Hello, PDF!

<?php

/**
 * E006_minimal.php
 *
 * @since       2026-04-19
 * @category    Library
 * @package     Pdf
 * @author      Nicola Asuni <info@tecnick.com>
 * @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.

// autoloader when using Composer
require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';

// define fonts directory
\define('K_PATH_FONTS', \realpath(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/tecnickcom/tc-lib-pdf-font/target/fonts'));

// main TCPDF object
$pdf = new \Com\Tecnick\Pdf\Tcpdf();

$pdf->setCreator('tc-lib-pdf');
$pdf->setAuthor('Nicola Asuni');
$pdf->setSubject('tc-lib-pdf example: 006');
$pdf->setTitle('Minimal Example');
$pdf->setKeywords('TCPDF tc-lib-pdf minimal hello world basic');
$pdf->setPDFFilename('006_minimal.pdf');

// Insert font
$bfont = $pdf->font->insert($pdf->pon, 'helvetica', '', 12);

// Add first page
$page = $pdf->addPage();

// Add font to the page
$pdf->page->addContent($bfont['out']);

// some HTML content
$html = '<h1>Hello, PDF!</h1><p>Generated with tc-lib-pdf.</p>';

// render the HTML content
$pdf->addHTMLCell(html: $html, posx: 15, posy: 15, width: 180);

// Get the PDF content
$rawpdf = $pdf->getOutPDFString();

// Render the PDF content
$pdf->renderPDF(rawpdf: $rawpdf);