README

This package is based on a fork from laravel-dompdf, modified to meet the constraints of a laravel 5.3 project i'm currently working on.

If you need a pdf package for all laravel versions, please check laravel-dompdf.

Laravel 5.3

After updating composer, add the ServiceProvider to the providers array in app/config/app.php

'Abiodunjames\Prodigypdf\ServiceProvider',

You can optionally use the facade for shorter code. Add this to your facades:

'PDF' => 'Abiodunjames\Prodigypdf\Facade',

Mail certificate to user

 $pdf=    PDF::loadView('prodigypdf::certificate',[]);
  $email ='example@gmail.com';
  return $pdf->sendTo($email);

Save document to path

 $pdf=    PDF::loadView('prodigypdf::certificate',[]);
 $path= $pdf->saveToPath('/document'); //save to /storage/document

You can create a new DOMPDF instance and load a HTML string, file or view name. You can save it to a file, or stream (show in browser) or download.

$pdf = App::make('prodigypdf');
$pdf->loadHTML('<h1>Test</h1>');
return $pdf->stream();

Or use the facade:

$pdf = PDF::loadView('pdf.invoice', $data);
return $pdf->download('invoice.pdf');

You can chain the methods:

return PDF::loadFile(public_path().'/myfile.html')->save('/path-to/my_stored_file.pdf')->stream('download.pdf');

You can change the orientation and paper size, and hide or show errors (by default, errors are shown when debug is on)

PDF::loadHTML($html)->setPaper('a4')->setOrientation('landscape')->setWarnings(false)->save('myfile.pdf')

If you need the output as a string, you can get the rendered PDF with the output() function, so you can save/output it yourself.

You can copy the config-file (config/dompdf.php) to your local config to change some settings (default paper etc). You can also use your ConfigProvider to set certain keys.

Tip: UTF-8 support

In your templates, set the UTF-8 Metatag:

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>

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