{"id":52912,"date":"2016-06-28T10:37:03","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T10:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webkul.com\/blog\/?p=52912"},"modified":"2016-07-15T11:16:54","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T11:16:54","slug":"create-custom-pdf-prestashop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webkul.com\/blog\/create-custom-pdf-prestashop\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom PDF in prestashop using TCPDF library"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Custom PDF<\/p><\/div>\n

Create custom PDF in prestashop using prestashop library which they have used to render PDF templates like Invoice, Delivery slip and others.<\/p>\n

Right, now there is no such way to create your own PDF documented file in prestashop\u00a0because prestashop has created predefined templates which they render whenever it calls. Even you can not easily edit that templates with help of\u00a0third party modules. If you need to edit that template you have to edit in core files of prestashop.<\/p>\n

Lets see what is the process or classes which will be needed when you create your own custom PDF document in prestashop.<\/p>\n

Prestashop is using TCPDF library to render all the pdf content. For information about tcpdf, you can check tcpdf official website. They have used many examples to render PDF in php. Visit tcpdf<\/a>\u00a0. But prestashop has extended this library and customized this library accordingly and created a class PDFGenerator. This class have various methods to create content like footer content, header content, body content and others.<\/p>\n

Lets start with code step by step.<\/p>\n

Step : 1)<\/strong> If you want to create custom PDF document then you need to extend HTMLTemplate class in your own class.<\/p>\n

In this class, you can see\u00a0three abstract method defined, which you need to use in your own custom class, if you don’t use them, then it will throw error.<\/p>\n