Add-On Shadow Cell
Informations
Author:Gledston ReisLicense: FPDF
Description
This extension allows to add a shadow effect to the text contained in a cell. The ShadowCell() method has the same parameters as Cell(), plus the following ones:color : color of the shadow. Can be either a string (G for grey,
B for black) or an integer between 0 and 255 (greyscale value). Default value: G.distance : distance between the shadow and the text. Default value: 0.5.
Source
<?php
require('fpdf.php');
class PDF_Shadow extends FPDF
{
function ShadowCell($w, $h=0, $txt='', $border=0, $ln=0, $align='', $fill=false, $link='', $color='G', $distance=0.5)
{
if($color=='G')
$ShadowColor = 100;
elseif($color=='B')
$ShadowColor = 0;
else
$ShadowColor = $color;
$TextColor = $this->TextColor;
$x = $this->x;
$this->SetTextColor($ShadowColor);
$this->Cell($w, $h, $txt, $border, 0, $align, $fill, $link);
$this->TextColor = $TextColor;
$this->x = $x;
$this->y += $distance;
$this->Cell($w, $h, $txt, 0, $ln, $align);
}
}
?>Example
<?php
require('shadow.php');
$pdf = new PDF_Shadow();
$pdf->SetFont('Arial', '', 30);
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->SetTextColor(255, 255, 255);
for ($i = 1; $i < 6; $i++) {
$Text = sprintf('Gray shadow with %.1F distance', $i / 2);
$pdf->ShadowCell(0, 40, $Text, 1, 1, 'C', true, '', 'G', $i / 2);
$pdf->Ln(10);
}
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->SetTextColor(0, 0, 255);
for ($i = 1; $i < 6; $i++) {
$Text = sprintf('Black shadow with %.1F distance', $i / 2);
$pdf->ShadowCell(0, 40, $Text, 1, 1, 'C', false, '', 'B', $i / 2);
$pdf->Ln(10);
}
$pdf->Output();
?>