FPDF error: Could not include font metric file

Question

I have a app which was done by someone else and now i am asked to look into one issue.

When a pdf report is generated it throws an error. This app uses FPDF to generate the PDF

FPDF error: Could not include font metric file

Earlier it was throwing the following error

Warning: FPDF::include(helveticab.php) [function.FPDF-include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory 
Warning: FPDF::include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'helveticab.php' for inclusion 
FPDF error: Could not include font metric file

This was resolved by including a font folder with helveticab.php and other php files related to other fonts

But the Error FPDF error: Could not include font metric file is still there. On searching the net the possible reasons were

1. font directory missing

2. Doesnt have access permissions for the font files.

I am not sure what permission need to given to the font folder or files in the folder. Any help in this regard would be of great help.

Answer 1

I had the same issue. The issue was the path was incorrect to the folder with all of the fonts. So, I added updated the following line in the PHP file to reflect the correct path to the folder with all of the fonts.

define('FPDF_FONTPATH','class/fpdf_font/');

So, double check the path that this line defines, and it should work fine.