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Now and again, we require the report as a pdf or html change to pdf. So now I will endeavor to disclose how to make pdf page in CodeIgniter. To make pdf page, we utilize library for making pdf, in this illustration I will utilize library tcpdf from http://www.tcpdf.org/. Other than utilizing tcpdf, you can likewise utilize another library, for example, fpdf,dompdf, and so on.
I will use tcpdf? Because,
I think tcpdf is very easy to use 

Following are instruction to add tcpdf library in your CodeIgniter:

1. Download tcpfd from this url http://sourceforge.net/projects/tcpdf/files/
2. Example I downloaded tcpdf_6_0_020.zip, and extract it.
3. Move tcpdf direktory to your CodeIgniter/application/libraries/
4. Create file in your CodeIgniter/application/libraries/Pdf.php:

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   <?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');    require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/tcpdf/tcpdf.php';    class Pdf extends TCPDF {  function __construct()  {  parent::__construct();  } }    /* End of file Pdf.php */ /* Location: ./application/libraries/Pdf.php */</pre>

5. And the last, now we create example controller page to create pdf page. controllers/c_test.php:

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   <?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed'); class C_test extends CI_Controller {        function __construct()     {         parent::__construct();         $this->load->library("Pdf");     }        public function create_pdf() {     //============================================================+     // File name   : example_001.php     //     // Description : Example 001 for TCPDF class     //               Default Header and Footer     //     // Author: Muhammad Saqlain Arif     //     // (c) Copyright:     //               Muhammad Saqlain Arif     //               PHP Latest Tutorials     //               http://www.phplatesttutorials.com/     //               saqlain.sial@gmail.com     //============================================================+              // create new PDF document     $pdf = new TCPDF(PDF_PAGE_ORIENTATION, PDF_UNIT, PDF_PAGE_FORMAT, true, 'UTF-8', false);           // set document information     $pdf->SetCreator(PDF_CREATOR);     $pdf->SetAuthor('Muhammad Saqlain Arif');     $pdf->SetTitle('TCPDF Example 001');     $pdf->SetSubject('TCPDF Tutorial');     $pdf->SetKeywords('TCPDF, PDF, example, test, guide');          // set default header data     $pdf->SetHeaderData(PDF_HEADER_LOGO, PDF_HEADER_LOGO_WIDTH, PDF_HEADER_TITLE.' 001', PDF_HEADER_STRING, array(0,64,255), array(0,64,128));     $pdf->setFooterData(array(0,64,0), array(0,64,128));        // set header and footer fonts     $pdf->setHeaderFont(Array(PDF_FONT_NAME_MAIN, '', PDF_FONT_SIZE_MAIN));     $pdf->setFooterFont(Array(PDF_FONT_NAME_DATA, '', PDF_FONT_SIZE_DATA));         // set default monospaced font     $pdf->SetDefaultMonospacedFont(PDF_FONT_MONOSPACED);        // set margins     $pdf->SetMargins(PDF_MARGIN_LEFT, PDF_MARGIN_TOP, PDF_MARGIN_RIGHT);     $pdf->SetHeaderMargin(PDF_MARGIN_HEADER);     $pdf->SetFooterMargin(PDF_MARGIN_FOOTER);           // set auto page breaks     $pdf->SetAutoPageBreak(TRUE, PDF_MARGIN_BOTTOM);        // set image scale factor     $pdf->setImageScale(PDF_IMAGE_SCALE_RATIO);         // set some language-dependent strings (optional)     if (@file_exists(dirname(__FILE__).'/lang/eng.php')) {         require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/lang/eng.php');         $pdf->setLanguageArray($l);     }          // ---------------------------------------------------------           // set default font subsetting mode     $pdf->setFontSubsetting(true);          // Set font     // dejavusans is a UTF-8 Unicode font, if you only need to     // print standard ASCII chars, you can use core fonts like     // helvetica or times to reduce file size.     $pdf->SetFont('dejavusans', '', 14, '', true);          // Add a page     // This method has several options, check the source code documentation for more information.     $pdf->AddPage();        // set text shadow effect     $pdf->setTextShadow(array('enabled'=>true, 'depth_w'=>0.2, 'depth_h'=>0.2, 'color'=>array(196,196,196), 'opacity'=>1, 'blend_mode'=>'Normal'));           // Set some content to print     $html = <<<EOD     <h1>Welcome to <a href="http://www.tcpdf.org" style="text-decoration:none;background-color:#CC0000;color:black;">&nbsp;<span style="color:black;">TC</span><span style="color:white;">PDF</span>&nbsp;</a>!</h1>     <i>This is the first example of TCPDF library.</i>     <p>This text is printed using the <i>writeHTMLCell()</i> method but you can also use: <i>Multicell(), writeHTML(), Write(), Cell() and Text()</i>.</p>     <p>Please check the source code documentation and other examples for further information.</p>       EOD;        // Print text using writeHTMLCell()     $pdf->writeHTMLCell(0, 0, '', '', $html, 0, 1, 0, true, '', true);          // ---------------------------------------------------------           // Close and output PDF document     // This method has several options, check the source code documentation for more information.     $pdf->Output('example_001.pdf', 'I');           //============================================================+     // END OF FILE     //============================================================+     } }

6. After that at last you have done it, run this in your program and you will get the result