Laravel TCPDF: Generate HTML to PDF File Example

By Hardik Savani July 29, 2023 Category : Laravel

Hey Dev,

In this tute, we will discuss laravel tcpdf example. We will look at an example of how to integrate tcpdf in laravel. This tutorial will give you a simple example of how to use tcpdf in laravel. I would like to show you laravel tcpdf generate pdf file.

You can use this example with laravel 6, laravel 7, laravel 8, laravel 9 and laravel 10 versions.

We will use elibyy/tcpdf-laravel composer package to generate a pdf file in laravel. we will use SetTitle(), AddPage(), writeHTML() and Output() method to create pdf file in laravel tcpdf. so let's follow the below steps:

Step 1 : Install Laravel

first of all, we need to get a fresh Laravel version application using the bellow command, So open your terminal OR command prompt and run the bellow command:

composer create-project laravel/laravel example-app

Step 2: Install elibyy/tcpdf-laravel Package

here, we will install elibyy/tcpdf-laravel package for create pdf file in laravel. so, let's run the bellow commands:

composer require elibyy/tcpdf-laravel

Step 3: Create Route

In this is step we need to create one route for generate pdf using tcpdf in laravel. let's add the below route on web.php file.

routes/web.php

<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;

use App\Http\Controllers\PDFController;

/*

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

| Web Routes

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

|

| Here is where you can register web routes for your application. These

| routes are loaded by the RouteServiceProvider within a group which

| contains the "web" middleware group. Now create something great!

|

*/

Route::get('pdf', [PDFController::class,'index']);

Step 4: Create Controller

in this step, we need to create PDFController with index()method.

Add the below code on controller file.

app/Http/Controllers/PDFController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

use Elibyy\TCPDF\Facades\TCPDF;

class PDFController extends Controller

{

/**

* Write code on Method

*

* @return response()

*/

public function index(Request $request)

{

$filename = 'demo.pdf';

$data = [

'title' => 'Generate PDF using Laravel TCPDF - ItSolutionStuff.com!'

];

$html = view()->make('pdfSample', $data)->render();

$pdf = new TCPDF;

$pdf::SetTitle('Hello World');

$pdf::AddPage();

$pdf::writeHTML($html, true, false, true, false, '');

$pdf::Output(public_path($filename), 'F');

return response()->download(public_path($filename));

}

}

Step 5: Create Blade File

we will create pdfSample.blade.php file to generate html to pdf file. so let's create following blade file.

resources/views/pdfSample.blade.php

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

<title>Generate PDF using Laravel TCPDF - ItSolutionStuff.com</title>

</head>

<body>

<h1 style="color:red;">{!! $title !!}</h1>

<br>

<p>Your message here.</p>

</body>

</html>

Run Laravel App:

All the required steps have been done, now you have to type the given below command and hit enter to run the Laravel app:

php artisan serve

Now, Go to your web browser, type the given URL and view the app output:

http://localhost:8000/pdf

Output:

I hope it can help you...

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