Output

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

Description

Send the document to a given destination: browser, file or string. In the case of a browser, the PDF viewer may be used or a download may be forced.
The method first calls Close() if necessary to terminate the document.

Parameters

dest

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

I: send the file inline to the browser. The PDF viewer is used if available.
D: send to the browser and force a file download with the name given by name.
F: save to a local file with the name given by name (may include a path).
S: return the document as a string.

The default value is I.

name

The name of the file. It is ignored in 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');

Output

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