How to Get Page Number on Dompdf PDF When Using "View"

How to get page number on dompdf PDF when using view

Update Regarding changes with version of dompdf >= 0.7.0

1. Because the dompdf_config.inc.php file has been removed from this release (and is no longer referenced) all dompdf options should be set at run time.

4. The FontMetrics class is now instantiated instead of static. To simplify migration of embedded scripts from earlier versions of dompdf we provide access to the instantiated FontMetrics class via the $fontMetrics variable. Please update your embedded scripts. For example, FontMetrics::get_font('helvetica') would now be $fontMetrics->getFont('helvetica').

~ Thanks to Dennis Ameling's answer for the updated information.

Found my answer by looking over the dompdf_config.inc.php file. As it turns out, DOMPDF_ENABLE_PHP is set to false thus causing the inline php script to be ignored. I simply edited dompdf_config.custom.inc.php to the following and all is fine and working with the later code in the view.

In dompdf/dompdf_config.custom.inc.php

<?php
    define("DOMPDF_ENABLE_PHP", true);

At Run Time

$dompdf->set_option("isPhpEnabled", true);

Then, in my html file

<body>
    <script type="text/php">
        if ( isset($pdf) ) {
            // OLD 
            // $font = Font_Metrics::get_font("helvetica", "bold");
            // $pdf->page_text(72, 18, "{PAGE_NUM} of {PAGE_COUNT}", $font, 6, array(255,0,0));
            // v.0.7.0 and greater
            $x = 72;
            $y = 18;
            $text = "{PAGE_NUM} of {PAGE_COUNT}";
            $font = $fontMetrics->get_font("helvetica", "bold");
            $size = 6;
            $color = array(255,0,0);
            $word_space = 0.0;  //  default
            $char_space = 0.0;  //  default
            $angle = 0.0;   //  default
            $pdf->page_text($x, $y, $text, $font, $size, $color, $word_space, $char_space, $angle);
        }
    </script>
    <div

If you go this route, don't forget to restart Apache

How to add page number for every page in laravel dompdf?

Follow below steps to achieve it:

- Enable DOMPDF_ENABLE_PHP from /config/dompdf.php
- Publish vendor file via php artisan vendor:publish command
- Pass $pdf object from controller:

- Add below code inside the view file:

<script type="text/php">
    if ( isset($pdf) ) {
        $font = Font_Metrics::get_font("helvetica", "bold");
        $pdf->page_text(72, 18, "Header: {PAGE_NUM} of {PAGE_COUNT}", $font, 6, array(0,0,0));
    }
</script>

You can get more idea from Page count and page number

dompdf page number

You are running your inline script as part of the PHP page instead of passing it to dompdf. Your code could be written as follows (truncated to the relevant section):

...
$html="
<html>
  <body>
    <script type='text/php'>
      if ( isset($pdf) ) { 
        $font = Font_Metrics::get_font('helvetica', 'normal');
        $size = 9;
        $y = $pdf->get_height() - 24;
        $x = $pdf->get_width() - 15 - Font_Metrics::get_text_width('1/1', $font, $size);
        $pdf->page_text($x, $y, '{PAGE_NUM}/{PAGE_COUNT}', $font, $size);
      } 
    </script>
";
...

Note that inline script must currently appear inside the BODY element. Otherwise it will be ignored during document processing.

There are other ways to achieve what you want as well.

How can I get the total number of pages in DOMPDF?

By default, inline PHP is disabled for security reasons, you need to enable it yourself in dompdf_config.custom.inc.php. See here.

For now, total page count is not supported with the CSS you are using, we are planning to make it work in 0.6 final though.

How to Get Page Number on Dompdf PDF When Using "View"