This will draw a simple rectangle...
...with a few extras.
<?php
//Create & Open PDF-Object
$pdf = pdf_new();
pdf_open_file($pdf);
pdf_set_info($pdf, "Author","Bob Nijman");
pdf_set_info($pdf, "Title","www.nijman.de");
pdf_set_info($pdf, "Creator", "bob@nijman.de");
pdf_set_info($pdf, "Subject", "pdf-stuff");
pdf_begin_page($pdf, 200, 200);
// just a simple rectangle
pdf_setlinewidth($pdf, 5); //make the border of the rectangle a bit wider
pdf_rotate($pdf, 5); //rotate the coordinate system (NOT THE RECTANGLE !!!!!)
pdf_rect($pdf, 100, 100, 50, 50); //draw the rectangle
pdf_stroke($pdf); //stroke the path with the current color(not yet :-)) and line width
//note: the rect is not drawn untill we use pdf_stroke - try it out!!!
//close it up
pdf_end_page($pdf);
pdf_close($pdf);
$data = pdf_get_buffer($pdf);
header('Content-type: application/pdf');
header('Content-disposition: inline; filename=invoice.pdf');
header('Content-length: ' . strlen($data));
echo $data;
?>
Thanx to:
http://www.dynamicwebpages.de/50.tutorials.php?dwp_tutorialID=11
Great german (!!!) tutorial