Installing fpdf

PHP
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Hi,
I am trying to install fpdf on a server with the hosting company Bluehost. fpdf is a free php class for creating pdf documents from php from http://www.fpdf.org/
There is a closed thread on this in these forums here This created a directory fpdf17 a level above my root directory which I copied to my web directory, in which is the install.txt file,

The FPDF library is made up of the following elements:

- the main file, fpdf.php, which contains the class
- the font definition files located in the font directory

The font definition files are necessary as soon as you want to output some text in a document.
If they are not accessible, the SetFont() method will produce the following error:

FPDF error: Could not include font definition file


Remarks:

- Only the files corresponding to the fonts actually used are necessary
- The tutorials provided in this package are ready to be executed

I am not sure what to do next. I tried accessing it using http://mydomain/web/fpdf17/fpdf.php
but I just get a blank page.
Do I need to change some directory path? It doesn’t actually say that in the install.txt, in fact it doesn’t say to do anything.
Thanks,
Shane

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Hi,
Right I got the first tutorial to work. So i get it now.
Thanks,
Shane

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Would be good to hear what the problem was and how you sorted it, in case someone else has the same issue.

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Hi,
The problem was getting the tutorials to run and basically setting it up.
All I had to do was was include the FPDF.php file at the top of the page which uses this fpdf class.

<?php
include_once $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/artgibney/includes/magicquotes.inc.php';

require_once $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/artgibney/includes/access.inc.php';

require_once $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/artgibney/fpdf17/fpdf.php';

if (!userIsLoggedIn())
{
	include '../login.html.php';
	exit();
}

if (!userHasRole('Content Editor'))
{
	$error = 'Only Content Editors may access this page.';
	include '../accessdenied.html.php';
	exit();
}

if (isset($_GET['pdf']))
{

class PDF extends FPDF
    {
function FancyTable($header,$teachingpts)
        {
	// Colors, line width and bold font
	$this->SetFillColor(103,184,227);
	$this->SetTextColor(255);
	$this->SetDrawColor(128,0,0);
	$this->SetLineWidth(.3);
	$this->SetFont('','B');
	// Header
	$w = array(40, 40, 45);
	for($i=0;$i<count($header);$i++)
		$this->Cell($w[$i],7,$header[$i],1,0,'C',true);
	$this->Ln();
	// Color and font restoration
	$this->SetFillColor(190,216,232);
	$this->SetTextColor(0);
	$this->SetFont('');
	// Data
	$fill = false;
	foreach(array_reverse($teachingpts) as $row)
	{
		$this->Cell($w[0],6,$row['tp'],'LR',0,'L',$fill);
		$this->Cell($w[1],6,$row['code'],'LR',0,'L',$fill);
		$this->Cell($w[2],6,$row['currno'],'LR',0,'L',$fill);
		$this->Ln();
		$fill = !$fill;
	}
	// Closing line
	$this->Cell(array_sum($w),0,'','T');
         }
    }

  include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/artgibney/includes/db.inc.php';

  try
  {
    $result = $pdo->query('SELECT id, tp, code, currno FROM teachingpts');
  }
  catch (PDOException $e)
  {
    $error = 'Error fetching list of teachingpoints.';
    include 'error.html.php';
    exit();
  }

  foreach ($result as $row)
  {
    $teachingpts[] = array('id' => $row['id'], 'tp' => $row['tp'], 'code' => $row['code'], 'currno' => $row['currno']);
  }

$pdf = new PDF();
// Column headings
$header = array('Teaching Pts', 'Code', 'Currno');
$pdf->SetFont('Arial','',10);
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->FancyTable($header,$teachingpts);
$pdf->Output();
exit();
}

//the following creates an array called topics[] and populates it with the topics for display.
  include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/artgibney/includes/db.inc.php';

  try
  {
    $result = $pdo->query('SELECT id, tp, code, currno FROM teachingpts');
  }
  catch (PDOException $e)
  {
    $error = 'Error fetching list of teacgingpoints.';
    include 'error.html.php';
    exit();
  }

  foreach ($result as $row)
  {
    $teachingpts[] = array('id' => $row['id'], 'tp' => $row['tp'], 'code' => $row['code'], 'currno' => $row['currno']);
  }

include 'searchform.html.php';

where the HTML file a just a hyper link which sends an empty variable ‘pdf’ using $_GET
searchform.html.php

<?php include_once $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/artgibney/includes/helpers.inc.php'; ?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
  <style>
table,th,td
{
border:1px solid black;
border-collapse:collapse;
}
th, td
{
padding:6px;
}
        td { width: 50px; overflow: hidden; }
</style>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
  </head>
  <body>
    <p><a href="?pdf">Generate a pdf document.</a></p>
  </body>
</html>

Thanks,
Shane

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