How to create pdf files using php?

[impin]

i have created resume database... i retrieve all the details about a particular candidate from the database. after displaying the results, i want to create a pdf file for that particular candidate...
if i click a link it should generate a pdf that contain all the details about the candidate.

plz help. urgent. thank you.

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Use a ready built php PDF class.
ezpdf and FPDF are two I am aware of.

Only ever used FPDF which is quite fiddly but a pretty good support site

[impin]

whats wrong in this code?
the value is not display in the pdf.

<?php
require('fpdf\fpdf.php');
include("config.php");

$id = @$_GET['id'] ;
$query1="SELECT * FROM candidate where cid='$id'";
$result1=mysql_query($query1);

//$row = mysql_fetch_array($result1);
$cname = mysql_fetch_array($result1); 
$cid = mysql_fetch_array($result1); 

$pdf=new FPDF();
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->SetFont('Arial','B',16);

$pdf->Cell(0,10,'Candidate Name'.$cname,0,1);
$pdf->Cell(0,20,'Candidate Id'.$cid,0,1);
$pdf->Output();
?>

How to display data from the database in the pdf. pdf is generating bt no details displayed.plz help

[impin]

this code working fine. it displays all the vaules from the table. but i want to display only single candidate's details.

<?php
require('fpdf\fpdf.php');
include("config.php");

$id = @$_GET['id'] ;

  $query="SELECT * FROM candidate";
  $result=mysql_query($query);
$num=mysql_numrows($result);

$column_cname = "";
$column_cid = "";


while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
    $cname = $row["cid"];
    $cid = substr($row["cname"],0,20);
    
	$column_cname = $column_cname.$cname."\n";
    $column_cid = $column_cid.$cid."\n";
   
}


//$row = mysql_fetch_array($result1);
//$cname = mysql_fetch_array($result1); 

$pdf=new FPDF();
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->SetFont('Arial','B',16);


$pdf->Cell(20,6,$column_cname,1);

$pdf->Cell(100,6,$column_cid,1);


$i = 0;

while ($i < $num)
{
    $pdf->SetX(45);
    $pdf->MultiCell(120,6,'',1);
    $i = $i +1;
}

//$pdf->Cell(0,10,'Name'.$cname,0,1);


$pdf->Output();
?>

if i change the code like this

$query="SELECT * FROM candidate where cid="$id";

nothing will display... in order to get single candidate details how to change this code. please help.

[impin]

if i give input in the query as cid='14', it works fine.

$query="SELECT * FROM candidate where cid='14'";

but when i pass the value of cid like and get the value means,

$id = $_GET['id'] ;
 $query="SELECT * FROM candidate WHERE cid='$id'";

i get an error in the pdf.

FPDF error: Some data has already been output to browser, can't send PDF file like this...

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You have an echo statement, or code outside php tags, (including blank spaces) somewhere

[impin]

i corrected those things, but i don't get any result. but the pdf is generated with no data. just display like this.

Name :
Id:
Phone:

but no data from database...

$query="SELECT * FROM candidate where cid='14'";

for this code i get results from database

Name: James
Id:14
Ph:+91 2324343

It works fine. i thing its something in that select query... I'm getting the cid value from the previous page.

$id = $_GET['id'] ;

so please help...

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i thing its something in that select query... I'm getting the cid value from the previous page.

You are stabbing in the dark!
Is the problem occurring from the web-form, the query or the PDF?
You need to get some debugging statements in there.
Echo out the contents of variables from the web-form,
the data returned from the query and the PDF data.
At a guess I think the web-form is wrong