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PDF utility package for Laravel Enso

This package can work independently of the Enso ecosystem.

For live examples and demos, you may visit laravel-enso.com

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Installation

install using composer: composer require laravel-enso/pdf

Features

  • is a small wrapper that uses laravel-snappy under the hood using the pdftk package for this purpose
  • utilizes a series of common defaults for the page, with the option of overriding them
    • setting the page orientation to landscape (by default is portrait)
    • setting options for the snappy pdf object, such as margins, footer, etc. (for more options, look here)
  • can provide the generated pdf document inline (for downloads) or save the file to disk

Usage

In order to generate a PDF using the default options, you need to provide a view together with the set of variables for that view, and then call the inline method:

$pdf = new Pdf();
$pdf->loadView(
  'pdf.myBlade', 
  [
      'data' => $myData
  ]
)
->inline();

If you want to customize the defaults, before calling the inline method, you may chain any modifier methods:

 $pdf = new Pdf();
 $pdf->loadView(
   'pdf.myBlade', 
   [
       'data' => $myData
   ]
 )
 ->landscape()
 ->inline();

Available methods

The following methods are required:

  • loadView(string $view, array $attributes), loads/sets the view that is to be used for the generation of the pdf, together with the attributes used in that view
  • inline(), generates the pdf and returns it as a stream, for download OR
  • save($filePath), generates the pdf and saves it on the given path

The following modifier methods are available:

  • landscape(), set the page orientation as landscape (default is portrait)
  • setOption(string $option, $value), set the value for the given option. For a list of options, look here

External dependencies

Contributions

are welcome. Pull requests are great, but issues are good too.

License

This package is released under the MIT license.

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