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Here i will give you few step instruction to generate pdf from html view file in laravel.
Step 1: Install Package
In this step, we will do Installation. We will firstly open our terminal or command prompt and run the following command:
composer require barryvdh/laravel-dompdf --ignore-platform-reqs
Now we will open our file named config/app.php. Then we will add aliased and service provider.
config/app.php
'providers' => [
....
Barryvdh\DomPDF\ServiceProvider::class,
],
'aliases' => [
....
'PDF' => Barryvdh\DomPDF\Facade::class,
],
Step 2: Add Route
In this step, we will Add Route, We will create route so that we can generate a view,
app/Http/routers.php
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
use App\Http\Controllers\ItemController;
Route::get('itemPdfView',[ItemController::class,'itemPdfView']);
Route::post('itemPdfView',array('as'=>'itemPdfView','uses'=>'ItemController@itemPdfView'));
Step 3: Create Controller
In this step, we will Create Controller. For this, we are going to use the app/Http/Controllers/ItemController.php path to add a new controller as ItemController.
app/Http/Controllers/ItemController.php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Http\Requests;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use DB;
use PDF;
class ItemController extends Controller
{
/**
* Write code on Method
*
* @return response()
*/
public function itemPdfView(Request $request)
{
$items = DB::table("items")->get();
view()->share('items',$items);
if($request->has('download')){
$pdf = PDF::loadView('itemPdfView');
return $pdf->download('itemPdfView.pdf');
}
return view('itemPdfView');
}
}
Step 4: Create BladeFile
In this step, we will Create View file. We will create view and pdf file by using the view file named as "pdfview.blade.php".
resources/view/itemPdfView.blade.php
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>How To Generate Pdf From Html View File And Download Using Laravel 8 Example - NiceSnippets.com</title>
</head>
<style type="text/css">
table{
width: 100%;
border-collapse: collapse;
}
table td, table th{
border:1px solid black;
text-align: center;
}
table tr, table td{
padding: 5px;
}
</style>
<body>
<div class="container">
<br/>
<h4>How To Generate Pdf From Html View File And Download Using Laravel 8 Example - NiceSnippets.com</h4>
<a href="{{ route('itemPdfView',['download'=>'pdf']) }}">Download PDF</a>
<table>
<tr>
<th>No</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Price</th>
</tr>
@foreach ($items as $key => $item)
<tr>
<td>{{ ++$key }}</td>
<td>{{ $item->name }}</td>
<td>{{ $item->price }}</td>
</tr>
@endforeach
</table>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Using the above code we are able to convert item file into pdf file and also able to download that file.For this, we will open our terminal or command prompt and run the following command:
php artisan serve
http://localhost:8000/itemPdfView
Output:
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