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| <h1>Output</h1> | |
| <code><b>string</b> Output([<b>string</b> dest [, <b>string</b> name [, <b>boolean</b> isUTF8]]])</code> | |
| <h2>Description</h2> | |
| Send the document to a given destination: browser, file or string. In the case of a browser, the | |
| PDF viewer may be used or a download may be forced. | |
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| The method first calls Close() if necessary to terminate the document. | |
| <h2>Parameters</h2> | |
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| <dt><code>dest</code></dt> | |
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| Destination where to send the document. It can be one of the following: | |
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| <li><code>I</code>: send the file inline to the browser. The PDF viewer is used if available.</li> | |
| <li><code>D</code>: send to the browser and force a file download with the name given by <code>name</code>.</li> | |
| <li><code>F</code>: save to a local file with the name given by <code>name</code> (may include a path).</li> | |
| <li><code>S</code>: return the document as a string.</li> | |
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| The default value is <code>I</code>. | |
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| <dt><code>name</code></dt> | |
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| The name of the file. It is ignored in case of destination <code>S</code>.<br> | |
| The default value is <code>doc.pdf</code>. | |
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| <dt><code>isUTF8</code></dt> | |
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| Indicates if <code>name</code> is encoded in ISO-8859-1 (<code>false</code>) or UTF-8 (<code>true</code>). | |
| Only used for destinations <code>I</code> and <code>D</code>.<br> | |
| The default value is <code>false</code>. | |
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| <h2>Example</h2> | |
| Save the document to a local directory: | |
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| <pre><code>$pdf->Output('F', 'reports/report.pdf');</code></pre> | |
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| Force a download: | |
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| <pre><code>$pdf->Output('D', 'report.pdf');</code></pre> | |
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| <h2>See also</h2> | |
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