Laravel 6 Generate PDF File Tutorial

Here, I will explain how to generate pdf file and download in laravel 6. i will explain step by step creating pdf file with laravel 6 using dompdf package. using dompdf package we can generate pdf file from view or html blade file in laravel 6.

As you know, few days ago laravel 6 released. so i plan to add tutorial for creating pdf file with laravel 6.

PDF is one of basic requirement when you are working with erp level project or e commerce website. we may need to create pdf file for report or invoice etc. So, here i will give you very simple example for create pdf file with laravel.

You need to just follow bellow step to create pdf file and also can download. So let’s do bellow steps.

Step 1: Install Laravel 6

I am going to explain step by step from scratch so, we need to get fresh Laravel 6 application using bellow command, So open your terminal OR command prompt and run bellow command:

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

Step 2: Install dompdf Package

first of all we will install barryvdh/laravel-dompdf composer package by following composer command in your laravel 6 application.

composer require barryvdh/laravel-dompdf

After successfully install package, open config/app.php file and add service provider and alias.

config/app.php

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

Step 3: Add Route

In this is step we need to create routes for items listing. so open your “routes/web.php” file and add following route.

routes/web.php

Route::get('generate-pdf','PDFController@generatePDF');

Step 4: Add Controller

Here,we require to create new controller PDFController that will manage generatePDF method of route. So let’s put bellow code.

app/Http/Controllers/PDFController.php

<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
  
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use PDF;
  
class PDFController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Display a listing of the resource.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function generatePDF()
    {
        $data = ['title' => 'Welcome to ItSolutionStuff.com'];
        $pdf = PDF::loadView('myPDF', $data);
  
        return $pdf->download('itsolutionstuff.pdf');
    }
}

Step 5: Create View File

In Last step, let’s create myPDF.blade.php(resources/views/myPDF.blade.php) for layout of pdf file and put following code:

resources/views/myPDF.blade.php

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
	<title>Hi</title>
</head>
<body>
	<h1>Welcome to ItSolutionStuff.com - {{ $title }}</h1>
	<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod
	tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam,
	quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo
	consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse
	cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non
	proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</p>
</body>
</html>

Now we are ready to run this example and check it…

I hope it can help you…