Header in PDF page using DOMPDF in PHP
I am creating a PDF file using DOMPDF. I have a big content to extract in PDF, we need some header in all the pages. So can anyone telme how to add a header and footer in the PDF so that the header will shown in all the pages using DOMPDF.
Answer
In the 0.6.0 code you will be able to use HTML+CSS to generate headers and footers. There are a few limitations when compared to using inline PHP (e.g. no PAGE_COUNT placeholder yet), so whether or not this is viable depends on your needs.
The following code will produce a two-page document with a header and footer:
<html>
<head>
<style>
@page { margin: 180px 50px; }
#header { position: fixed; left: 0px; top: -180px; right: 0px; height: 150px; background-color: orange; text-align: center; }
#footer { position: fixed; left: 0px; bottom: -180px; right: 0px; height: 150px; background-color: lightblue; }
#footer .page:after { content: counter(page, upper-roman); }
</style>
<body>
<div id="header">
<h1>Widgets Express</h1>
</div>
<div id="footer">
<p class="page">Page </p>
</div>
<div id="content">
<p>the first page</p>
<p style="page-break-before: always;">the second page</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
You could also use a combination of the two styles if you needed access to some of the missing functionality. PDF objects and text added using the page_text method render on top of the HTML content.