basdegroot/phpwkhtmltopdflaravel

Wrapper for the phpwkhtmltopdf package

PHP WkHtmlToPdf Laravel Wrapper

This wrapper will include the mikehaertl/phpwkhtmltopdf library. It will use the config functions of laravel and it can be configured threw the .env file. All the functions of the library of mikehaertl are available. https://github.com/mikehaertl/phpwkhtmltopdf, _(*1)

Installation

Install the package through composer:, _(*2)

composer require basdegroot/phpwkhtmltopdflaravel

Configuration

The application can be configured threw the .env file or by publishing the configuration files to your project., _(*3)

Publish

php artisan vendor:publish

.env variables

WKHTMLTOPDF_BINARY = Path to the binary of the WkHtmlToPdf library. Default is 'wkhmltopdf'
WKHTMLTOPDF_INGORE_WARNINGS = Whether to ignore any errors if a PDF file was still created. Default is false
WKHTMLTOPDF_TMP_DIR = Path to tmp directory. Defaults to the PHP temp dir.

Response

The class has an method which returns a Laravel response object with the PDF content + correct headers, _(*4)

use Basdegroot\PhpwkhtmltopdfLaravel\Pdf;

$pdf = new Pdf('http://www.google.nl');
return $pdf->response();

// or with a filename

return $pdf->response('filename'); 

The Pdf object extends \mikehaertl\wkhtmlto\Pdf so all the other methods are still available., _(*5)

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently., _(*6)