TCPDF Save file to folder?

Question

I\'m using TCPDF to print a receipt and then send it to customer with phpMailer, but I have a problem:

I have no idea how to save the file into a pdf.

Answer 1

If you still get

TCPDF ERROR: Unable to create output file: myfile.pdf

you can avoid TCPDF's file saving logic by putting PDF data to a variable and saving this string to a file:

$pdf_string = $pdf->Output('pseudo.pdf', 'S');
file_put_contents('./mydir/myfile.pdf', $pdf_string);

Answer 2

nick's example saves it to your localhost.
But you can also save it to your local drive.
if you use doublebackslashes:

 $filename= "Invoice.pdf"; 
 $filelocation = "C:\\invoices";  

 $fileNL = $filelocation."\\".$filename;
 $pdf->Output($fileNL,'F');

 $pdf->Output($filename,'D'); // you cannot add file location here

P.S. In Firefox (optional) Tools> Options > General tab> Download >Always ask me where to save files

Answer 3

try this

$pdf->Output('kuitti'.$ordernumber.'.pdf', 'F');

Answer 4

TCPDF uses fopen() to save files. Any paths passed to TCPDF's Output() function should thus be an absolute path.

If you would like to save to a relative path, use e.g. the __DIR__ global constant (see this answer).

Answer 5

For who is having difficulties storing the file, the path has to be all the way through root. For example, mine was:

$pdf->Output('/home/username/public_html/app/admin/pdfs/filename.pdf', 'F');

Answer 6

Only thing that worked for me:

// save file
$pdf->Output(__DIR__ . '/example_001.pdf', 'F');
exit();