Saving file into a prespecified directory using FPDF

Question

I want to save the PDF file into a user specified directory. I am using FPDF. And the code is as below:

<?php
//echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;url=http://www.train2invest.net/useradmin/atest_Khan.php\">";
require('fpdf.php');

//create a FPDF object
$pdf=new FPDF();

//set font for the entire document
$pdf->SetFont('times','',12);
$pdf->SetTextColor(50,60,100);

//set up a page
$pdf->AddPage('P');
$pdf->SetDisplayMode(real,'default');

//Set x and y position for the main text, reduce font size and write content
$pdf->SetXY (10,60);
$pdf->SetFontSize(12);
$pdf->Write(5,'Dear Ms.XYX');

 $filename="test.pdf";
//Output the document
$dir = "/G:/PDF/test.pdf/"; // full path like C:/xampp/htdocs/file/file/
$pdf->Output($dir.$filename,'F');
?>

Now even if I put "G:\PDF\" in the filename it doesn't save it!! I have tried the following:

$filename="G:\PDF\test.pdf";
$pdf->Output($filename.'.pdf','F');


$filename="G:\\PDF\\test.pdf";
$pdf->Output($filename.'.pdf','F');

$filename="G:/PDF/test.pdf";
$pdf->Output($filename.'.pdf','F');


$filename="/G:/PDF/test.pdf/";
$pdf->Output($filename.'.pdf','F');

I have checked that the directory i am trying to write has write/read permission and it's there. IT STILL DOESN'T WORK!

PLEASE help somebody...

Answer 1

You are using the F option incorrectly, F is designed to save the PDF locally on the Server not in a specific directory on the users machine. So you would use something like:

$filename="/home/user/public_html/test.pdf"; $pdf->Output($filename,'F'); 

This will save in in the public_html directory of your webserver

Answer 2

Check the syntax here: http://www.fpdf.org/en/doc/output.htm It is: string Output([string dest [, string name [, boolean isUTF8]]]), so you have to write:

$pdf->Output('F', $filename, true); // save into the folder of the script

or e.g.:

$pdf->Output('F', '/var/www/html/wp-content/' . $filename, true); // save into some other location

or relative path:

$pdf->Output('F', '../../' . $filename, true); // to parent/parent folder

However, I am not sure if you can use windows absolute path...