How do we use the tcpdf library to render into a PDF file?

[simkimsia]

I got a PDF Rendering library has not been defined.

I already downloaded the tcpdf library.

How do I call it?

[MarkBaker]

This is all documented (documentation found in the /Documentation folder): and have you looked at any of the PDF examples in the /examples directory such as 21pdf.php?

// Tell PHPExcel that you're planning on using the tcPDF library
// and where the tcPDF library is installed on your server
$rendererName = PHPExcel_Settings::PDF_RENDERER_TCPDF
$rendererLibrary = 'tcPDF5.9';
$rendererLibraryPath = '/php/libraries/PDF/' . $rendererLibrary;

if (!PHPExcel_Settings::setPdfRenderer(
        $rendererName,
        $rendererLibraryPath
    )) {
    die(
        'NOTICE: Please set the $rendererName and $rendererLibraryPath values' .
        EOL .
        'at the top of this script as appropriate for your directory structure'
    );
}

// Create a Writer for PDF, which will automatically pick up the settings that you've defined
$objWriter = PHPExcel_IOFactory::createWriter($objPHPExcel, 'PDF');
// And write the spreadsheet to a PDF file
$objWriter->save('myPDFSpreadsheet.pdf');

[simkimsia]

I apologized for not checking the examples first.

Kudos for the work done.

[patricmutwiri]

I can't get it to work

[gorlovka]

Me too, it would be nice to have sample with already included Pdf library.
There must be some tricky detail which is hard to grasp if you are not author of it

[PowerKiKi]

@gekannt try that: https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/blob/develop/samples/21_Pdf_TCPDF.php. And tcpdf version is declared there: https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/blob/develop/composer.json#L36