Convert PDF File

Hey, I stumbled across this thread in the hopes of integrating FPDF on a custom wordpress site.

Basically I have a Custom Post Type and I want to give the user an option to click a button and a PDF would be created using the content from the CPT (ie. post thumbnail, title, custom tax terms, custom fields, etc…)

I have been able to download FPDF and statically mess around with the classes, but I’m not sure how to implement this within the template for a CPT.

Hey everybody,

Thank you very much for the response. We tried to change the code wich has to do with CF7 update. It does not work so far. So, do I understand correctly.. when there is an update from CF7 we always have to change the code?

At the moment, CF7 does not work. CF7 is still running a loop when we press the “send” button. Any other suggestions?

Does someone know other options or plugins which can create a PDF file after filling in contact form 7 data?

We hope that someone can help us ??

Thanks in advance.

Peter

Hi, I too am stuck on this last part like Umea.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Can you share some code, like the function your use to build this.

Would be easier to help you.

Thanks,
Eric

Hi thepofo, I’ve followed the instructions laid out in this thread. Just changing the file directories. I haven’t added any code to the pdf itself, just left the write function as a hello world string so I could test it.

The email is being sent and received now, but there is no attachment. I have extracted the fpdf zip into it’s own folder in my theme’s include folder, it doesn’t seem as if a pdf is being generated.

The following code is added to my function.php file

add_action( 'wpcf7_before_send_mail', 'save_application_form');
function save_application_form($cf7) {

/* GET EXTERNAL CLASSES */
require(TEMPLATEPATH . 'includes/fpdf/fpdf.php');

$pdf = new FPDF();
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->SetFont('Arial','B',16);
$pdf->Write("Hello, World! Is there anything below this?");
$pdf->Output(TEMPLATEPATH . '/epdf/epdf.pdf', 'F');
$cf7->uploaded_files = array ( 'attachedfile' =>  TEMPLATEPATH . '/epdf/epdf.pdf' );
}

Hi, is there any update on this, using this code sends the email without the attachment.

Tanks, Jure

I needed to accomplish the same thing and finally got the Contact Form 7 results to be converted to a PDF.

add_action('wpcf7_before_send_mail', 'wpcf7_update_email_body');
function wpcf7_update_email_body($contact_form) {

$submission = WPCF7_Submission::get_instance();
if ( $submission ) {
/* DEFINE CONSTANT AND GET FPDF CLASSES */
define ('FPDF_PATH',get_template_directory().'/fpdf/'); // MAKE SURE THIS POINTS TO THE DIRECTORY IN YOUR THEME FOLDER THAT HAS FPDF.PHP
require(FPDF_PATH.'fpdf.php');

$posted_data = $submission->get_posted_data();
// SAVE FORM FIELD DATA AS VARIABLES
$name = $posted_data["your-name"];
$email = $posted_data["your-email"];
$subject = $posted_data["your-subject"];
$message = $posted_data["your-message"];

$pdf = new FPDF();
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->SetFont('Arial','B',16);
$pdf->Write(5,$name . "\n\n" . $email . "\n\n" . $subject . "\n\n" . $message);
$pdf->Output(FPDF_PATH.'test.pdf', 'F'); // OUTPUT THE NEW PDF INTO THE SAME DIRECTORY DEFINED ABOVE

}
}

add_filter( 'wpcf7_mail_components', 'mycustom_wpcf7_mail_components' );
function mycustom_wpcf7_mail_components($components){
if (empty($components['attachments'])) {
$components['attachments'] = array(FPDF_PATH .'test.pdf'); // ATTACH THE NEW PDF THAT WAS SAVED ABOVE
}
return $components;
}