Level 102
There is a laravel wrapper: https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-dompdf
It even supports using a view to set up the table.
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Jan 6, 2022
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Level 27
Export Table to PDF
What is recommended packge for laravel to export table to PDF ?
Will this be good? https://packagist.org/packages/dompdf/dompdf
I also do not know the code to create the table:
This is my guess, is this true?
// reference the Dompdf namespace
use Dompdf\Dompdf;
// instantiate and use the dompdf class
$dompdf = new Dompdf();
$dompdf->loadHtml('<table>');
$dompdf->loadHtml('<tr>');
$dompdf->loadHtml('<th>Company</th>');
$dompdf->loadHtml('<th>Contact</th>');
$dompdf->loadHtml('<th>Country</th>');
$dompdf->loadHtml('</tr>');
Level 27
You mean like this:
$pdf = PDF::loadView('table_view', $data);
For example the name of the blade is: table_view.blade.php
So is this different from the package that I just reference before? ref: https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-dompdf
Level 102
@davy_yg It is just a wrapper for that package. To make it easier to work with laravel. And yes that is how views work
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Level 27
$pdf = PDF::loadView('pdf.invoice', $data);
return $pdf->download('invoice.pdf');
Okay, how to catch the invoice.pdf in the frontend after the above code?
invoice.blade.php
<a href="invoice.pdf">download invoice</a>
Will this recognize my code?
Level 102
@davy_yg You need to tell the <a that it is a download, and use the correct route path
<a href="/url/to/route" download>download invoice</a>
Level 27
I eventually use this (as someone else advice me): https://packagist.org/packages/niklasravnsborg/laravel-pdf
HargaController.php
...
$body.="</tr>";
$body.="</tbody>";
$body.="</table>";
// bikin pdf
$pdf = PDF::loadView('pdf.document', compact('body'));
// Email penawaran to Marco
Mail::to('[email protected]')->send(new SendPenawaran($pdf, $body));
return $pdf->download('Penawaran.pdf');
Currently get this error message:
Error Object of class niklasravnsborg\LaravelPdf\Pdf could not be converted to string
Another clue below the error message:
E:\xampp76\htdocs\Fashionblinds\laravel\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Mail\Mailable.php:863
public function attachData($data, $name, array $options = [])
{
$this->rawAttachments = collect($this->rawAttachments)
->push(compact('data', 'name', 'options'))
->unique(function ($file) {
return $file['name'].$file['data'];
})->all();
return $this;
}
Level 102
@davy_yg You cannot attach an instance of the PDF class... You need send in the data
output(): Outputs the PDF as a string.
Mail::to('[email protected]')->send(new SendPenawaran($pdf->output(), $body));
Level 27
array_merge(): Expected parameter 2 to be an array, string given
SendPenawaran.php
class SendPenawaran extends Mailable
{
use Queueable, SerializesModels;
/**
* Create a new message instance.
*
* @return void
*/
public function __construct($pdf, $body)
{
//
$this->pdf = $pdf;
$this->body = $body;
}
/**
* Build the message.
*
* @return $this
*/
public function build()
{
return $this->view('mail.penawaran')
->attachData($this->pdf, 'penawaran.pdf', [
'mime' => 'application/pdf',
]);
}
}
Level 102
@davy_yg Where is that error coming? There should be a file and line number
Level 27
E:\xampp76\htdocs\Fashionblinds\laravel\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\View\Factory.php:144
$data = array_merge($mergeData, $this->parseData($data))
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