PHP TCPDF remove header's bottom border

Question

I am trying to create a header in TCPDF, however it always have a border underneath of it. Is there a way I can remove the bottom border?

class MYPDF extends TCPDF { public function Header() { $image_file = K_PATH_IMAGES.'pdf-header.jpg'; $this->Image($image_file, 160, 10, 40, '', 'JPG', '', 'T', false, 20, '', false, false, 0, false, false, false); $this->SetFont('helvetica', 'B', 10); } public function Footer() { $this->SetY(-15); $this->SetFont('helvetica', 'I', 8); } } — Bill, Nov 02 '11 at 23:49
An alternative which doesn't involve editing the tcpdf class or extending it is presented in [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2217132/changing-or-eliminating-header-footer-in-tcpdf) — Ian Gregory, Jun 18 '12 at 21:12

score 129 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 25 '18 at 15:20

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This works for some versions:

// Call before the addPage() method
$pdf->SetPrintHeader(false);
$pdf->SetPrintFooter(false);

edited Jun 25 '18 at 15:20

Bert H

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answered Jun 18 '13 at 14:51

András

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This works fine but I would like to specify what these lines must be added before calling AddPage() method. – Dayron Gallardo Aug 05 '13 at 15:30
I think there are other default values – András Sep 12 '13 at 07:37
Not sure why the above answer was marked as correct, this is the correct answer. Thank you. – user1785684 Dec 04 '18 at 09:55
There is no configuration constant to tell that to TCPDF? Because this means you have to put these 2 lines for every TCPDF usage, which can be painful if you have several PDF exports – Xenos Mar 13 '19 at 10:32
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@Xenos You can always subclass TCPDF and override the `->AddPage()` calling those two lines, and then calling the parent. – Xavi Montero May 01 '19 at 16:10
@XaviMontero which means I'll have to change all TCPDF instantiation in favor of the subclas instance... It's a way to bypass this issue but this can only be done before using TCPDF, and no afterward (when poor legacy architecture wasn't already using a subclass nor a central factory)... – Xenos May 02 '19 at 07:32
@Xenos Well... if the code is "very legacy" and does a "new" all over there, I see one fast way to change this: Make your class to also be named TCPDF but locate it in another namespace such as `\MyApp\Pdf`. Then search for all the files containing `new TCPDF` or there any static usages `TCPDF::` and just at the beginning of the file place `use \MyApp\Pdf\TCPDF`. I'd would be great to use Dependency Injection if you could; but in the meantime you refactor, this does the trick. – Xavi Montero May 03 '19 at 09:15

score 38 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 12 '13 at 22:17

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If you don't want to subclass or change the tcpdf source just call the setHeaderData method and specify white line color.

$pdf->setHeaderData('',0,'','',array(0,0,0), array(255,255,255) );

answered Apr 12 '13 at 22:17

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This actually answers the question. If you are, however, looking to completely disable the Header and Footer (like I was), then the answer from @András is what you want. – Ethan Hohensee Apr 18 '17 at 02:37
Not worked for me dear, still showing a horizonal row / line in header section of pdf. Thanks. – Kamlesh Aug 17 '23 at 11:33
https://stackoverflow.com/a/17172044/10329023 solution worked for me. Thanks – Kamlesh Aug 17 '23 at 11:34

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 12 '14 at 08:00

Problem solved by extends the TCPDF class and modify the header and footer.

class MYPDF extends TCPDF { 

    public function Header() 
    { 
        $image_file = K_PATH_IMAGES.'pdf-header.jpg'; 
        $this->Image($image_file, 160, 10, 40, '', 'JPG', '', 'T', false, 20, '', false, false, 0, false, false, false); 
        $this->SetFont('helvetica', 'B', 10); 
    } 

    public function Footer() 
    { 
        $this->SetY(-15); 
        $this->SetFont('helvetica', 'I', 8); 

    }
}

Patrik Ján · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-27T22:25:53.023

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tcpdf.php:

// print an ending header line
$this->SetLineStyle(array('width' => 0.25 / $this->k, 'cap' => 'butt', 'join' => 'miter', 'dash' => 0, 'color' => array(255, 255, 255)));

edited Dec 27 '11 at 22:25

answered Dec 27 '11 at 22:23

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This is not the answer. In common case if no data added into header and footer it's better to disable header and footer, that is pointed in other answers here. – Valera Leontyev Feb 27 '15 at 09:04
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A bit old, but still can't understand why this was chosen as the right answer – El Gucs Feb 17 '16 at 05:17
Make sure to also have a look at the approach of `András` below. – Bert H Jun 25 '18 at 14:56

Nicolò Rebaioli · Answer 5 · 2022-07-13T23:09:56.277

If the other solutions posted in this thread does not work, I solved in this way:

TL;DR
In Footer() function in Tcpdf class (tcpdf.php):
Replace this lines:

$this->Cell(0, 0, $pagenumtxt, 'T', 0, 'L'); // line 3527 in version 6.3.1
$this->Cell(0, 0, $this->getAliasRightShift().$pagenumtxt, 'T', 0, 'R'); // line 3530 in version 6.3.1

With this lines

$this->Cell(0, 0, $pagenumtxt, 0, 0, 'L');
$this->Cell(0, 0, $this->getAliasRightShift().$pagenumtxt, 0, 0, 'R');

Alternative way 1
Comment this lines in Footer() function in Tcpdf class (tcpdf.php):
In my file (version 6.3.1) they were placed at line 3524

//Print page number
if ($this->getRTL()) {
    $this->SetX($this->original_rMargin);
    $this->Cell(0, 0, $pagenumtxt, 'T', 0, 'L');
} else {
    $this->SetX($this->original_lMargin);
    $this->Cell(0, 0, $this->getAliasRightShift().$pagenumtxt, 'T', 0, 'R');
}

This will disable the render of the page number in the footer but at least it removes the unwanted line.

Alternative way 2
If these methods does not work, search in the tcpdf.php file for this string:

$this->SetLineStyle(array

You should find 3 occurrences, replace the 'color' property of the array with the value [0,0,0] (or the rgb color of your background), this should cause the line to turn white (or the color you set). I used this method to troubleshoot where the problem was by putting custom weird color and seeing which one was being rendered.

Explanation
The line is rendered because in the lines

$this->Cell(0, 0, $pagenumtxt, 'T', 0, 'L');
$this->Cell(0, 0, $this->getAliasRightShift().$pagenumtxt, 'T', 0, 'R');

The border property is set to 'T' (top border). You can disable the border by set the border property to 0 (see docs here, $border param). If that doesn't work you can entirely disable the render of the page number (and thus the border), or you can set the border to a custom color that matches you actual background.

score -1 · Answer 6 · edited Jan 03 '13 at 12:23

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Comment this line in Header() function of tcpdf Class :

$this->Cell(($this->w - $this->original_lMargin - $this->original_rMargin), 0, '', 'T', 0, 'C');

edited Jan 03 '13 at 12:23

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answered Jan 03 '13 at 12:06

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