Exsport to PDF with dompdf in Code Igniter

1. cDownload dompf from here and exstract the file.
2. Then put to the directory ./system/application/plugins/.
3. After that then create new file on ./system/application/plugins/dompdf_pi.php like this

<?php

if (!defined('BASEPATH'))
    exit('No direct script access allowed');

/**
 * Try increasing memory available, mostly for PDF generation
 */
ini_set("memory_limit", "32M");

function pdf_create($html, $filename, $stream=TRUE, $orientation="portrait") {
    require_once(BASEPATH . "application/plugins/dompdf/dompdf_config.inc.php");

    $dompdf = new DOMPDF();
    $dompdf->set_paper("a4", $orientation);
    $dompdf->load_html($html);
    $dompdf->render();
    if ($stream) { //open only
        $dompdf->stream($filename . ".pdf");
    } else { // save to file only, your going to load the file helper for this one
        write_file("pdf/$filename.pdf", $dompdf->output());
    }
}

?>

4. Create controler mypdf.php

<?php

/**
 * @property CI_DB_active_record $db
 */
class mypdf extends MY_Controller {

    function mypdf() {
        parent::MY_Controller();
  $this->load->plugins('dompdf_pi');
    }

    function index() {
     $html="Hello Word";
  $filename="Mypdf";
        pdf_create($html, $filename, $stream=TRUE, $orientation='portrait');
    }

 }
?>

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