Laravel TCPDF: Generate HTML to PDF File Example

By Hardik Savani February 18, 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

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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:

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http://localhost:8000/pdf

Output:

I hope it can help you...

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