How to Center Text in FPDF?

Question

How can I have this generated text appear centered in the page.

Generated = $_POST method ... so I don't know how long will the text in input be. I need to have a pre-determined center parameter somehow.

Any ideas? Maybe like this:

MultiCell(0,$height,"text",0,'C') ?

score 16 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 09 '13 at 07:27

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Normally it's $pdf->Cell(0, $height, "text", 0, 0, 'C'); but if you're doing it in a Header or Footer function it's $this->Cell(0, $height, "text", 0, 0, 'C'). Don't forget to declare $height as a global if you're doing this in a function() call.

edited Sep 09 '13 at 07:27

Ing. Michal Hudak

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answered Jun 16 '11 at 05:37

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score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 04 '11 at 16:40

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Thanks taur! This works for me:

$mid_x = 135; // the middle of the "PDF screen", fixed by now.
$text = $userFullName;
$pdf_file->Text($mid_x - ($pdf_file->GetStringWidth($text) / 2), 102, $text);

answered Nov 04 '11 at 16:40

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You can calculate the center of the document: `$mid_x = $pdf_file->w / 2;` – Eduardo Romero Jul 16 '15 at 16:47

Balram Singh · Answer 3 · 2012-11-22T18:49:24.617

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This may work for you

MultiCell(0,$height,'You can<P ALIGN="center">center a line</P>',0,'C')

edited Nov 22 '12 at 18:49

answered Nov 22 '12 at 11:07

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Welcome to Stack Overflow! Rather than only post a block of code, please explain why this code solves the problem posed. Without an explanation, this is not an answer. – Artemix Nov 22 '12 at 11:25
@Artemix is right, you should explain the code. Nevertheless, it worked perfect for me. – manuelmatas Sep 08 '15 at 00:58

score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Aug 01 '12 at 11:01

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$pdf->Text($mid_x-$pdf->GetStringWidth($text)/2,$y,$text);

edited Aug 01 '12 at 11:01

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answered Sep 30 '11 at 14:13

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score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Jan 31 '23 at 10:27

            global $title;

            
            // Calculate width of text and position
            $w = $this->GetStringWidth($title)+6;
            $this->SetX((210-$w)/2);
            
        
            // Line break
            $this->Ln(10);

         
            $title = 'YOUR TEXT HERE';
            $this->SetTitle($title);
            $this->SetTextColor(0,0, 0);
            $this->SetFont('Arial','',17);
            $this->SetX(((210-$w)/4),(-50));
            $this->Cell(10, 20, $title);

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 16 '23 at 09:39

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This worked for me

$mid_x = $pdf->GetPageWidth() / 2;
$text = $userName;
$pdf->Text($mid_x - ($pdf->GetStringWidth($text) / 2),{height}, $text);

answered Aug 16 '23 at 09:39

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How to Center Text in FPDF?

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