mPDF Manual – Headers & Footers

Headers & Footers

Page headers and page footers can be set for mPDF documents in a number of different ways. As mPDF has evolved, new methods have been added.

Types

RUNTIME
RUNTIME headers/footers are set as they are required throughout the document.
NAMED
NAMED headers/footers are defined at any time (before they are used) and given a ‘name’; they can then be used/re-used by reference to that name at any time. They can be defined by either PHP script or custom HTML tags.
Non-HTML
(deprecated) NON-HTML headers/footers are set by text strings with no HTML mark up to define styles. Style changes (font-size, font-family, color) can be defined by changing mPDF variables.
HTML
HTML headers/footers are written in standard HTML code. They can only be defined outside HTML block tags (except <body>).

Methods

    NON-HTML HTML
RUNTIME

Method 1 (deprecated)

This is the simplest & quickest way to define a header/footer for the whole document if you need limited control over styling.

SetHeader() SetFooter() There are several variants of this method, using string or array. The simplest form does not allow different header/footer for ODD and EVEN pages.

Style can be defined by variables:

$defaultheaderfontsize $defaultheaderfontstyle $defaultheaderline $defaultfooterfontsize $defaultfooterfontstyle $defaultfooterline

Method 2

The simplest & quickest way to program a header/footer once for the whole document that includes images or uses more complex layout styles.

SetHTMLHeader() SetHTMLFooter()

NAMED Define

Method 3 (deprecated)

This method is useful if you do not need the flexibility of an HTML header/footer, but are changing headers/footers throughout the document.

DefHeaderByName() DefFooterByName() <pageheader> <pagefooter>

Method 4

This is the best way for complex headers/footers with the advantage of HTML code, but you can easily change the headers/footers at any time during the document.

DefHTMLHeaderByName() DefHTMLFooterByName() <htmlpageheader> <htmlpagefooter>

Reference

These methods are recommended when setting the header/footer at the start of a document.

SetHeaderByName() SetFooterByName() <setpageheader> <setpagefooter> @page

These methods are recommended when setting the header/footer at the start of a document.

SetHTMLHeaderByName() SetHTMLFooterByName() <sethtmlpageheader> <sethtmlpagefooter> @page

Recommended when you wish to change the headers/footers during the document. These methods can reference any NAMED header or footer (NON-HTML or HTML)

AddPage()

TOCpagebreak() <pagebreak> <tocpagebreak> @page

In any of the options, {PAGENO} or {DATE j-m-Y} can be used - which will be replaced by the page number or current date. j-m-Y can be replaced by any of the valid formats used in the PHP date() function.

See also

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