Wrap Text in Fpdf in PHP

Make text wrap in a cell with FPDF?

Text Wrap:

The MultiCell is used for print text with multiple lines. It has the same atributes of Cell except for ln and link.

$pdf->MultiCell( 200, 40, $reportSubtitle, 1);

Line Height:

What multiCell does is to spread the given text into multiple cells, this means that the second parameter defines the height of each line (individual cell) and not the height of all cells (collectively).

MultiCell(float w, float h, string txt [, mixed border [, string align [, boolean fill]]])

You can read the full documentation here.

Wrap Text in Fpdf in Php

Use MultiCell() instead Cell()

Change this:

$pdf->Cell(20,7,'Hi5(xtra)',1);

To:

$pdf->MultiCell( 20, 7, 'Hi5(xtra)', 1);

The MultiCell() is used for print text with multiple lines.

EDIT:

I can see that MultiCell(), breaks the line so new cell will be placed below current position.

In such case you can calculate x and y co-ordinate and calculate new position and set position after outputting every cell.

<?php
require('fpdf.php');

$pdf = new FPDF();

$pdf->AddPage();

$start_x=$pdf->GetX(); //initial x (start of column position)
$current_y = $pdf->GetY();
$current_x = $pdf->GetX();

$cell_width = 20;  //define cell width
$cell_height=7;    //define cell height

$pdf->SetFont('Arial','',16);

$pdf->MultiCell($cell_width,$cell_height,'Hi1',1); //print one cell value
$current_x+=$cell_width;                           //calculate position for next cell
$pdf->SetXY($current_x, $current_y);               //set position for next cell to print

$pdf->MultiCell($cell_width,$cell_height,'Hi2',1); //printing next cell
$current_x+=$cell_width;                           //re-calculate position for next cell
$pdf->SetXY($current_x, $current_y);               //set position for next cell

$pdf->MultiCell($cell_width,$cell_height,'Hi3',1);
$current_x+=$cell_width;

$pdf->Ln();
$current_x=$start_x;                       //set x to start_x (beginning of line)
$current_y+=$cell_height;                  //increase y by cell_height to print on next line

$pdf->SetXY($current_x, $current_y);

$pdf->MultiCell($cell_width,$cell_height,'Hi4',1);
$current_x+=$cell_width;
$pdf->SetXY($current_x, $current_y);

$pdf->MultiCell($cell_width,$cell_height,'Hi5(xtra)',1);
$current_x+=$cell_width;
$pdf->SetXY($current_x, $current_y);

$pdf->MultiCell($cell_width,$cell_height,'Hi5',1);
$current_x+=$cell_width;
$pdf->SetXY($current_x, $current_y);

$pdf->Output();
?>

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