Laravel provides several ways to export data to PDF. One of the most popular packages for generating PDFs in Laravel is DOMPDF. Here’s how to use it to export data to PDF in Laravel:
- Install DOMPDF:
javascript codecomposer require barryvdh/laravel-dompdf
- Add the service provider to your
config/app.php
file:
javascript code'providers' => [
// ...
Barryvdh\DomPDF\ServiceProvider::class,
],
- Add an alias for DOMPDF to your
config/app.php
file:
javascript code'aliases' => [
// ...
'PDF' => Barryvdh\DomPDF\Facade::class,
],
- Use the following code to export data to PDF:
perl codeuse PDF;
// ...
$pdf = PDF::loadView('pdf.view', $data);
return $pdf->download('file.pdf');
This code first uses the PDF
facade to create a new instance of the DOMPDF class. The loadView
method is then used to load a view and pass data to it. Finally, the download
method is used to download the generated PDF.
Note: Replace 'pdf.view'
with the name of your view and $data
with your data that you want to pass to the view.