Magento 2.x - create a PDF and its downloadable link

With the following code snippet, you will be able to create a link in your store, where an action is called and a custom PDF is sent to download.

Bear in mind, that first, you will need to create your action, in app\code\<vendor>\<module>\Controller\<controller>\<action>.php, extending the core \Magento\Framework\App\Action\Action .

Then, you can use the following skeleton as kickoff point for your pdfs.

<?php

namespace <Vendor>\<Module>\Controller\<controllername>;

use Magento\Framework\App\Action\Action;

use Magento\Framework\App\Action\Context;

class DownloadTest extends Action

{

/**

* @var \Magento\Framework\App\Response\Http\FileFactory

protected $fileFactory;

/**

* @param Context $context

public function __construct(

Context $context,

\Magento\Framework\App\Response\Http\FileFactory $fileFactory

) {

$this->fileFactory = $fileFactory;

parent::__construct($context);

}

/**

* to generate pdf

* @return void

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,15);

$page->setStyle($style);

$width = $page->getWidth();

$hight = $page->getHeight();

$x = 30;

$pageTopalign = 850; //default PDF page height

$this->y = 850 - 100; //print table row from page top – 100px

//Draw table header row’s

$style->setFont($font,16);

$page->setStyle($style);

$page->drawRectangle(30, $this->y + 10, $page->getWidth()-30, $this->y +70, \Zend_Pdf_Page::SHAPE_DRAW_STROKE);

$style->setFont($font,15);

$page->setStyle($style);

$page->drawText(__("Cutomer Details"), $x + 5, $this->y+50, 'UTF-8');

$style->setFont($font,11);

$page->setStyle($style);

$page->drawText(__("Name : %1", "John Smith"), $x + 5, $this->y+33, 'UTF-8');

$page->drawText(__("Email : %1","test@example.com"), $x + 5, $this->y+16, 'UTF-8');

$style->setFont($font,12);

$page->setStyle($style);

$page->drawText(__("PRODUCT NAME"), $x + 60, $this->y-10, 'UTF-8');

$page->drawText(__("PRICE"), $x + 200, $this->y-10, 'UTF-8');

$page->drawText(__("QUANTITY"), $x + 310, $this->y-10, 'UTF-8');

$page->drawText(__("TOTAL"), $x + 440, $this->y-10, 'UTF-8');

$style->setFont($font,10);

$page->setStyle($style);

$add = 9;

$page->drawText("$10.00", $x + 210, $this->y-30, 'UTF-8');

$page->drawText(5, $x + 330, $this->y-30, 'UTF-8');

$page->drawText("$50.00", $x + 470, $this->y-30, 'UTF-8');

$pro = "ABC 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);

$page->drawText(__("ABC Footer example"), ($page->getWidth()/2)-50, $this->y-200);

$fileName = 'example.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 example.pdf

'application/pdf'

);

}

The following file should be brought for download.

source: https://webkul.com/blog/generate-pdf-programmatically-magento2/

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Magento 2.x – create a PDF and its downloadable link