How To Page Break In PDF Using DomPDF In Laravel 10

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To page break in PDF using DomPDF Laravel, you can use the following steps:

  1. Install the DomPDF package:
composer require barryvdh/laravel-dompdf
  1. Add the following line to your config/app.php file:

PHP

'providers' => [
    ...
    Barryvdh\DomPDF\ServiceProvider::class,
],
  1. Publish the DomPDF configuration file:
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Barryvdh\DomPDF\ServiceProvider"
  1. Create a new PDF class:

PHP

namespace App\Exports;

use Barryvdh\DomPDF\PDF;

class PdfExport extends PDF
{
    /**
     * Load the HTML template.
     *
     * @return $this
     */
    public function loadHTML()
    {
        $html = view('pdf.template', [
            'data' => $this->data,
        ]);

        $this->setHtml($html);

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Generate the PDF.
     *
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function generate()
    {
        $this->loadHTML();

        return $this->output();
    }
}
  1. Create a new controller that will export the PDF:

PHP

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Exports\PdfExport;

class PdfController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Export the PDF.
     *
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function export()
    {
        $pdf = new PdfExport();

        $pdf->data = [
            // Your data here
        ];

        return $pdf->generate();
    }
}
  1. Add the following route to your routes/web.php file:

PHP

Route::get('/pdf/export', [PdfController::class, 'export']);
  1. Visit the /pdf/export route in your browser to download the PDF.

Page Break

To add a page break to your PDF, you can use the following HTML:

HTML

<div style="page-break-before: always;"></div>

For example, you can add the following code to your PDF template to add a page break after the first section:

HTML

<h1>Section 1</h1>

<div style="page-break-before: always;"></div>

<h1>Section 2</h1>

This will generate a PDF with two pages, with the first page containing the “Section 1” heading and the second page containing the “Section 2” heading.

You can also add a page break after each element in a list. To do this, you can use the following code:

HTML

<ul>
    <li>Item 1</li>
    <div style="page-break-before: always;"></div>
    <li>Item 2</li>
    <div style="page-break-before: always;"></div>
    <li>Item 3</li>
</ul>

This will generate a PDF with three pages, with each page containing a single item from the list.

Conclusion

Adding page breaks to your PDF is a simple way to improve the readability and organization of your document. By following the steps above, you can easily add page breaks to your PDF using DomPDF Laravel.

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