using AJAX and Jquery to create pdf using FPDF

Question

I am trying to create pdf file using FPDF.

What I right now have is an HTML page with various lines of data and a print button next to it. When someone clicks Print

Answer 1

You should open a new page using tag with your PHP page print.php with your variables.

click me to download the file

In the PHP page, add headers

// Send Headers
header('Content-type: application/pdf');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="myPDF.pdf');

// Send Headers: Prevent Caching of File
header('Cache-Control: private');
header('Pragma: private');
header('Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT');

Try to play with header header('Content-type: application/force-download'); to download automatically your file.

You could also display your PDF data like if the file has been saved readfile('original.pdf');