how to generate pdf file in php with demo?

how to generate pdf file in php with demo – The FPDF is very awesome PHP class to generate PDF using PHP from MySQL database.

how to generate pdf file in php with demo?

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Generate PDF using PHP from Mysql database

• Step-1: First of all the data from MySQL database into the web page
• Step-2: free Download the open source FPDF library from fpdf.org
• Step-3: Copy the fpdf.php file into your web application directory
• Step-4: Use the fpdf PHP library like therefor

members.sql

--
-- Table structure for table `members`
--

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `members` (
  `name` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
  `designation` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=8 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

--
-- Dumping data for table `members`
--

INSERT INTO `members` (`name`,`designation`) VALUES
('Ravi Shastri', 'Batsmen'),
('Rohit Sharma', 'Batsmen'),
('Virat Kohali', 'Batsmen'),
('K.L Rahul', '	Batsmen'),
('Mahendrashinh Dhoni', '	Wickekeepr'),
('Sachin Tendulkar', '	Batsment'),
('Virendra Shevag', 'Batsment Opern');

index.php

<?php
include('link.php');
$link = new Database();
$result = $link->runQuery("SELECT name,designation FROM members");
$header = $link->runQuery("SELECT UCASE(`COLUMN_NAME`) 
FROM `INFORMATION_SCHEMA`.`COLUMNS` 
WHERE `TABLE_SCHEMA`='pakainfo_v1' 
AND `TABLE_NAME`='members'
and `COLUMN_NAME` in ('name','designation')");

require('fpdf/fpdf.php');
$pdf = new FPDF();
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->SetFont('Arial','B',16);

foreach($header as $heading) {
	foreach($heading as $column_heading)
		$pdf->Cell(95,12,$column_heading,1);
}
foreach($result as $row) {
	$pdf->Ln();
	foreach($row as $column)
		$pdf->Cell(95,12,$column,1);
}
$pdf->Output();
?>

link.php

<?php 
class Database {
	private $host = "localhost";
	private $user = "root";
	private $password = "NewPakainfo_v1454";
	private $database = "pakainfo_v1";
	
	function runQuery($sql) {
		$conn = new mysqli($this->host,$this->user,$this->password,$this->database);
    if ($conn->connect_error) {
        die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
    } 
    $result = $conn->query($sql);
    if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
      while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
          $resultset[] = $row;
      }
    }
    $conn->close();

		if(!empty($resultset))
			return $resultset;
	}
}
?>

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