Hello World

The simplest TCPDF-Next example: create a document, add a page, write text, and save -- all in one fluent chain.

Full Example

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use TcpdfNext\Document;
use TcpdfNext\Enums\Alignment;

Document::create()
    ->setAuthor('TCPDF-Next')
    ->setTitle('Hello World Example')
    ->setSubject('Simplest possible PDF')
    ->addPage()                               // A4 portrait by default
    ->setFont('helvetica', size: 16)
    ->cell(
        width:  0,                            // 0 = full printable width
        height: 10,
        text:   'Hello World!',
        align:  Alignment::Center,
    )
    ->save(__DIR__ . '/hello-world.pdf');

echo 'PDF created.' . PHP_EOL;

What Each Method Does

Method	Purpose
Document::create()	Static factory -- returns a new Document with A4 / portrait / mm defaults
setAuthor(), setTitle(), setSubject()	Embed metadata visible in the reader's properties panel
addPage()	Insert a page (required before any content)
setFont(family, size)	Activate a font family and point size
cell(width, height, text, align)	Write a single-line text cell
save(path)	Serialize the PDF and write it to disk

Alternative Output Modes

use TcpdfNext\Enums\OutputDestination;

// Return raw PDF bytes as a string
$bytes = $pdf->output(OutputDestination::String);

// Send inline to the browser
$pdf->output(OutputDestination::Inline, 'hello.pdf');

Output

Running the script produces a single-page A4 PDF with "Hello World!" centered near the top of the page.

TIP

The fluent API means every setter returns static -- no intermediate variables needed.