PDF gen working better. Need to fix up product description Cell height better

vendors/xtcpdf.php

@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class XTCPDF  extends TCPDF {
 
         $this->SetFontSize(10);
 
-        $lineHeight = 5; //Size of a single line of text. If the company name is more, multiply this by the number of lines it needs
+        $lineHeight = 5.8; //Size of a single line of text. If the company name is more, multiply this by the number of lines it needs
 
 
 
@@ -184,6 +184,50 @@ class XTCPDF  extends TCPDF {
         echo "Product Page height is: ".$this->getPageHeight();
 
 
+        $availableHeight = 253; //Figured out experimentally. Approx 253mm of space left for the actual table data after the header rows.
+
+        echo "Remaining space on the page is: $availableHeight <br>";
+
+        $pagesRequired = 1;
+
+        $theseProductsHeight = 0;
+
+        $remainingHeight = $availableHeight;
+
+        $pageProducts = array(); //Array in the form $pageProducts[$pageNumber] = NUMBER_OF_ITEMS_ON_THIS_PAGE
+        //Can see already the final summary total thing is going to be a bit of a bitch to do.
+
+        foreach ($products as $product) {
+
+
+            $fullDesc = "<b>".$product[$docType]['title'].'</b><br>'.$product[$docType]['description'];
+            $linesNeeded = $this->getNumLines($fullDesc, $descColwidth);
+            $mmNeeded = $linesNeeded*$lineHeight;
+
+            if($remainingHeight - $mmNeeded <= 0) {
+                $pagesRequired++;
+                $remainingHeight = $availableHeight; //Start checking the next page;
+
+                $remainingHeight -= $mmNeeded;
+
+            $pageProducts[$pagesRequired][] = $product;
+
+            }
+            else {
+                $remainingHeight -= $mmNeeded;
+             $pageProducts[$pagesRequired][] = $product;
+
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        print_r($pageProducts[1]);
+
+        echo "We need to make $pagesRequired product pages<br>";
+
+        for($i=1; $i<=$pagesRequired; $i++) {
+            $this->AddPage();
+
 
 
             //Draw Header Rows
@@ -214,10 +258,55 @@ class XTCPDF  extends TCPDF {
             $this->MultiCell($totalPricColwidth, $heightNeeded, $currency, 1, "C", 1, 1);
 
 
+            echo "POOOO";
 
             
 
-        foreach ($products as $product) {
+
+        //Start Printing Product cells, until we run out of room. Then continue on the next page
+
+            foreach($pageProducts[$i] as $product) {
+                $fullDesc = "<b>".$product[$docType]['title'].'</b><br>'.$product[$docType]['description'];
+
+                $linesNeeded = $this->getNumLines($fullDesc, $descColwidth);
+              //  echo "<br>";
+                //echo $product[$docType]['title']." needs $linesNeeded so approx ".$linesNeeded*$lineHeight." mm <br>";
+
+
+                $mmNeeded = $linesNeeded*$lineHeight;
+
+                $this->MultiCell($itemColwidth, $mmNeeded, number_format($product[$docType]['item_number'], 1, '.', ''), 1, "C", 0, 0);
+                $this->MultiCell($qtyColwidth, $mmNeeded, $product[$docType]['quantity'], 1, "C", 0, 0);
+
+                $this->MultiCell($descColwidth, $mmNeeded, $fullDesc, 1, "L", 0, 0, null, null, true, 0, true);
+
+                $this->MultiCell($unitpriceColwidth, $mmNeeded, "$1000", 1, "C", 0, 0);
+                $this->MultiCell($totalPricColwidth, $mmNeeded, "$2000", 1, "C", 0, 1);
+
+            }
+
+
+            $this->AliasNbPages();
+            $this->lastPage();
+
+
+           
+
+
+        }
+
+
+    // echo "Y is currently ".$this->GetY();
+
+    // $availableHeight = $this->getPageHeight() - $this->GetY() - 10;
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+       /* foreach ($products as $product) {
         //Need to use the getNumLines method to figure out how big to make the cells before the description cell
             $fullDesc = "<b>".$product[$docType]['title'].'</b><br>'.$product[$docType]['description'];
             
@@ -231,9 +320,6 @@ class XTCPDF  extends TCPDF {
             $this->MultiCell($itemColwidth, $mmNeeded, number_format($product[$docType]['item_number'], 1, '.', ''), 1, "C", 0, 0);
             $this->MultiCell($qtyColwidth, $mmNeeded, $product[$docType]['quantity'], 1, "C", 0, 0);
             
-            
-           
-            
             $this->MultiCell($descColwidth, $mmNeeded, $fullDesc, 1, "L", 0, 0, null, null, true, 0, true);
 
             $this->MultiCell($unitpriceColwidth, $mmNeeded, "$1000", 1, "C", 0, 0);
@@ -243,12 +329,17 @@ class XTCPDF  extends TCPDF {
 
 
         }
+        * */
+
 
 
 
 
     }
 
+//  function productPageHTML() {
+//  }
+
 
 
 

views/quotes/pdf.ctp

@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ foreach ($quote['QuotePage'] as $page) {
 
 }
 
-$tcpdf->AddPage();
 
-print_r($products);
+
+//print_r($products);
 
 $principle_name = strtoupper($enquiry['Principle']['name']);
 
@@ -95,8 +95,7 @@ $tcpdf->productPage($principle_name, $quote['Currency']['iso4217'], $products, '
 
 
 
-$tcpdf->AliasNbPages();
+
-$tcpdf->lastPage();
 
 
 $output_dir = '/Users/karlcordes/Sites/quotenik/app/webroot/pdf/';