I am new to the Codeigniter. I am tryng to export gridview data to pdf file ,I am using mpdf library .That library i unpack and place the \system\helpers and i created the a pdfexport_helper.php ,it placed on \system\helpers. pdfexport_helper.php this file
<?php
if ( ! function_exists('exportMeAsMPDF'))
{
function exportMeAsMPDF($htmView,$fileName) {
$CI =& get_instance();
$CI->load->library('MPDF54/mpdf.php');
// $CI->mpdf=new mPDF('c','A4','','',32,25,27,25,16,13);
$CI->mpdf->AliasNbPages('[pagetotal]');
$CI->mpdf->SetHTMLHeader('{PAGENO}/{nb}', '1',true);
$CI->mpdf->SetDisplayMode('fullpage');
$CI->mpdf->pagenumPrefix = 'Page number ';
$CI->mpdf->pagenumSuffix = ' - ';
$CII->mpdf->nbpgPrefix = ' out of ';
$CI->mpdf->nbpgSuffix = ' pages';
$CI->mpdf->SetHeader('{PAGENO}{nbpg}');
$CI->mpdf = new mPDF('', 'A4', 0, '', 12, 12, 10, 10, 5, 5);
$style = base_url().'/source/template/css/stylesheet.css';
$stylesheet = file_get_contents( $style);
$CI->mpdf->WriteHTML($stylesheet,1);
$CI->mpdf->WriteHTML($htmView,2);
$CI->mpdf->Output('mpdf.pdf','I');
}
}
and my controler contains
function pdf()
{
$this->load->helper('pdfexport_helper.php');
$urlid = $this->uri->segment('3');
if($urlid == "export")
{
$data['pageTitle'] = "Annual Report";
$data['htmView'] = $this->load->view('site_view',$data,TRUE);
$templateView = $this->load->view('../template_export',$data,TRUE);
exportMeAsMPDF($templateView,$data['filename']);
}
}
and my view is
<html>
<head>
<title><?=$page_title?></title>
</head>
<body>
<p align="right"> <a href="<?php echo base_url();?>index.php/site/pdf" style="text-align:right">Export to PDF</a></p>
<table border="1">
<?php foreach($result as $row):?>
<tr>
<td><a href=""><?=$row->id?></a></td>
<td><p><?=$row->firstname?></p></td>
<td><p><?=$row->lastname?></p></td>
<td><p><?=$row->email?></p></td>
<td><a href="<?php echo base_url();?>index.php/site/update">Update</a></td>
<td><a href="">Delete</a></td>
<?php endforeach;?>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
when i click the Export the pdf it showing empty page.
Can any one help me .Thanks in advance.
