What is the correct way to pass a PHP variable to FPDF?

Question

I just recently started working with FPDF, but I'm still not sure how to pass in my own variables.

I would like to do something like

index.php:

...
//set name variable
$name = $_POST["name"]

//embed the pdf
<embed width="100%" height="100%" name="plugin" src="my-fpdf.php" type="application/pdf">
....

my-fpdf.php:

<?php
    require('fpdf.php');

    $pdf = new FPDF();
    $pdf->AddPage();
    $pdf->SetFont('Arial','B',16);
    $txt = "Hello ".$name."!" //access the variable
    $pdf->Cell(40,10,$txt);
    $pdf->Output();
?>

Is there a best practice on how to do this?

Answer 1

You'd need to add it as a query parameter:

<embed ... src="my-fpdf.php?name="<?php echo $name ?>" ...>

and then

$txt = "Hello, " . $_GET['name'];