What are some best practices for integrating PDF generation into a PHP application?

Integrating PDF generation into a PHP application allows you to create dynamic PDF documents from your data. One popular library for PDF generation in PHP is TCPDF. To integrate PDF generation into your PHP application using TCPDF, you can follow the steps below.

// Include the TCPDF library
require_once('tcpdf/tcpdf.php');

// Create new PDF document
$pdf = new TCPDF();

// Set document information
$pdf->SetCreator('Your Name');
$pdf->SetAuthor('Your Name');
$pdf->SetTitle('Title of the PDF');
$pdf->SetSubject('Subject of the PDF');
$pdf->SetKeywords('Keywords for the PDF');

// Add a page
$pdf->AddPage();

// Set font
$pdf->SetFont('helvetica', '', 12);

// Add content to the PDF
$pdf->writeHTML('<h1>Hello, World!</h1>');

// Output the PDF as a file
$pdf->Output('example.pdf', 'D');