Create a dynamic pdf in Laravel, Here I would like to share with you how to create a dynamic PDF file in Laravel. Making a dynamic pdf file is required in many situations like create an invoice , create a report and many more things.
Here in this article we will use Laravel DomPDF Library to generate a dynamic PDF Library.
Create PDF in Laravel:
Follow the below given steps to generate or create pdf in laravel.
| 1. | Install Laravel App |
| 2. | Setup Database |
| 3. | Install laravel-dompdf Package |
| 4. | Make Route |
| 5. | Create Controller |
| 6. | Create Blade view for Generate Pdf |
| 7. | Run Project |
1. Install Laravel App.
I assume Laravel is already installed, if not follow below link to installation Laravel app
2. Setup Database.
After successfully download Laravel Application,Open your project .env file and set up database credential .
DB_CONNECTION=mysql DB_HOST=127.0.0.1 DB_PORT=3306 DB_DATABASE=laravel_demo DB_USERNAME=root DB_PASSWORD=
3. Download Laravel Dompdf Package.
To create PDF file in Laravel first of all we have to download laravel-dompdf package.
composer require barryvdh/laravel-dompdf
After successfully install the laravel dompdf package, open the config/app.php and add the providers and aliases :
'providers' => [ Barryvdh\DomPDF\ServiceProvider::class, ], 'aliases' => [ 'PDF' => Barryvdh\DomPDF\Facade::class, ]
4. Add Route.
Go to /routes/web.php file and create below routes:
Route::get('pdfview',array('as'=>'pdfview',
'uses'=>'CreatePdfController@pdfForm'));
5. Create Controller.
php artisan make:controller CreatePdfController.
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Redirect;
use DB;
use PDF;
class CreatePdfController extends Controller
{
public function pdfForm(Request $request){
$products = DB::table("products")->get();
view()->share('products',$products);
if($request->has('download')){
$pdf = PDF::loadView('pdf_download');
return $pdf->download('pdf_download.pdf');
}
return view('pdf_view',['products'=>$products]);
}
} 6. Create Blade view for display data and Generate Pdf.
Add below code in pdf_view.blade.php file in view folder.
<html>
<head>
<title>Laravel Create & Download Pdf Tutorial</title>
<link href="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" id="bootstrap-css">
<script src="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<br/>
<a href="{{ route('pdfview',['download'=>'pdf']) }}" class="btn btn-primary">Download PDF</a>
<table class="table table-bordered">
<tr>
<th>Sr.No</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Qty</th>
<th>Price</th>
<th>Model</th>
<th>Sku</th>
</tr>
@foreach ($products as $index=>$product)
<tr>
<td>{{ ++$index }}</td>
<td>{{ $product->name }}</td>
<td>{{ $product->qty }}</td>
<td>{{ $product->price }}</td>
<td>{{ $product->model }}</td>
<td>{{ $product->sku }}</td>
</tr>
@endforeach
</table>
</div>
</body>
</html>
add below code in pdf_download.blade.php file in view folder.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Pdf Download</title>
</head>
<body>
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Sr.No</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Qty</th>
<th>Price</th>
<th>Model</th>
<th>Sku</th>
</tr>
@foreach ($products as $index=>$product)
<tr>
<td>{{ ++$index }}</td>
<td>{{ $product->name }}</td>
<td>{{ $product->qty }}</td>
<td>{{ $product->price }}</td>
<td>{{ $product->model }}</td>
<td>{{ $product->sku }}</td>
</tr>
@endforeach
</table>
</body>
</html>
