Laravel 9 Generate PDF File Using DomPDF

WebSolutionStuff | Feb-25-2022 | Categories : Laravel PHP

In this tutorial, we will see laravel 9 generate pdf file 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 9. 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 9.

So, let's see laravel 9 generate pdf file using dompdf, download pdf in laravel 9, how generate pdf from html view in laravel 9.

Step 1 : Install Laravel 9

Type the following command in the terminal to create a new laravel 9 project in your system.

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

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Step 2 : Install barryvdh/laravel-dompdf Package

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

composer require barryvdh/laravel-dompdf

Step 3 : 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::get();

	    $data = [
	            'title' => 'Laravel 9 Generate PDF File Using DomPDF - Websolutionstuff',
	            'date' => date('d/m/Y'),
	            'users' => $users
	    ];

	    if($request->has('download'))
	    {
	        $pdf = PDF::loadView('index',$data);
	        return $pdf->download('pdfview.pdf');
	    }

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

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Step 5 : Add Route

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

<?php
  
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
  
use App\Http\Controllers\UserController;
  
Route::resource('users', UserController::class);

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\index.blade.php and add below HTML code.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Laravel 9 Generate PDF File Using DomPDF - Websolutionstuff</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>{{title}}</h2>
          <h4>{{date}}</h4>
        </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.

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