TCPDF ERROR: Unable to create output file in codeigniter

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Aditya Gupta (anonymous) Posted December 27, 2018

In Codeigniter I have got this error when I am trying to generate a PDF file using TCPDF library. I have followed some example code, which code generate a PDF file, but all time I am got this error:

TCPDF ERROR: Unable to create output file: http://zaamana.net/assets/generate_pdf/1545722877.pdf

How can I do to solve this error?

I am trying this code:

In my controller page I have created this function.

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<?php

public function generatePDFFile() {

$base_url=base_url();

$data = array();

$htmlContent='';

$data['getInfo'] = 'My PDF Data';

$htmlContent = $this->load->view('back/admin/pdf_file', $data, TRUE);

$createPDFFile = time().'.pdf';

return $this->createPDF($base_url.'assets/generate_pdf/'.$createPDFFile, $htmlContent);

}

?>

Then define createPDF function and enter these codes:

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<?php

public function createPDF($fileName,$html) {

ob_start();

$this->load->library('Pdf');

$pdf = new TCPDF(PDF_PAGE_ORIENTATION, PDF_UNIT, PDF_PAGE_FORMAT, true, 'UTF-8', false);

$pdf->SetCreator('PDF_CREATOR');

$pdf->SetAuthor('TechArise');

$pdf->SetTitle('TechArise');

$pdf->SetSubject('TechArise');

$pdf->SetKeywords('TechArise');

// set default header data

$pdf->SetHeaderData(PDF_HEADER_LOGO, PDF_HEADER_LOGO_WIDTH, PDF_HEADER_TITLE, PDF_HEADER_STRING);

// set header and footer fonts

$pdf->setHeaderFont(Array(PDF_FONT_NAME_MAIN, '', PDF_FONT_SIZE_MAIN));

$pdf->setFooterFont(Array(PDF_FONT_NAME_DATA, '', PDF_FONT_SIZE_DATA));

$pdf->SetPrintHeader(false);

$pdf->SetPrintFooter(false);

// set default monospaced font

$pdf->SetDefaultMonospacedFont(PDF_FONT_MONOSPACED);

// set margins

$pdf->SetMargins(PDF_MARGIN_LEFT, 0, PDF_MARGIN_RIGHT);

$pdf->SetHeaderMargin(0);

$pdf->SetFooterMargin(0);

// set auto page breaks

$pdf->SetAutoPageBreak(TRUE, 0);

// set image scale factor

$pdf->setImageScale(PDF_IMAGE_SCALE_RATIO);

if (@file_exists(dirname(__FILE__).'/lang/eng.php')) {

require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/lang/eng.php');

$pdf->setLanguageArray($l);

}

// set font

$pdf->SetFont('dejavusans', '', 10);

// add a page

$pdf->AddPage();

// output the HTML content

$pdf->writeHTML($html, true, false, true, false, '');

// reset pointer to the last page

$pdf->lastPage();

ob_end_clean();

//Close and output PDF document

$pdf->Output($fileName, 'F');

}

?>

1 Answer

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score 0 · Answer 1 · 2018-12-27T07:31:56+00:00

You can not use the base_url() when you uploaded any file or generated any file. Here you need to remove base_url() from the file path, or “FCPATH” to replace base_url().

For Example:

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<?php

(FCPATH.'assets/generate_pdf/'.$createPDFFile, $htmlContent);

?>

Follow this example code:

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<?php

public function generatePDFFile() {

$base_url=base_url();

$data = array();

$htmlContent='';

$data['getInfo'] = 'My PDF Data';

$htmlContent = $this->load->view('back/admin/pdf_file', $data, TRUE);

$createPDFFile = time().'.pdf';

return $this->createPDF(FCPATH.'assets/generate_pdf/'.$createPDFFile, $htmlContent);

}

?>