* @copyright 2002-2026 Nicola Asuni - Tecnick.com LTD
* @license https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html GNU-LGPL v3 (see LICENSE)
* @link https://github.com/tecnickcom/tc-lib-pdf
*
* This file is part of tc-lib-pdf software library.
*/
// NOTE: local file reads (images, fonts, attachments) are restricted to an allowlist of
// trusted paths that covers this package tree, so run the examples in place. To read assets
// from other locations, list them in the 'allowedPaths' entry of the fileOptions constructor
// parameter (see E047_remote_resources_security.php).
// NOTE: run make fonts in the project root to generate the dependencies and example fonts.
require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
define('K_PATH_FONTS', (string) realpath(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/tecnickcom/tc-lib-pdf-font/target/fonts'));
$pdf = new \Com\Tecnick\Pdf\Tcpdf(
unit: \Com\Tecnick\Pdf\Page\Unit::Millimeter,
isunicode: true,
subsetfont: false,
compress: true,
mode: \Com\Tecnick\Pdf\PdfConformance::None,
objEncrypt: null,
);
$pdf->setCreator('tc-lib-pdf');
$pdf->setAuthor('Nicola Asuni');
$pdf->setSubject('tc-lib-pdf example: 050');
$pdf->setTitle('Shipping Label with Barcodes');
$pdf->setKeywords('TCPDF tc-lib-pdf example shipping label barcode qrcode code128');
$pdf->setPDFFilename('050_shipping_label_barcodes.pdf');
$pdf->setViewerPreferences(['DisplayDocTitle' => true]);
$pdf->enableDefaultPageContent();
// Initialize default font for text rendering
$defaultFont = $pdf->font->insert($pdf->pon, 'helvetica', '', 8);
$pdf->addPage([
'width' => 100.0,
'height' => 150.0,
'margin' => [
'PL' => 5.0,
'PR' => 5.0,
'CT' => 5.0,
'CB' => 5.0,
],
]);
$frameStyle = ['all' => ['lineWidth' => 0.35, 'lineColor' => '#111111']];
$sepStyle = ['all' => ['lineWidth' => 0.2, 'lineColor' => '#555555', 'dashArray' => [2, 1]]];
$barcodeStyle = [
'lineWidth' => 0,
'lineCap' => 'butt',
'lineJoin' => 'miter',
'dashArray' => [],
'dashPhase' => 0,
'lineColor' => 'black',
'fillColor' => 'black',
];
// Draw frame and separators
$pdf->page->addContent($pdf->graph->getRect(4, 4, 92, 142, 'D', $frameStyle));
$pdf->page->addContent($pdf->graph->getLine(4, 35, 96, 35, $sepStyle['all']));
$pdf->page->addContent($pdf->graph->getLine(4, 94, 96, 94, $sepStyle['all']));
// Header section
$headerHtml = '
EXPRESS SHIPPING
PRIORITY
';
$pdf->addHTMLCell(html: $headerHtml, posx: 8, posy: 9, width: 50);
// QR code in top-right
$qrPayload = "TRACK:1Z999AA10123456784\nORDER:SO-2026-05-0018\nSERVICE:EXPRESS-24\nFROM:NL-RTM-W17\nTO:DE-HAM-ACME";
$pdf->page->addContent($pdf->getBarcode(
type: 'QRCODE,M',
code: $qrPayload,
posx: 72,
posy: 9,
width: 20,
height: 20,
padding: [1, 1, 1, 1],
style: $barcodeStyle,
));
// Address section
$addressHtml = '
|
SHIP FROM
Warehouse 17
42 Logistics Rd
Rotterdam, NL
|
SHIP TO
Acme Retail
18 Harbor Street
Hamburg, DE
|
Scan for full shipment payload
';
$pdf->addHTMLCell(html: $addressHtml, posx: 8, posy: 37, width: 84);
$tracking = '1Z999AA10123456784';
$orderRef = 'SO-2026-05-0018';
$service = 'EXPRESS-24';
// Tracking section
$trackingHtml =
'
'
. htmlspecialchars($tracking)
. '
- Order: '
. htmlspecialchars($orderRef)
. '
- Service: '
. htmlspecialchars($service)
. '
';
$pdf->addHTMLCell(html: $trackingHtml, posx: 8, posy: 96, width: 84);
// 1D barcode
$pdf->page->addContent($pdf->getBarcode(
type: 'C128',
code: $tracking,
posx: 8,
posy: 115,
width: 80,
height: 14,
padding: [1, 1, 1, 1],
style: $barcodeStyle,
));
// Footer text
$footerHtml = '
Quiet zones are intentionally reserved around both symbols to improve scanner reliability.
';
$pdf->addHTMLCell(html: $footerHtml, posx: 8, posy: 136, width: 84);
$rawpdf = $pdf->getOutPDFString();
$pdf->renderPDF(rawpdf: $rawpdf);