Yo creo documentos pdf con este codigo
Código HTML:
<html>
<head>
<title>Name Entry Level</title>
</head>
<body>
<table border="0" width="100%" height="100%">
<tr>
<td valign="middle" align="center">
<form method="POST" action="pdf_file.php">
<p>
<font size="3" face="Arial">
Enter your name here please =>
<input type="text" name="userName" size="20" maxlength="20">
</font>
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" value="Submit" name="B1">
<input type="reset" value="Reset" name="B2">
</p>
</form>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
Código PHP:
<?php
$user = $HTTP_POST_VARS["userName"];
$pdf = pdf_new();
pdf_open_file($pdf, $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "pdf/nombre.pdf");
pdf_set_info($pdf, "Author", "Ben Shepherd");
pdf_set_info($pdf, "Title", "Creating a pdf");
pdf_set_info($pdf, "Creator", "Ben Shepherd");
pdf_set_info($pdf, "Subject", "Creating a pdf");
pdf_begin_page($pdf, 800, 600);
$arial = PDF_load_font($pdf,"Courier","host","");
pdf_setfont($pdf, $arial, 14);
pdf_show_xy($pdf, "aqui va una informacion importante",50, 400);
pdf_end_page($pdf);
pdf_close($pdf);
echo "<A HREF=\"nombre.pdf\" TARGET=\"_blank\">Open pdf in a new window $user</A>";
?>