AddPage()

(mPDF ≥ 1.0)

AddPage — Add a new page

Description

void AddPage ( [ string $orientation [, string $type [, string $resetpagenum [, string $pagenumstyle [, string $suppress [, float $margin-left [, float $margin-right [, float $$margin-top [, float $$margin-bottom [, float $$margin-header [, float $margin-footer [, string $odd-header-name [, string $even-header-name [, string $$odd-footer-name [, string $$even-footer-name [, mixed $$odd-header-value [, mixed $even-header-value [, mixed $odd-footer-value [, mixed $$even-footer-value [, string $pageselector [, mixed $sheet-size ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]])

Add a new page to the document. The parameter $type can specify certain conditions which determine how many pages are added. If writing a DOUBLE-SIDED document, a conditional page-break ($type = "E" or "O") will add a new page only if required to make the current page match the type (i.e. ODD or EVEN); a page-break with $type = "NEXT-ODD" or "NEXT-EVEN" will add one or two pages as required to make the current page match the type (i.e. ODD or EVEN).

Number of pages added:

Parameters

$orientation = L|P

This attribute specifies the orientation of the new page.

BLANK or omitted leaves the current orientation unchanged

Values (case-insensitive)

'L' or 'landscape'

Landscape

'P' or 'portrait'

Portrait

$type = E|O|even|odd|next-odd|next-even

If $type is specified as "E" or "O" when writing a  DOUBLE-SIDED document, the page-break is conditional; a new page will only be added if necessary to meet the specified condition. 

If $type is specified as "NEXT-ODD" or "NEXT-EVEN" when writing a  DOUBLE-SIDED document, either one or two pages are added as necessary to meet the specified condition.

If not writing a DOUBLE-SIDED document, a page-break $type="E" or "O" will be ignored.

BLANK or omitted will force a new page unconditionally.

Values (case-insensitive)

'O' or 'ODD'

Add a new page if required to make current page an ODD one.

'E' or 'EVEN'

Add a new page if required to make current page an EVEN one.

'NEXT-ODD'

Add one or two pages as required to make the current page ODD.

'NEXT-EVEN'

Add one or two pages as required to make the current page EVEN.

$resetpagenum = 1 - ∞

Sets/resets the document page number to $resetpagenum starting on the new page. (The value must be a positive integer).

BLANK or omitted or 0 leaves the current page number sequence unchanged.

$pagenumstyle = 1|A|a|I|i

Sets/resets the page numbering style (values as for lists)

BLANK or omitted leaves the current page number style unchanged.

Values (case-sensitive)

'1'

Decimal - 1,2,3,4…

'A'

Alpha uppercase - A,B,C,D…

'a'

Alpha lowercase - a,b,c,d…

'I'

Roman uppercase - I, II, III, IV…

'i'

Roman lowercase - i, ii, iii, iv…

$suppress = on|off|1|0

$suppress = 'on' will suppress document page numbers from the new page onwards (until $suppress = 'off' is used)

BLANK or omitted leaves the current condition unchanged.

Values (case-insensitive)

1 or 'on'

Suppress (hide) page numbers from the new page forwards.

0 or 'off'

Show page numbers from the new page forwards.

$margin-left

$margin-right

$margin-top

$margin-bottom

$margin-header

$margin-footer

Sets the page margins from the new page forwards.

All values should be specified as LENGTH in millimetres.

If you are writing a DOUBLE-SIDED document, the margin values will be used for ODD pages; left and right margins will be mirrored for EVEN pages.

BLANK or omitted leaves the current margin unchanged. NB 0 (zero) will set the margin to zero.

$odd-header-name

$even-header-name

$odd-footer-name

$even-footer-name

Selects a header or footer by name to use from the new page forwards. The header/footer must already have been defined using DefHeaderByName(), DefFooterByName(), DefHTMLHeaderByName(), or DefHTMLFooterByName().

If you are writing a SINGLE-SIDED document, the values for ODD will be used for all pages, and values for EVEN will be ignored.

BLANK or omitted leaves the header/footer unchanged. NB BLANK will not unset the header. Set $odd-header-value to -1 to turn the header off.

Note: You must add the prefix html_ before the name if it is a HTMLHeader.

$odd-header-value

$even-header-value

$odd-footer-value

$even-footer-value

Specify whether to show or hide the named header or footer from the new page forwards. The header/footer must already have been defined using DefHeaderByName(), DefFooterByName(), DefHTMLHeaderByName() or DefHTMLFooterByName().

If you are writing a SINGLE-SIDED document, the values for ODD will be used for all pages, and values for EVEN will be ignored.

BLANK or omitted or 0 leaves the header/footer state unchanged.

Values (case-insensitive)

1 or 'on'

Start using the selected header/footer from the new page onwards.

-1 or 'off'

Start the selected header from the new page onwards.

$pageselector

Select a named CSS @page.

BLANK or omitted or leaves the CSS page unchanged.

See Using @page for more information

$sheet-size

$sheet-size can be specified either as:

• a pre-defined page size (see below),
• or as an array of width and height in millimetres e.g. array(210,297).

Default: BLANK - makes no change to the current sheet-size

Values (case-insensitive)

• 'A0' - 'A10', 'B0' - 'B10', 'C0' - 'C10'
• '4A0', '2A0', 'RA0' - 'RA4', 'SRA0' - 'SRA4'
• 'Letter', 'Legal', 'Executive', 'Folio'
• 'Demy', 'Royal'
• 'A' (Type A paperback 111x178mm)
• 'B' (Type B paperback 128x198mm)

All of the above values can be suffixed with '-L' to force a Landscape page orientation document e.g. 'A4-L'

Note: If you use the array() form for $sheet-size, then you must:

• specify the width less than the height i.e. the dimensions of the page in portrait orientation; and
• explicitly define the $orientation as 'L' or 'P'

Changelog

Examples

Example #1

<?php
$mpdf = new \Mpdf\Mpdf();

$mpdf->WriteHTML('Your Introduction');
$mpdf->AddPage();
$mpdf->WriteHTML('Your Book text');

Example #2 - Resetting page numbering with a new style

<?php
$mpdf = new \Mpdf\Mpdf();

$mpdf->useOddEven = 1;
$mpdf->AddPage('','','1','i','on');
$mpdf->WriteHTML('Your Book text');

Example #3 - Defining new margins and page orientation

<?php
$mpdf = new \Mpdf\Mpdf();

$mpdf->WriteHTML('Your Introduction');
$mpdf->AddPage('L','','','','',50,50,50,50,10,10);
$mpdf->WriteHTML('Your Book text');

Example #4 - Changing headers/footers

<?php
$mpdf = new \Mpdf\Mpdf();

$mpdf->useOddEven = 1;
$mpdf->defHeaderByName(
    'myHeader', array (
        'L' => array (),
        'R' => array (),
        'C' => array (
            'content' => 'Chapter 2',
            'font-style' => 'B',
            'font-family' => 'serif'
        ),
        'line' => 1,
    )
);
$mpdf->defHTMLHeaderByName(
    'myHeader2',
    '<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Chapter 2</div>'
);
$mpdf->WriteHTML('Your Introduction');

// Selects new headers for ODD and EVEN pages to use from the new page onwards
// Note the html_ prefix before the named HTML header
$mpdf->AddPage(
    '','NEXT-ODD','','','','','','','','','',
    'myHeader', 'html_myHeader2', '', '',
    1, 1, 0, 0
);
$mpdf->WriteHTML('Your Book text');

// Turns all headers/footers off from new page onwards
$mpdf->AddPage(
    '','NEXT-ODD','','','','','','','','','',
    '','','','',
    -1,-1,-1,-1
);
$mpdf->WriteHTML('End section of book with no headers');

Notes

See Also

• <pagebreak> - Custom HTML tag - equivalent to AddPage()
• AddPageByArray() - Simpler to use Add page function