thujohn / pdf
dompdf for Laravel 4
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Requires
- php: >=5.3.0
- illuminate/support: 4.*|5.*
README
Simple Dompdf package for Laravel 4 This package uses the latest stable version (0.5)
Installation
Run
composer require thujohn/pdf
OR
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
Usage
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(); });
Multiple PDFs
for ($i=1;$i<=2;$i++) { $pdf = new \Thujohn\Pdf\Pdf(); $content = $pdf->load(View::make('pdf.image'))->output(); File::put(public_path('test'.$i.'.pdf'), $content); } PDF::clear();
Examples
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); });