How to Generate PDF Programmatically in Magento 2

Magento 2 store admin often want to share their store data. Either be it an invoice to be shared with customer or quote to be shared with the potential visitor! PDF is the preferred format to share the data as it can be easily viewed on any device and it’s highly trusted for security and password protection.

The default Magento methods to generate PDF files are rather inflexible. That’s why I’ve come up with the method to generate PDF programmatically in Magento 2. The method allows to generate PDF displaying any type of the store data, be it grid or invoice or customer data, etc.

Method to generate PDF programmatically in Magento 2:

Implement the below code in your controller action file:

<?php
namespace Vendor\Extension\Controller\Index;
 
use Magento\Framework\App\Action\Action;
use Magento\Framework\App\Action\Context;
use Magento\Framework\App\Response\Http\FileFactory;
 
class Index extends Action
{
    protected $fileFactory;
 
    public function __construct(
        Context $context,
        FileFactory $fileFactory
    ) {
        $this->fileFactory = $fileFactory;
        parent::__construct($context);
    }
 
    public function execute()
    {
        $pdf = new \Zend_Pdf();
        $pdf->pages[] = $pdf->newPage(\Zend_Pdf_Page::SIZE_A4);
        $page = $pdf->pages[0]; // this will get reference to the first page.
        $style = new \Zend_Pdf_Style();
        $style->setLineColor(new \Zend_Pdf_Color_Rgb(0,0,0));
        $font = \Zend_Pdf_Font::fontWithName(\Zend_Pdf_Font::FONT_TIMES);
        $style->setFont($font,13);
        $page->setStyle($style);
        $width = $page->getWidth();
        $hight = $page->getHeight();
        $x = 30;
        $pageTopalign = 850; 
        $this->y = 850 - 100; 
        
        $style->setFont($font,14);
        $page->setStyle($style);
        $page->drawRectangle(30, $this->y + 10, $page->getWidth()-30, $this->y +70, \Zend_Pdf_Page::SHAPE_DRAW_STROKE);
        
        $style->setFont($font,13);
        $page->setStyle($style);
        $page->drawText(__("Cutomer Details"), $x + 5, $this->y+50, 'UTF-8');
        $style->setFont($font,11);
        $page->setStyle($style);
        $page->drawText(__("Name : %1", "Test Meetanshi"), $x + 5, $this->y+33, 'UTF-8');
        $page->drawText(__("Email : %1","[email protected]"), $x + 5, $this->y+16, 'UTF-8');
 
        $style->setFont($font,11);
        $page->setStyle($style);
        
        $page->drawText(__("PRODUCT NAME"), $x + 60, $this->y-10, 'UTF-8');
        $page->drawText(__("PRODUCT PRICE"), $x + 200, $this->y-10, 'UTF-8');
        $page->drawText(__("QTY"), $x + 310, $this->y-10, 'UTF-8');
        $page->drawText(__("SUB TOTAL"), $x + 440, $this->y-10, 'UTF-8');
 
        $style->setFont($font,10);
        $page->setStyle($style);
        $add = 9;
        
        $page->drawText("$12.00", $x + 210, $this->y-30, 'UTF-8');
        $page->drawText(10, $x + 330, $this->y-30, 'UTF-8');
        $page->drawText("$120.00", $x + 470, $this->y-30, 'UTF-8');
        $pro = "TEST product";
        $page->drawText($pro, $x + 65, $this->y-30, 'UTF-8');
        
        $page->drawRectangle(30, $this->y -62, $page->getWidth()-30, $this->y + 10, \Zend_Pdf_Page::SHAPE_DRAW_STROKE);
        $page->drawRectangle(30, $this->y -62, $page->getWidth()-30, $this->y - 100, \Zend_Pdf_Page::SHAPE_DRAW_STROKE);
        
        $style->setFont($font,15);
        $page->setStyle($style);
        $page->drawText(__("Total : %1", "$50.00"), $x + 435, $this->y-85, 'UTF-8');
        
        $style->setFont($font,10);
        $page->setStyle($style);
        $page->drawText(__("Test Footer example"), ($page->getWidth()/2)-50, $this->y-200);
 
        $fileName = 'meetanshi.pdf';
 
        $this->fileFactory->create(
           $fileName,
           $pdf->render(),
           \Magento\Framework\App\Filesystem\DirectoryList::VAR_DIR, // this pdf will be saved in var directory with the name meetanshi.pdf
           'application/pdf'
        );
    }
}

With the above code, generate PDF programmatically in Magento 2 and share the data securely and user-friendly!

You can also Generate attractive PDF catalogs for various product categories by using our Magento 2 PDF Catalog.

Hopefully, the post is helpful to the readers and easy to implement.

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