beverio/tcpdf-laravel

Better tcpdf support for laravel 5

Laravel 5.3 TCPDF

Forked from: elibyy/tcpdf-laravel, _(*1)

Installation

Step 1

Require package using composer require beverio/tcpdf-laravel, _(*2)

Step 2

Add the service provider and aliases to config/app.php., _(*3)

'providers' => [
    //...
    Elibyy\TCPDF\ServiceProvider::class,
]

//...

'aliases' => [
    //...
    'PDF' => Elibyy\TCPDF\Facades\TCPDF::class
]

Usage

Create a view in resources/views/. You can use all TCPDF methods with the PDF facade., _(*4)

Close each view with, _(*5)

PDF::Show();

In your controller use, _(*6)

return PDF::inline('path.to.view', compact('var1', 'var2'), 'OptionalFilename.pdf');

to show a PDF file inline, or, _(*7)

return PDF::save('path.to.view', compact('var1', 'var2'), 'OptionalFilename.pdf');

to force the user to download the file., _(*8)

For a list of all available function take a look at the TCPDF Documentation, _(*9)

Configuration

Laravel-TCPDF comes with some basic configuration. If you want to override the defaults, you can publish the config, like so:, _(*10)

php artisan vendor:publish

Now access config/tcpdf.php to customize., _(*11)