Issue configuring TCPDF on xampp - php

Question

I am currently trying to get tcpdf working on my website. I am using xampp as a localhost, but cannot seem to get the config files working correctly. I am almost certain my paths are pointing to the right directory in tcpdf_config.php but when I try and run a script on my email.php page, it is displaying the error shown below. I have tried playing around with pointing to the file/s in a number of ways, but to no avail.
When i navigate to the examples given in the TCPDF folder, they load and work fine, so not sure why i cannot get this page work. Any help much appreciated!
i have tcpdf installed in my xampp directory as follows:
C:/xampp/htdocs/projects/ibill_v3/tcpdf
tcpdf_config.php
<?php
//============================================================+
// File name : tcpdf_config.php
// Begin : 2004-06-11
// Last Update : 2014-12-11
//
// Description : Configuration file for TCPDF.
// Author : Nicola Asuni - Tecnick.com LTD - www.tecnick.com - info#tecnick.com
// License : GNU-LGPL v3 (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html)
// -------------------------------------------------------------------
// Copyright (C) 2004-2014 Nicola Asuni - Tecnick.com LTD
//
// This file is part of TCPDF software library.
//
// TCPDF is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
// under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
// published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
// License, or (at your option) any later version.
//
// TCPDF is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
// WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
// See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
// along with TCPDF. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
//
// See LICENSE.TXT file for more information.
//============================================================+
/**
* Configuration file for TCPDF.
* #author Nicola Asuni
* #package com.tecnick.tcpdf
* #version 4.9.005
* #since 2004-10-27
*/
// IMPORTANT:
// If you define the constant K_TCPDF_EXTERNAL_CONFIG, all the following settings will be ignored.
// If you use the tcpdf_autoconfig.php, then you can overwrite some values here.
/**
* Installation path (/var/www/tcpdf/).
* By default it is automatically calculated but you can also set it as a fixed string to improve performances.
*/
define ('K_PATH_MAIN', 'C:/xampp/htdocs/projects/ibill_v3/tcpdf');
/**
* URL path to tcpdf installation folder (http://localhost/tcpdf/).
* By default it is automatically set but you can also set it as a fixed string to improve performances.
*/
define ('K_PATH_URL', 'C:/xampp/htdocs/projects/ibill_v3/tcpdf');
/**
* Path for PDF fonts.
* By default it is automatically set but you can also set it as a fixed string to improve performances.
*/
//define ('K_PATH_FONTS', K_PATH_MAIN.'fonts/');
/**
* Default images directory.
* By default it is automatically set but you can also set it as a fixed string to improve performances.
*/
define ('K_PATH_IMAGES', 'C:/xampp/htdocs/projects/ibill_v3/tcpdf/fonts');
/**
* Deafult image logo used be the default Header() method.
* Please set here your own logo or an empty string to disable it.
*/
//define ('PDF_HEADER_LOGO', '');
/**
* Header logo image width in user units.
*/
//define ('PDF_HEADER_LOGO_WIDTH', 0);
/**
* Cache directory for temporary files (full path).
*/
//define ('K_PATH_CACHE', '/tmp/');
/**
* Generic name for a blank image.
*/
define ('K_BLANK_IMAGE', '_blank.png');
/**
* Page format.
*/
define ('PDF_PAGE_FORMAT', 'A4');
/**
* Page orientation (P=portrait, L=landscape).
*/
define ('PDF_PAGE_ORIENTATION', 'P');
/**
* Document creator.
*/
define ('PDF_CREATOR', 'TCPDF');
/**
* Document author.
*/
define ('PDF_AUTHOR', 'TCPDF');
/**
* Header title.
*/
define ('PDF_HEADER_TITLE', 'TCPDF Example');
/**
* Header description string.
*/
define ('PDF_HEADER_STRING', "by Nicola Asuni - Tecnick.com\nwww.tcpdf.org");
/**
* Document unit of measure [pt=point, mm=millimeter, cm=centimeter, in=inch].
*/
define ('PDF_UNIT', 'mm');
/**
* Header margin.
*/
define ('PDF_MARGIN_HEADER', 5);
/**
* Footer margin.
*/
define ('PDF_MARGIN_FOOTER', 10);
/**
* Top margin.
*/
define ('PDF_MARGIN_TOP', 27);
/**
* Bottom margin.
*/
define ('PDF_MARGIN_BOTTOM', 25);
/**
* Left margin.
*/
define ('PDF_MARGIN_LEFT', 15);
/**
* Right margin.
*/
define ('PDF_MARGIN_RIGHT', 15);
/**
* Default main font name.
*/
define ('PDF_FONT_NAME_MAIN', 'helvetica');
/**
* Default main font size.
*/
define ('PDF_FONT_SIZE_MAIN', 10);
/**
* Default data font name.
*/
define ('PDF_FONT_NAME_DATA', 'helvetica');
/**
* Default data font size.
*/
define ('PDF_FONT_SIZE_DATA', 8);
/**
* Default monospaced font name.
*/
define ('PDF_FONT_MONOSPACED', 'courier');
/**
* Ratio used to adjust the conversion of pixels to user units.
*/
define ('PDF_IMAGE_SCALE_RATIO', 1.25);
/**
* Magnification factor for titles.
*/
define('HEAD_MAGNIFICATION', 1.1);
/**
* Height of cell respect font height.
*/
define('K_CELL_HEIGHT_RATIO', 1.25);
/**
* Title magnification respect main font size.
*/
define('K_TITLE_MAGNIFICATION', 1.3);
/**
* Reduction factor for small font.
*/
define('K_SMALL_RATIO', 2/3);
/**
* Set to true to enable the special procedure used to avoid the overlappind of symbols on Thai language.
*/
define('K_THAI_TOPCHARS', true);
/**
* If true allows to call TCPDF methods using HTML syntax
* IMPORTANT: For security reason, disable this feature if you are printing user HTML content.
*/
define('K_TCPDF_CALLS_IN_HTML', false);
/**
* If true and PHP version is greater than 5, then the Error() method throw new exception instead of terminating the execution.
*/
define('K_TCPDF_THROW_EXCEPTION_ERROR', false);
/**
* Default timezone for datetime functions
*/
define('K_TIMEZONE', 'UTC');
//============================================================+
// END OF FILE
//============================================================+
email.php
<?php
require_once('tcpdf/config/lang/eng.php');
require_once('tcpdf/tcpdf.php');
class ashPDF extends TCPDF {
public function Header() {
$this->setJPEGQuality(90);
$this->Image('logo.png', 62, 36, 72, 0, 'PNG', '/projects/ibill_v3/img/ibill logo.png');
}
public function Footer() {
$this->SetY(-15);
$this->SetFont(PDF_FONT_NAME_MAIN, 'I', 8);
$this->Cell(0, 10, 'php.refulz.com – Web Developer’s Blog', 0, false, 'C');
}
}
$pdf = new ashPDF(PDF_PAGE_ORIENTATION, PDF_UNIT, PDF_PAGE_FORMAT, true, 'UTF-8', false);
// $pdf->SetCreator(PDF_CREATOR);
$pdf->SetAuthor('ash PHP');
$pdf->SetTitle('Fisrt PDF Document using TCPDF');
$pdf->SetSubject('ash PDF Example');
$pdf->SetKeywords('ash, TCPDF, PDF');
// add a page
$pdf->AddPage();
$col = 72; // Column size
$wideCol = 3 * $col; // Description Column
$line = 18; // Line height
// Table header
$pdf->SetFont( '', 'b' );
$pdf->Cell( $col, $line, 'S. No.', 1, 0, 'L' );
$pdf->Cell( $wideCol, $line, 'Task', 1, 0, 'L' );
$pdf->Cell( $col, $line, 'Time', 1, 0, 'R' );
$pdf->Ln(); // Adds Line break
// Table content beings here
$pdf->SetFont( '', '' ); // two parameters accept font-family and style. Passing blank sets default values
$counter = 1; // Setting counter for S. No. column
foreach( $this->taskData['items'] as $item ) {
$pdf->Cell( $col, $line, $counter, 1, 0, 'L' );
$pdf->Cell( $wideCol, $line, $item[0], 1, 0, 'L' );
$pdf->Cell( $col, $line, $item[1], 1, 0, 'R' );
$pdf->Ln();
$counter++;
}
// Output the PDF document.
$pdf->Output( 'Tasksheet.pdf', 'D' );
?>
Error Messages when trying to execute email.php:
Warning: require_once(tcpdf/config/lang/eng.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\projects\ibill_v3\html\email.php on line 2
Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required 'tcpdf/config/lang/eng.php' (include_path='C:\xampp\php\PEAR') in C:\xampp\htdocs\projects\ibill_v3\html\email.php on line 2