Fpdf Advanced Multicell - (Fpdf Addon)

Description:

This FPDF addon class allows creation of a "Advanced Multicell" which uses as input a TAG based formatted string instead of a simple string. The use of tags allows to change the font, the style (bold, italic, underline), the size, and the color of characters and many other features.
The call of the function is pretty similar to the Multicell function in the fpdf base class with some extended parameters.

Features:

Methods:

Sets the current settings for the specified tag name. The names "ttags" and "pparg" are reserved for tab spaces. Don't use empty tag names.

tag: name of the tag
family: family of the font
style: N (normal) or com.bination of B, I, U
size: size
color: color (comma-separated RGB components)
Outputs the tag-based MultiCell. \n = new line, \t = tab space. All parameters are and behave the same as the MultiCell function.

w: width of cells. If 0, they extend up to the right margin of the page;
h: height of the cell lines;
txt: string to print;
border: Indicates if borders must be drawn around the cell block. Can be 0(no border) or 1(full border) or a combination of L(left) R(right) T (top) B(bottom) characters. Default is 1;
align: Sets the text alignment. Possible values are: L, C, R, J. Default is J;
fill: Indicates if the cell background must be painted (1) or transparent (0). Default is 0;
pad_left: Indicates the Cell Pad Left Space. Default is 0;
pad_top: Indicates the Cell Pad Top Space. Default is 0;
pad_right: Indicates the Cell Pad Right Space. Default is 0;
pad_bottom: Indicates the Cell Pad Bottom Space. Default is 0;

Example:

Source Code:
<?php

//include fpdf class
require_once("fpdf.php");

/**
* myfpdf extends fpdf class, it is used to draw the header and footer
*/
require_once("myfpdf.php");


//Tag Based Multicell Class
require_once("class.fpdfmulticell.php");


$oFpdf = new myFpdf();

$oFpdf->Open();
$oFpdf->SetMargins(20, 20, 20);

//set default font/colors
$oFpdf->SetFont('arial', '', 11);
$oFpdf->SetTextColor(200, 10, 10);
$oFpdf->SetFillColor(254, 255, 245);

//add the page
$oFpdf->AddPage();
$oFpdf->AliasNbPages(); 

/**
* Create the multicell class and pass the fpdf object as a parameter to the constructor
*/
$oMulticell = new fpdfMulticell($oFpdf);

/**
* Set the styles
*/
$oMulticell->setStyle("p", "times", "", 11, "130,0,30");
$oMulticell->setStyle("pb", "times", "B", 11, "80,80,260");
$oMulticell->setStyle("pi", "times", "I", 11, "80,80,260");
$oMulticell->setStyle("pu", "times", "U", 11, "80,80,260");
$oMulticell->setStyle("t1", "arial", "", 11, "80,80,260");
$oMulticell->setStyle("t3", "times", "B", 14, "203,0,48");
$oMulticell->setStyle("t4", "arial", "BI", 11, "0,151,200");
$oMulticell->setStyle("hh", "times", "B", 11, "255,189,12");
$oMulticell->setStyle("ss", "arial", "", 7, "203,0,48");
$oMulticell->setStyle("font", "helvetica", "", 10, "0,0,255");
$oMulticell->setStyle("style", "helvetica", "BI", 10, "0,0,220");
$oMulticell->setStyle("size", "times", "BI", 13, "0,0,120");
$oMulticell->setStyle("color", "times", "BI", 13, "0,255,255");

//TAG Based Formatted text
$sTxt1 = "<p>Created by <t1 href='mailto:andy@interpid.eu'>Andrei Bintintan, </t1><t1 href='www.interpid.eu'>www.interpid.eu</t1></p>";
$sTxt2 = "<p><t3>Description</t3>

\tThis <pb>FPDF addon</pb> allows creation of an <pb>Advanced Multicell</pb> which uses as input a <pb>TAG based formatted string</pb> instead of a simple string. The use of tags allows to change the font, the style (<pb>bold</pb>, <pi>italic</pi>, <pu>underline</pu>), the size, and the color of characters and many other features.
\tThe call of the function is pretty similar to the Multicell function in the fpdf base class with some extended parameters.

<t3>Features:</t3>
\t- Text can be <hh>aligned</hh>, <hh>cente~~~red</hh> or <hh>justified</hh>
\t- Different <font>Font</font>, <size>Sizes</size>, <style>Styles</style>, <color>Colors</color> can be used 
\t- The cell block can be framed and the background painted
\t- <style href='www.fpdf.org'>Links</style> can be used in any tag
\t- <t4>TAB</t4> spaces (<pb>\\t</pb>) can be used
\t- Variable Y relative positions can be used for <ss ypos='-0.8'>Subscript</ss> or <ss ypos='1.1'>Superscript</ss>
\t- Cell padding (left, right, top, bottom)
\t- Controlled Tag Sizes can be used</p>

\t<size size='50' >Paragraph Example:~~~</size><font> - Paragraph 1</font>
\t<p size='60' > ~~~</p><font> - Paragraph 2</font>
\t<p size='60' > ~~~</p> - Paragraph 2
\t<p size='70' >Sample text~~~</p><p> - Paragraph 3</p>
\t<p size='50' >Sample text~~~</p> - Paragraph 1
\t<p size='60' > ~~~</p><t4> - Paragraph 2</t4>

<t3>Observations:</t3>
<p>
\t- If no <t4><TAG></t4> is specified then the FPDF current settings(font, style, size, color) are used
\t- The <t4>ttags</t4> tag name is reserved for the TAB SPACES
</p>";

//create an advanced multicell
$oMulticell->multiCell(150, 5, $sTxt1, 1, "L", 1, 5, 5, 5, 5); 
$oFpdf->Ln(10);   //new line

//create an advanced multicell
$oMulticell->multiCell(0, 5, $sTxt2, 1, "J", 1, 3, 3, 3, 3); 
$oFpdf->Ln(10);   //new line

//create the pdf
$oFpdf->Output();

View the result here