# Create pdf file using php

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**Created:** [February 4, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/create-pdf-file-using-php/177726 "2006-02-04T17:23:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![pixeldude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@pixeldude](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pixeldude)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/create-pdf-file-using-php/177726/1 "2006-02-04T17:23:38Z")

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Hello there…

is there anyone can give me shed of light how to create pdf file using php5 because the code i got from tutorial somewhere…not working and got the error state “ **Fatal error** : Call to undefined function pdf\_new() in **c:\wamp\www\createpdf\createpdf.php** on line \*\*3” \*\*so I really got no idea what happen at all…so this is the code I’m using currently…

```php

<?
// create handle for new PDF document
$pdf = pdf_new();

// open a file
pdf_open_file($pdf, "philosophy.pdf");

// start a new page (A4)
pdf_begin_page($pdf, 595, 842);

// get and use a font object
$arial = pdf_findfont($pdf, "Arial", "host", 1); 
pdf_setfont($pdf, $arial, 10);

// print text
pdf_show_xy($pdf, "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,", 50, 750); pdf_show_xy($pdf, "than are dreamt of in your philosophy", 50, 730);

// end page
pdf_end_page($pdf);

// close and save file
pdf_close($pdf);
?>

```

okay tq…