How to Implement Laravel 8 using FPDF Example

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https://codeanddeploy.com/blog/laravel/how-to-implement-laravel-8-using-fpdf-example

In this post, I will show you an example how to implement Laravel 8 using FPDF. Let's use FPDF as our package to generate PDF with Laravel.

In my previous post I have sereval examples about PDF with other packages. Now let's do with FPDF.

Step 1: Laravel Installation

If you don't have a Laravel 8 install in your local just run the following command below:

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel laravel-fpdf

cd laravel-fpdf

Step 2: Install FPDF Package

To generate PDF in Laravel we need to install laravel-fpdf package. Run the following command below:

composer require codedge/laravel-fpdf

Step 3: Setup Routes and Controller

Let's create routes and controller for our Laravel FPDF generator.

routes.php/web.php

<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
use App\Http\Controllers\PdfController;

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Web Routes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here is where you can register web routes for your application. These
| routes are loaded by the RouteServiceProvider within a group which
| contains the "web" middleware group. Now create something great!
|
*/

Route::get('/', function () {
    return view('welcome');
});

Route::get('pdf', [PdfController::class, 'index']);

Run the command below to make a controller:

php artisan make:controller PdfController

Step 4: Laravel FPDF Example

Then edit the PdfController generated. See below:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Codedge\Fpdf\Fpdf\Fpdf;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class PdfController extends Controller
{
    protected $fpdf;

    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->fpdf = new Fpdf;
    }

    public function index() 
    {
        $this->fpdf->SetFont('Arial', 'B', 15);
        $this->fpdf->AddPage("L", ['100', '100']);
        $this->fpdf->Text(10, 10, "Hello World!");       

        $this->fpdf->Output();

        exit;
    }
}

Here is the result:

Now you have a basic how to work with Laravel FPDF package. I hope it helps.

To learn more about this package please visit here.

I hope this tutorial can help you. Kindly visit here https://codeanddeploy.com/blog/jquery/how-to-check-if-image-is-loaded-or-not-in-jquery if you want to download this code.

Happy coding :)