tcpdf edit footer

Question

How do I edit a footer using tcpdf? I want to add current date & time at the footer. Please help.

score 21 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 18 '12 at 15:34

Override the class like this :

class MYPDF extends TCPDF {
    public function Footer() {
        $image_file = "img/bg_bottom_releve.jpg";
        $this->Image($image_file, 11, 241, 189, '', 'JPG', '', 'T', false, 300, '', false, false, 0, false, false, false);

        $this->SetY(-15);
        $this->SetFont('helvetica', 'N', 6);
        $this->Cell(0, 5, date("m/d/Y H\hi:s"), 0, false, 'C', 0, '', 0, false, 'T', 'M');
    }
}

then instead of calling :

$pdf = new TCPDF(PDF_PAGE_ORIENTATION, PDF_UNIT, PDF_PAGE_FORMAT, true, 'UTF-8', false);

do :

$pdf = new MYPDF(PDF_PAGE_ORIENTATION, PDF_UNIT, PDF_PAGE_FORMAT, true, 'UTF-8', false);

By using this code date shown in the middle but I want to show the date in the left corner what should I do? — Krunal Pandya, Mar 31 '20 at 12:23

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 06 '10 at 11:06

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You have to extend the TCPDF class and override the Footer() method as explained on the default example n. 3. Check the official http://www.tcpdf.org website and forums for further information.

answered Aug 06 '10 at 11:06

user412934

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score 3 · Answer 3 · edited May 16 '19 at 20:32

3

How can I create 2 footer lines, please?

class MYPDF extends TCPDF {
    private $customFooterText = "";

    /**
     * @param string $customFooterText
     */
    public function setCustomFooterText($customFooterText)
    {
        $this->customFooterText = $customFooterText;
    }

    public function Footer()
    {
        $this->SetY(-15);
        // Set font
        $this->SetFont('helvetica', 'I', 8);
        // Page number
        $this->Cell(0, 10, $this->customFooterText, 0, false, 'C', 0, '', 0, false, 'T', 'M');
    }
}

Usage

$pdf = new MYPDF();
$pdf->setCustomFooterText('THIS IS CUSTOM FOOTER');

edited May 16 '19 at 20:32

Samuel Philipp

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answered May 16 '19 at 20:06

Marcos Vinícius Rinaldi

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For multiple lines of text I think it's easier to use HTML, defining it in $mycustomfootertxt: Replace $this->Cell line with $this->writeHTML($mycustomfootertxt, false, true, false, true); – Jimbo Jun 09 '21 at 21:49

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 08 '19 at 08:40

If you want dynamically change footer text extends TCPDF like this

class MYPDF extends TCPDF {

    private $customFooterText = "";

    /**
     * @param string $customFooterText
     */
    public function setCustomFooterText($customFooterText)
    {
        $this->customFooterText = $customFooterText;
    }

    public function Footer()
    {
        $this->SetY(-15);
        // Set font
        $this->SetFont('helvetica', 'I', 8);
        // Page number
        $this->Cell(0, 10, $this->customFooterText, 0, false, 'C', 0, '', 0, false, 'T', 'M');
    }

}

usage:

$pdf = new MYPDF();
$pdf->setCustomFooterText('THIS IS CUSTOM FOOTER');
// .... etc

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 06 '15 at 20:09

If you want put an different content on more than one page:

define("bottom_info", "|FIRST PAGE|SECOND PAGE|THIRD PAGE|...", true);

the info will be separated by " | " (with explode function)

class:

class MYPDF extends TCPDF {

public function Header() {
}

// Page footer
public function Footer() {
    $this->SetY(-15);       
    $this->SetFont('helvetica', '', 7);
    // Page number      
    $titulos = explode("|",bottom_info);        
    $this->Cell(0, 10,  $titulos[$this->page].' - Pagina '.$this->getAliasNumPage().'/'.$this->getAliasNbPages(), 0, false, 'C', 0, '', 0, false, 'T', 'M');
}

}

score -1 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 01 '10 at 11:38

After the EOD use the below code to overwrite the footer method.

 EOD;

 $txt = date("m/d/Y h:m:s");    

 // print a block of text using Write()
 $pdf->Write($h=0, $txt, $link='', $fill=0, $align='C', $ln=true, $stretch=0, $firstline=false, $firstblock=false, $maxh=0);

score -1 · Answer 7 · edited Mar 25 '11 at 01:18

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I figured it out and here's the solution for others that might come across this thread.

Edit the file "tcpdf.php".

Search for "public function Footer()"

Add timestamp here:

$timestamp = date("m/d/Y h:m:s");

if (empty($this->pagegroups)) {

$pagenumtxt = ' Created on ' .$timestamp.'   '.$this->l['w_page'].' '.$this->getAliasNumPage().' / '.$this->getAliasNbPages();

} else {

$pagenumtxt = ' Created on ' .$timestamp.'   '. $this->l['w_page'].' '.$this->getPageNumGroupAlias().' / '.$this->getPageGroupAlias();

}

edited Mar 25 '11 at 01:18

ire_and_curses

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answered Jun 04 '10 at 18:29

lv949

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This got voted down because it's better to extend the class and override the method than to edit the source as suggested in this answer. HTH – TheDavidFactor Oct 19 '15 at 02:56
Btw: in many cases you can't edit dependencies like TCPDF because otherwise you have to add it to your repository – Spears Apr 23 '18 at 08:09

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