How do I install mpdf 7 without composer? - mpdf

Question

I'm currently using mpdf 6.1 and I'd like to switch to 7. But I can't find a way to install it without composer. Is there a full package that I can download, unzip and test on my localhost?

Answer 1

well, i've spend few days to search a way, finally i found it, you can download full package mpdf in this site, after download extract files and place on your project and load 'vendor/autoload.php'. in my case i use it with codeigniter, so i make some php file on libraries folder to load it.
<?php
if (!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
class M_pdf
{
function __construct()
{
include_once APPPATH.'libraries\vendor\autoload.php';
}
function pdf()
{
$CI = & get_instance();
log_message('Debug', 'mPDF class is loaded.');
}
function load($param=[])
{
return new \Mpdf\Mpdf($param);
}
}
after that i use it on my controller file :
$this->load->library('M_pdf');
$mpdf = $this->m_pdf->load([
'mode' => 'utf-8',
'format' => 'A4'
]);
$mpdf->WriteHTML("Hello World!");
$mpdf->Output();
but i still recommend to use composer as well,

Answer 2

There is no official v 7.x package including dependencies. To install without composer, you need to do two things:
1) Download the library and all dependencies
For version 7.0.3, that will be
psr/log,
setasign/fpdi (if you need to import other PDF documents),
paragonie/random_compat (if you have PHP 5.6),
myclabs/deep-copy
2) Ensure all needed classes are loaded
This means both mPDF classes and dependencies classes.
You can do this manually (reload, find the file with missing class, add require call, repeat) or you can use some autoloading library.
Or, just use composer, it will do all this work for you in one composer require mpdf/mpdf command and one require vendor/autoload.php call.

Answer 3

Using MPDF without using composer
1.Open your any htdocs folder and make new file of any extension
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Note: Make sure you installed composer into your local server. if not then check this link
composer install
Open that php file into notepad++ file then right click and open folder in cmd.
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3. After open cmd, type: “composer require mpdf/mpdf” then enter
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After done this, you got 3 files in folder
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Make Zip of these 3 files and upload into the server directory with your code
Try with below code
<?php
require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
$mpdf = new \Mpdf\Mpdf();
$mpdf->WriteHTML('<h1>Hello world!</h1>');
$mpdf->Output();
?>
For more details :
mpdf doc