Creating PDFs using Laravel

Before generating PDFs, you should use Composer to install the Dompdf library.


                composer require barryvdh/laravel-dompdf

Once you have installed the PDF SDK, configure the config/app.php file as follows:


                'providers' => [ Barryvdh\DomPDF\ServiceProvider::class, 

                ], 

                'aliases' => [ 'PDF' => Barryvdh\DomPDF\Facade::class, ]

As a final step, you can create a PDF file and return it as a download.


                public function createPDF() 

                { 

                $name = "Ada Lovelace";
                $my_pdf = Pdf::loadView('path.file_name', ['name'=>$name]);
                return $my_pdf->download('my_pdf.pdf');
                }