Laravel 8 Generate PDF Using DomPDF

In this tutorial, we will see laravel 8 generate pdf using dompdf. For generating pdf files we will use the laravel-dompdf package. It creates a pdf file and also provides download file functionalities it is very easy to generate pdf in laravel 8. I will give you an example in a very simple way to generate pdf file and download it to your system. 

Using barryvdh/laravel-dompdf pdf you can create a new DOMPDF instance and load an HTML string, file or view name. You can save it to a file, or show it in the browser or download it. Also, you can generate pdf from HTML view in laravel 6/7/8.

So, let's see laravel 8 generate pdf using dompdf or download pdf in laravel 8.

 Step 1 : Install Laravel 8

Type the following command in the terminal to create a new laravel 8 project in your system.

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel PDF_example

 

Step 2 : Install barryvdh/laravel-dompdf Package In Your Application

In this step, we need to install barryvdh/laravel-dompdf Package using the composer command.

composer require barryvdh/laravel-dompdf

 

 

Step 3 : Add Service Provider And Aliase

After package installation, we will add service provider and aliase in config/app.php.

'providers' => [
	
	Barryvdh\DomPDF\ServiceProvider::class,
],

'aliases' => [
	
	'PDF' => Barryvdh\DomPDF\Facade::class,
],

 

Step 4 : Create Controller

Now create a new controller on this path app\Http\Controllers\UserController.php and copy the below command.

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\User;
use PDF;

class UserController extends Controller
{
    
    public function index(Request $request)
    {
        $user = User::latest()->paginate(5);
  
        if($request->has('download'))
        {
            $pdf = PDF::loadView('users.index',compact('user'));
            return $pdf->download('pdfview.pdf');
        }

        return view('users.index',compact('user'));
    }
}

 

 

Step 5 : Add Route

After that add the below code in routes/web.php 

Route::resource('users','App\Http\Controllers\UserController');

 

Step 6 : Create Blade File 

In this last step, we will create an index.blade.php file for download and generate a pdf file in this path resources\views\users\index.blade.php and add below HTML code.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Laravel 8 Generate PDF Using DomPDF - Techsolutionstuff</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

  <div class="container">
    <div class="row">
      <div class="col-lg-12" style="margin-top: 15px ">
        <div class="pull-left">
          <h2>Laravel 8 Generate PDF Using DomPDF - Techsolutionstuff</h2>
        </div>
        <div class="pull-right">
          <a class="btn btn-primary" href="{{route('users.index',['download'=>'pdf'])}}">Download PDF</a>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div><br>

    <table class="table table-bordered">
      <tr>
        <th>Name</th>
        <th>Email</th>
      </tr>

      @foreach ($user as $user)
      <tr>
        <td>{{ $user->name }}</td>
        <td>{{ $user->email }}</td>
      </tr>
      @endforeach
    </table>
  </div>
</body>
</html>

 After adding all code in your application you can download a pdf file of your HTML view.

laravel_8_generate_pdf_using_dompdf_output


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