What are the benefits of using TCPDF over FPDF for generating PDF documents, especially in terms of features and ongoing development?

TCPDF offers more advanced features and ongoing development compared to FPDF. TCPDF supports more fonts, unicode characters, and HTML elements, making it easier to create complex PDF documents. Additionally, TCPDF has better support for newer PHP versions and is regularly updated with bug fixes and new features. 

// TCPDF example code snippet
require_once('tcpdf/tcpdf.php');

$pdf = new TCPDF();
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->SetFont('helvetica', '', 12);
$pdf->Cell(0, 10, 'Hello, World!', 0, 1, 'C');
$pdf->Output('example.pdf', 'D');

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TCPDF FPDF PDF generation features ongoing development

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