Simple Dompdf package for Laravel 4
Add thujohn/pdf to composer.json.
"thujohn/pdf": "dev-master"
Run composer update to pull down the latest version of Pdf.
Now open up app/config/app.php and add the service provider to your providers array.
'providers' => array(
'Thujohn\Pdf\PdfServiceProvider',
)Now add the alias.
'aliases' => array(
'PDF' => 'Thujohn\Pdf\PdfFacade',
)Publish the config
php artisan config:publish thujohn/pdf
Show a PDF
Route::get('/', function()
{
$html = '<html><body>'
. '<p>Put your html here, or generate it with your favourite '
. 'templating system.</p>'
. '</body></html>';
return PDF::load($html, 'A4', 'portrait')->show();
});Download a PDF
Route::get('/', function()
{
$html = '<html><body>'
. '<p>Put your html here, or generate it with your favourite '
. 'templating system.</p>'
. '</body></html>';
return PDF::load($html, 'A4', 'portrait')->download('my_pdf');
});Returns a PDF as a string
Route::get('/', function()
{
$html = '<html><body>'
. '<p>Put your html here, or generate it with your favourite '
. 'templating system.</p>'
. '</body></html>';
$pdf = PDF::load($html, 'A4', 'portrait')->output();
});Save the PDF to a file in a specific folder, and then mail it as attachement. By @w0rldart
define('BUDGETS_DIR', public_path('uploads/budgets')); // I define this in a constants.php file
if (!is_dir(BUDGETS_DIR)){
mkdir(BUDGETS_DIR, 0755, true);
}
$outputName = str_random(10); // str_random is a [Laravel helper](http://laravel.com/docs/helpers#strings)
$pdfPath = BUDGETS_DIR.'/'.$outputName.'.pdf';
File::put($pdfPath, PDF::load($view, 'A4', 'portrait')->output());
Mail::send('emails.pdf', $data, function($message) use ($pdfPath){
$message->from('us@example.com', 'Laravel');
$message->to('you@example.com');
$message->attach($pdfPath);
});