Example E022 : cell borders

Cell border styles and background fills, side by side.

Cell border styles and background fills, side by side.

PDF

Page 1 of E022_cell_borders.pdf

Source Code

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

/**
 * E022_cell_borders.php
 *
 * @since       2026-04-26
 * @category    Library
 * @package     Pdf
 * @author      Nicola Asuni <info@tecnick.com>
 * @copyright   2002-2026 Nicola Asuni - Tecnick.com LTD
 * @license     https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html GNU-LGPL v3 (see LICENSE)
 * @link        https://github.com/tecnickcom/tc-lib-pdf
 *
 * This file is part of tc-lib-pdf software library.
 */

// NOTE: local file reads (images, fonts, attachments) are restricted to an allowlist of
// trusted paths that covers this package tree, so run the examples in place. To read assets
// from other locations, list them in the 'allowedPaths' entry of the fileOptions constructor
// parameter (see E047_remote_resources_security.php).

// NOTE: run make fonts in the project root to generate the dependencies and example fonts.

// autoloader when using Composer
require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';

// define fonts directory
\define('K_PATH_FONTS', \realpath(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/tecnickcom/tc-lib-pdf-font/target/fonts'));

$pdf = new \Com\Tecnick\Pdf\Tcpdf(
    unit: \Com\Tecnick\Pdf\Page\Unit::Millimeter,
    isunicode: true,
    subsetfont: false,
    compress: true,
    mode: \Com\Tecnick\Pdf\PdfConformance::None,
    objEncrypt: null,
);

$pdf->setCreator('tc-lib-pdf');
$pdf->setAuthor('Nicola Asuni');
$pdf->setSubject('tc-lib-pdf example: 022');
$pdf->setTitle('Cell borders');
$pdf->setKeywords('TCPDF tc-lib-pdf example cell borders');
$pdf->setPDFFilename('022_cell_borders.pdf');
$pdf->setViewerPreferences(['DisplayDocTitle' => true]);
$pdf->enableDefaultPageContent();

$setFont = static function (\Com\Tecnick\Pdf\Tcpdf $pdf, string $family, string $style, int $size): array {
    $font = $pdf->font->insert($pdf->pon, $family, $style, $size, 0.0, 1.0);
    $pdf->page->addContent($font['out']);
    return $font;
};

$getLineStyle = static fn(float $width, string $color): array => [
    'lineWidth' => $width,
    'lineCap' => 'butt',
    'lineJoin' => 'miter',
    'dashArray' => [],
    'dashPhase' => 0,
    'lineColor' => $color,
];

$buildCellStyles = static function (array $sideStyles, string $fillColor): array {
    $fillStyle = [
        'lineWidth' => 0,
        'lineCap' => 'butt',
        'lineJoin' => 'miter',
        'dashArray' => [],
        'dashPhase' => 0,
        'lineColor' => '#000000', //$fillColor,
        'fillColor' => $fillColor,
    ];

    $styles = [
        'all' => $fillStyle,
        0 => $fillStyle,
        1 => $fillStyle,
        2 => $fillStyle,
        3 => $fillStyle,
    ];

    foreach ($sideStyles as $side => $style) {
        $styles[$side] = \array_merge($fillStyle, $style, ['fillColor' => $fillColor]);
    }

    return $styles;
};

$drawStyledCell = static function (
    \Com\Tecnick\Pdf\Tcpdf $pdf,
    string $label,
    float $x,
    float $y,
    float $w,
    float $h,
    array $styles,
    float $borderPos,
): void {
    $pdf->setDefaultCellBorderPos(borderpos: $borderPos);

    $pdf->page->addContent($pdf->getTextCell(' ', $x, $y, $w, $h, styles: $styles, drawcell: true));

    $pdf->page->addContent($pdf->color->getPdfColor('black'));
    $pdf->page->addContent($pdf->getTextCell(
        $label,
        $x,
        $y,
        $w,
        $h,
        valign: \Com\Tecnick\Pdf\TextVAlign::Center,
        halign: \Com\Tecnick\Pdf\TextHAlign::Center,
        drawcell: false,
    ));
};

$pdf->font->insert($pdf->pon, 'helvetica', '', 10, 0.0, 1.0);

$pdf->addPage();

$setFont($pdf, 'helvetica', 'B', 20);
$pdf->page->addContent($pdf->getTextCell(
    'Cell Borders',
    15,
    15,
    180,
    8,
    valign: \Com\Tecnick\Pdf\TextVAlign::Center,
    halign: \Com\Tecnick\Pdf\TextHAlign::Left,
    drawcell: false,
));

$setFont($pdf, 'helvetica', '', 11);

$basicLineStyle = $getLineStyle(0.508, '#0080ff');
$fillColor = '#ffff80';
$maskToSide = ['T' => 0, 'R' => 1, 'B' => 2, 'L' => 3];

$masks = ['1', 'LTRB', 'LTR', 'TRB', 'LRB', 'LTB', 'LT', 'TR', 'RB', 'LB', 'LR', 'TB', 'L', 'T', 'R', 'B'];
$x = 15.0;
$y = 32.0;
$w = 30.0;
$h = 8.0;

foreach ($masks as $mask) {
    $active = $mask === '1' ? 'LTRB' : $mask;
    $sideStyles = [];
    foreach ($maskToSide as $side => $idx) {
        if (!\str_contains($active, $side)) {
            continue;
        }

        $sideStyles[$idx] = $basicLineStyle;
    }
    $drawStyledCell($pdf, $mask, $x, $y, $w, $h, $buildCellStyles($sideStyles, $fillColor), $pdf::BORDERPOS_DEFAULT);
    $y += 10.0;
}

$normalBorders = [
    0 => \array_merge($getLineStyle(2.0, '#ff0000'), ['lineCap' => 'square']),
    1 => \array_merge($getLineStyle(2.0, '#ff0000'), ['lineCap' => 'square']),
    2 => \array_merge($getLineStyle(2.0, '#ff0000'), ['lineCap' => 'square']),
    3 => \array_merge($getLineStyle(2.0, '#ff0000'), ['lineCap' => 'square']),
];

$multiBorders = [
    0 => \array_merge($getLineStyle(2.0, '#00ff00'), ['lineCap' => 'square']),
    1 => \array_merge($getLineStyle(2.0, '#ff00ff'), ['lineCap' => 'square']),
    2 => \array_merge($getLineStyle(2.0, '#0000ff'), ['lineCap' => 'square']),
    3 => \array_merge($getLineStyle(2.0, '#ff0000'), ['lineCap' => 'square']),
];

$advX = $x;
$advY = $y + 5.0;
$drawStyledCell(
    $pdf,
    'LTRB',
    $advX,
    $advY,
    30,
    10,
    $buildCellStyles($normalBorders, $fillColor),
    $pdf::BORDERPOS_DEFAULT,
);
$advY += 15.0;

$drawStyledCell(
    $pdf,
    'LTRB',
    $advX,
    $advY,
    30,
    10,
    $buildCellStyles($multiBorders, $fillColor),
    $pdf::BORDERPOS_DEFAULT,
);
$advY += 15.0;

$drawStyledCell(
    $pdf,
    'LTRB EXT',
    $advX,
    $advY,
    30,
    10,
    $buildCellStyles($normalBorders, $fillColor),
    $pdf::BORDERPOS_EXTERNAL,
);
$advY += 15.0;

$drawStyledCell(
    $pdf,
    'LTRB INT',
    $advX,
    $advY,
    30,
    10,
    $buildCellStyles($normalBorders, $fillColor),
    $pdf::BORDERPOS_INTERNAL,
);

$pdf->setDefaultCellBorderPos(borderpos: $pdf::BORDERPOS_DEFAULT);

$rawpdf = $pdf->getOutPDFString();
$pdf->renderPDF(rawpdf: $rawpdf);