Configure Sheet Margins in FPDF

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I have a problem in FPDF, I need to configure the page margins, but I could not find how I do it. If anyone knows and can answer me thank you, or if they know if it has been asked here in the forum send me the link I will look.

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  • A little Google search should solve your problem

  • Also I do not understand the vote to close the question... The downvote was I who gave

  • Dude wouldn’t have come here if I’d found it on Google, would you??? type to 2 days researching it there and just redirects me to basic pages where no one who made the page cared to show it... but blza..

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    @Jesseseffrin did the research in English (set margin fpdf) and in Portuguese (define fpdf margins), and in both cases I found the answer with some ease. Already there is the answer, I hope they have helped you, but I keep my downvote for the reasons already mentioned

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First, it is important to set the page size correctly when creating it:

$pdf = new FPDF('P','mm',array(210,297)); // P = Portrait, em milimetros, e A4 (210x297)

The margins in the FPDF depend on the point of view you are dealing with. We have the logical margins, which are a reference to build the document, we have the automatic margin of the configurable footer, and the physical margins of the printer, which escape a bit of the question.


The logical margins you define by this function:

$pdf->SetMargins( 20, 20, 20, 20 );

However, nothing prevents you from moving out of the margins, depending on the drawing function you use.

This other setting causes an attempt to draw/write below a certain position on the screen to create a new page:

$pdf->SetAutoPageBreak(boolean auto, [float margin]);

In this case, you define whether you want to break automatically, and at what distance the footer will occur. Useful for generating reports, for example, without worrying about sheet size.

Important: If you want advanced margins for layout, as in a text editor, this depends exclusively on the logic of your software, using correctly the functions within the desired measures. Native FPDF functions are only for generating the basic page elements.

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