How to generate bulk certificate in PHP using FPDF
- Tech Area
- March 9, 2023
In this tutorial, we discuss how to generate dynamic bulk certificate in PHP. To generate dynamic certificate you have to download FPDF. FPDF is a PHP class which allows to generate PDF files with pure PHP, that is to say without using the PDFlib library.
Files used in this tutorial:
1- connection.php (database connection file)
2- index.php (to generate bulk certificate)
Below are the step by step process of how to generate bulk certificate in PHP using FPDF.
Step 1: Create a Database connection
In this step, create a new file connection.php to create database connection.
connection.php
<?php
$server = "localhost";
$username = "root";
$password = "";
$database = "college_db";
$connection = mysqli_connect("$server","$username","$password");
$select_db = mysqli_select_db($connection, $database);
if(!$select_db)
{
echo("connection terminated");
}
?>
Step 2: Create and Import Database
In this step, enter Database name and then click on Create button.
![](https://techareatutorials.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/database-certificate.png)
After successfully, click on Import tab and click Choose File then click Import button.
![](https://techareatutorials.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/database-import.png)
Step 3: Click on below link to download FPDF
Step 4: Design a certificate in .jpg/.jpeg format
![](https://techareatutorials.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/E-Certificate-1024x724.jpg)
Step 5: Download any suitable font file for certificate
In this step, download ‘Calibri_Regular’ font file.
Step 6: Create a folder to store dynamically generated certificate
In this step, create folder name ‘download-certificate’ to store dynamically generated certificate.
Step 7: Create index.php
In this step, create a new file index.php. This is the main file used to generate certificate.
index.php
<?php
require('connection.php');
require('fpdf/fpdf.php');
header('content-type:image/jpeg');
$font = "C:/xamppp/htdocs/certificate/Calibri_Regular.ttf";
$select_query = mysqli_query($connection,"select * from certificate_details");
while($certificate = mysqli_fetch_array($select_query))
{
$image = imagecreatefromjpeg("E-Certificate.jpg");
$color = imagecolorallocate($image, 19,21,22);
$id = $certificate['reference_no'];
$name = $certificate['name'];
imagettftext($image, 90,0,690,800, $color, $font, $id);
imagettftext($image, 90,0,1110,800, $color, $font, $name);
imagejpeg($image,"download-certificate/$id.jpg");
imagedestroy($image);
}
?>
Step 8: Run the Program
Run the program using the URL: http://localhost/certificate/
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