
$this->pdf = $path . 'Mpdf.php';
//include_once $this->pdf;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->pdf, null, true);
$this->config = $path . 'Config/ConfigVariables.php';
// require_once $this->config;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->config, null, true);
$this->ucdn = $path . 'Ucdn.php';
// require_once $this->ucdn;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->ucdn, null, true);
$this->defaultCss = $path . 'Css/DefaultCss.php';
// require_once $this->defaultCss;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->defaultCss, null, true);
$this->sizeConvertor = $path . 'SizeConverter.php';
// require_once $this->sizeConvertor;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->sizeConvertor, null, true);
$this->colorconverter = $path . 'Color/ColorConverter.php';
// require_once $this->colorconverter;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->colorconverter, null, true);
$this->gradient = $path . 'Gradient.php';
// require_once $this->gradient;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->gradient, null, true);
$this->tableOfContents = $path . 'TableOfContents.php';
// require_once $this->tableOfContents;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->tableOfContents, null, true);
$this->cache = $path . 'Cache.php';
// require_once $this->cache;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->cache, null, true);
$this->fontCache = $path . 'Fonts/FontCache.php';
// require_once $this->fontCache;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->fontCache, null, true);
$this->fontsFileFinder = $path . 'Fonts/FontFileFinder.php';
// require_once $this->fontsFileFinder;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->fontsFileFinder, null, true);
$this->cssManager = $path . 'CssManager.php';
// require_once $this->cssManager;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->cssManager, null, true);
$this->otl = $path . 'Otl.php';
// require_once $this->otl;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->otl, null, true);
$this->form = $path . 'Form.php';
// require_once $this->form;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->form, null, true);
$this->hyphenator = $path . 'Hyphenator.php';
// require_once $this->hyphenator;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->hyphenator, null, true);
$this->tag = $path . 'Tag.php';
// require_once $this->tag;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->tag, null, true);
$this->namedcolors = $path . 'Color/NamedColors.php';
// require_once $this->namedcolors;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->namedcolors, null, true);
$this->pageformat = $path . 'PageFormat.php';
// require_once $this->pageformat;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->pageformat, null, true);
$this->fontVariables = $path . 'Config/FontVariables.php';
// require_once $this->fontVariables;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->fontVariables, null, true);
$this->textvars = $path . 'Css/TextVars.php';
// require_once $this->textvars;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->textvars, null, true);
$this->border = $path . 'Css/Border.php';
// require_once $this->border;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->border, null, true);
$this->logcontext = $path . 'Log/Context.php';
// require_once $this->logcontext;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->logcontext, null, true);
$this->ttfontfile = $path . 'TTFontFile.php';
// require_once $this->ttfontfile;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->ttfontfile, null, true);
$this->destination = $path . 'Output/Destination.php';
// require_once $this->destination;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->destination, null, true);
$this->mpdfexception = $path . 'MpdfException.php';
// require_once $this->mpdfexception;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->mpdfexception, null, true);
$this->metricsgenerator = $path . 'Fonts/MetricsGenerator.php';
// require_once $this->metricsgenerator;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->metricsgenerator, null, true);
$this->GlyphOperator = $path . 'Fonts/GlyphOperator.php';
// require_once $this->GlyphOperator;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->GlyphOperator, null, true);
$this->barcode = $path . 'Barcode.php';
// require_once $this->barcode;
Zend_Loader::loadFile($this->barcode, null, true);
}
}
Note: MPdf is installing via composer require mpdf/mpdf command which placed into the vendor directory.
