Question

i use this tutorial to generate pdf files from html files like

the controller

<?php

if (!defined('BASEPATH'))
    exit('No direct script access allowed');

class Test extends CI_Controller {

    function __construct() {
        parent::__construct();
    }

    function index() {

        $this->load->library('mpdf');
        $this->mpdf = new mPDF('utf-8', 'A4');
        $html = $this->load->view("test");
        $txt = "hiiiiiiiiiii";
        $this->mpdf->WriteHTML($txt , 2);
        $this->mpdf->WriteHTML($html , 2);
        $this->mpdf->Output('ggg.pdf', 'I');
    }

    public function ahmed() {
        $this->load->view('test');
    }

    public function fakhr() {
        $this->load->view('welcome_message');
    }

    public function yahoo() {
        $this->load->view('welcome_message');
    }

}

the problem is , when i pass $html to WriteHTML() function it generated a blank pdf and when i pass $txt variable to the same function printed the text "hiiiii"...
so how to solve this problem any why i cant generate pdf from codeigniter views files..

Answer 1

You only need to do this

$html = $this->load->view("test",array() , true);

Use third parameter as true so that it returns the view as string