faveo/vendor/vsmoraes/laravel-pdf

pdf-laravel5

DOMPDF module for Laravel 5

Instalation

Add:

"vsmoraes/laravel-pdf": "dev-master"

To your composer.json

or Run:

composer require vsmoraes/laravel-pdf

Then add:

'Vsmoraes\Pdf\PdfServiceProvider'

To the providers array on your config/app.php

And

'PDF' => 'Vsmoraes\Pdf\PdfFacade',

To the aliases array on yout config/app.php in order to enable the PDF facade

Usage

$router->get('/pdf/view', function() {
    $html = view('pdfs.example')->render();

    return PDF::load($html)->show();
});

Force download

$router->get('/pdf/download', function() {
    $html = view('pdfs.example')->render();

    return PDF::load($html)->download();
});

Output to a file

$router->get('/pdf/output', function() {
    $html = view('pdfs.example')->render();

    PDF::load($html)
        ->filename('/tmp/example1.pdf')
        ->output();

    return 'PDF saved';
});

Inject on your controller

<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Vsmoraes\Pdf\Pdf;

class HomeController extends BaseControler
{
    private $pdf;

    public function __construct(Pdf $pdf)
    {
        $this->pdf = $pdf;
    }

    public function helloWorld()
    {
        $html = view('pdfs.example1')->render();

        return $this->pdf
            ->load($html)
            ->show();
    }
}