How to create and download pdf in Laravel 5.8?
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In this example, i would like to share with you how to generate pdf file from view or html or blade using dompdf library in laravel 5.8. we can easily create pdf file for invoice, report, data etc and also can give for download in laravel 5.8.
As you know, few days ago laravel 5.8 released. so i plan to add tutorial for creating pdf file with laravel 5.8.
PDF is one of basic requirement when you are working with erp level project or e commerce website. we may need to create pdf file for report or invoice etc. So, here i will give you very simple example for create pdf file with laravel.
You need to just follow bellow step to create pdf file and also can download. So let’s do bellow steps.
Step 1: Install Laravel 5.8
I am going to explain step by step from scratch so, we need to get fresh Laravel 5.8 application using bellow command, So open your terminal OR command prompt and run bellow command:
composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel blog
Step 2: Install laravel-dompdf Package
first of all we will install barryvdh/laravel-dompdf composer package by following composer command in your laravel 5.8 application.
composer require barryvdh/laravel-dompdf
After successfully install package, open config/app.php file and add service provider and alias.
config/app.php
'providers' => [
....
BarryvdhDomPDFServiceProvider::class,
],
'aliases' => [
....
'PDF' => BarryvdhDomPDFFacade::class,
]
Step 3: Add Route
In this is step we need to create routes for items listing. so open your “routes/web.php” file and add following route.
routes/web.php
Route::get('generate-pdf','HomeController@generatePDF');
Step 4: Create Controller
Here,we require to create new controller HomeController that will manage generatePDF method of route. So let’s put bellow code.
app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php
<?php
namespace AppHttpControllers;
use IlluminateHttpRequest;
use PDF;
class HomeController extends Controller
{
/**
* Display a listing of the resource.
*
* @return IlluminateHttpResponse
*/
public function generatePDF()
{
$data = ['title' => 'Welcome to HDTuto.com'];
$pdf = PDF::loadView('myPDF', $data);
return $pdf->download('onlinecode.pdf');
}
}
Step 5: Create View File
In Last step, let’s create myPDF.blade.php(resources/views/myPDF.blade.php) for layout of pdf file and put following code:
resources/views/myPDF.blade.php
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Hi</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Welcome to ItSolutionStuff.com - {{ $title }}</h1>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod
tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam,
quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo
consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse
cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non
proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</p>
</body>
</html>
Now we are ready to run this example and check it…
I hope it can help you…
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