Dompdf on button click and load PDF

Hello,

I'm trying to use Dompdf to create a PDF from a view I've created. The goal is, when a user clicks a link on the webpage, the PDF will be generated and loaded in the user's browser (not as an element on the current page, the PDF is rather presented to download/display).

Currently, I have:

Link to direct to PDF

<a role="button" class="btn btn-primary" href="/export/pdf">Export to PDF</a>

Route

Route::get('export/{type}', 'ExportController@export');

Controller

public function export($type)
    {
        if ($type == "pdf") {
            $html = View::make('export.minimal')->with("plan", Plan::first())->render();
            $dompdf = new Dompdf();
            $dompdf->loadHtml($html);
            $dompdf->render();
            $dompdf->stream('bp.pdf');
        }
    }

The view export.minimal is valid a valid blade template: http://pastebin.com/CwimK196

When I click the "Export as PDF" button, however, a blank page is presented. As far as I can tell though the flow should be, in its present form, click on the link, there's a get request that gets directed to the export controller, which then generates the PDF, which should then be presented to the browser because of $dompdf->stream('bp.pdf').

What am I doing wrong here?