How To Create PDF Receipt Note using FPDF Library

Tutorial creates receipt note PHP. According to my promise, I will show you how to build a sales receipt PDF. Sales receipt used as evidence that a sales transaction has been made. Each POS application facilitates users to print sales proof.

If you are familiar, create receipt note using a desktop application such as Foxpro, Visual Basic, they provided GUI Tools that can be used easily to generate receipt note. But different when using PHP, the whole of code must be written line by line. They do not provide the tools.

The problem is, to styling the receipt note using PHP is pretty hard to do. But this time, I will share to you in free how to make a receipt sales PHP using FPDF library. In this case, we will create a receipt note in 1/2 A4 paper sizes.

Continuing my tutorial “Tutorial Build Point Of Sale PHP And Jquery,” I promised to share a gift how to create a PDF receipt note as a bonus article. My loyal visitor has reminded me about that (Thank you, Greg, already told me :)).

If you are creating a point of sale apps, it should have the feature to print the receipt note on the sales module. One alternative to making a sales receipt on PHP is to use the PDF file. Using the FPDF library, we can create PDF files easily. But for the receipt note is slightly different, the receipt note has a smaller size and more complicated content.

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I created a PHP script to print notes in a simple PDF form. This simple script can develop by yourself as you wish. The receipt structure that I created as shown below

Build Receipt Note PDF With FPDF Library In 6 Steps

As a trial tool, we need to prepare some necessary materials, so the example will work properly.

1. Create an MYSQL database

We need a database that created earlier from the tutorial “create a sales form in Point Of Sale  PHP, MySQL, And Jquery.“. Download from this article.

2. Create new data tables

Copy dan paste the following code to create t_sale dan t_sale_detail tables.

3. Download JQuery Redirect Plugin

Using the redirect plugin, you can create HTTP POST and GET redirection quickly. Please download the library here.

4. Create a new PHP file named printnote.php

Copy the following script in the HTML body

Add JQuery script to do print the receipt note

5. Download FPDF library

Edit FPDF library and add a new paper type and size called “struck.” Change the following code in FPDF.php:

6. Create a new PHP named struck.php

copy the following code:

Until this step, tutorial creating print receipt note PHP PDF has been complete. Run the script above from your browser. If working correctly, the application running like the following snippet video

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Conclusion

Using the code above, you can implement the receipt note to your PHP Point Of Sale Application. You can modify the script as you wish.

Until now, I still used FPDF Library to create a report or receipt sales to my PHP project. If you want to try another way, using JSPDF is the second opinion. But, I not yet to try it.

So my article on PHPtutorial how to create a PDF receipt note using FPDF Plugin, hopefully, useful