Output

string Output([string dest [, string name [, boolean isUTF8]]])

Description

Sends the document to a specified destination: browser, file or string. In the case of a browser, the PDF viewer can be used or a download can be forced.

The method first calls Close() if necessary to finalize the document.

Parameters

dest

Destination where to send the document. Can be one of the following:

• I: sends the file inline to the browser. The PDF viewer is used if available.
• D: sends to the browser and forces download of the file with the name given by name.
• F: saves to a local file with the name given by name (may include a path).
• S: returns the document as a string.

The default value is I.

name

The name of the file. It is ignored in the case of destination S. The default value is doc.pdf.

isUTF8

Indicates if name is encoded in ISO-8859-1 (false) or UTF-8 (true). Only used for destinations I and D. The default value is false.

Example

Save the document to a local directory:

$pdf->Output('F', 'reports/report.pdf');

Force a download:

$pdf->Output('D', 'report.pdf');

See also

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