Keeping track of text position on pdf using FPDF and GetY

Question

I am trying to keep track of the current Y position on a PDF page created using FPDF so that I can correctly start a new page ensuring tables do not cross a page break. Firstly am I right in using GetY to monitor this and if so what is the correct syntax. I am trying

$currentYposition = GetY();

but it does not seem to work. Any advice?

Answer 1

No idea why this works - but it does: If you just grab Y after the call, it seems to be the value before the MultiCell. Grabbing it before and after and taking the difference gives you the height.

$oldY = $this->getY();
$this->MultiCell(150, 4, utf8_decode($description), 0, "L");
$newY = $this->getY();

$multiCellHeight = $newY-$oldY;