How To Generate An HTML To PDF File Using TCPDF In Laravel 10

Here is an example of how to generate an HTML to PDF file using TCPDF in Laravel 10:

1. Install the tcpdf/tcpdf-laravel package.

composer require tcpdf/tcpdf-laravel

2. Create a controller to generate the PDF file. Create a new file called PDFController.php in your app/Http/Controllers directory. In this file, add the following code:

PHP

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use TCPDF;

class PDFController extends Controller
{
    public function generatePDF()
    {
        $pdf = new TCPDF();

        $pdf->SetTitle('My PDF Document');
        $pdf->SetAuthor('Bard');
        $pdf->SetSubject('This is my PDF document.');
        $pdf->SetKeywords('TCPDF, Laravel');

        $pdf->AddPage();

        $pdf->SetFont('helvetica', 'B', 16);
        $pdf->WriteHTML('<h1>This is my PDF document</h1>');

        $pdf->SetFont('helvetica', '', 12);
        $pdf->WriteHTML('<p>This is the content of my PDF document.</p>');

        $pdf->Output('my-pdf.pdf', 'I');
    }
}

3. Create a route to your controller. In your routes/web.php file, add the following route:

Route::get('/pdf', 'PDFController@generatePDF');

4. Test the route. In your terminal, run the following command to test the route:

php artisan serve

Then, open a browser and navigate to the following URL:

http://localhost:8000/pdf

This will generate a PDF file and open it in your browser.

Here is an explanation of the code:

• The TCPDF() method creates a new TCPDF object.
• The SetTitle() method sets the title of the PDF document.
• The SetAuthor() method sets the author of the PDF document.
• The SetSubject() method sets the subject of the PDF document.
• The SetKeywords() method sets the keywords for the PDF document.
• The AddPage() method adds a new page to the PDF document.
• The SetFont() method sets the font for the text.
• The WriteHTML() method writes HTML content to the PDF document.
• The Output() method outputs the PDF document to the browser.

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