Erste Schritte

TCPDF-Next ist eine moderne PHP 8.5+ Bibliothek zur Generierung von PDF 2.0-Dokumenten. Dieser Leitfaden führt Sie in 5 Minuten von Null zu Ihrem ersten PDF.

Anforderungen

Requirement	Minimum
PHP	8.5+
Extensions	openssl, zlib, mbstring, gd, curl, intl
Composer	2.x

Installation

composer require yeeefang/tcpdf-next

This installs the Core package with all 220+ source files.

Optionale Pakete

# Chrome CDP HTML renderer (pixel-perfect CSS3)
composer require yeeefang/tcpdf-next-artisan

# Framework integrations
composer require yeeefang/tcpdf-next-laravel        # Laravel 12
composer require yeeefang/tcpdf-next-symfony         # Symfony 7
composer require yeeefang/tcpdf-next-codeigniter     # CodeIgniter 4

# TCPDF 6.2.13 backward-compatible adapter
composer require yeeefang/tcpdf-next-adaptation

# Professional features (commercial license)
composer require yeeefang/tcpdf-next-pro

Ihr erstes PDF

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Yeeefang\TcpdfNext\Core\Document;

$pdf = Document::createStandalone()
    ->setTitle('My First PDF')
    ->setAuthor('TCPDF-Next')
    ->addPage()
    ->setFont('Helvetica', '', 16)
    ->cell(0, 10, 'Hello, PDF 2.0!')
    ->ln()
    ->setFont('Helvetica', '', 12)
    ->cell(0, 10, 'Generated with TCPDF-Next')
    ->save('hello.pdf');

echo "PDF saved to hello.pdf\n";

Ausführen:

php hello.php

PDF-Generierungsablauf

graph LR
    A[Create Document] --> B[Set Metadata]
    B --> C[Add Page]
    C --> D[Set Font]
    D --> E[Draw Content]
    E --> F{More Pages?}
    F -->|Yes| C
    F -->|No| G[Save / Output]

Nächste Schritte

• Installationation — System requirements, extension verification, Docker setup
• Konfiguration — Default settings, font paths, encryption options
• Grundlegende Verwendung — Pages, text, fonts, images, and output
• Core Paket — Full documentation of all 220+ source files
• Laravel Integration — Facade, responses, queue jobs
• Symfony Integration — Bundle, PdfFactory, Messenger
• CodeIgniter Integration — Services, Library, Queue
• TCPDF Migration — Drop-in adapter for TCPDF 6.2.13