Create A Dynamic PDF File In LARAVEL

Create A Dynamic PDF File In LARAVEL.

Create A Dynamic PDF File In LARAVEL
Create A Dynamic PDF File In LARAVEL

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

https://laravel.com/docs/7.x

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>

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