Lara pdf documentation & usages

alias

Lara pdf alias is LARAPDF

use LARAPDF;

methods

load

loadView

• $viewFile = your desired blade file
• $data = you can pass data as like controller view data

use LARAPDF;
LARAPDF::loadView($viewFile,$data=[],$mergeData=[])->show();
// LARAPDF::loadView('pdf.welcome',['data'=>$mydata])->show

loadFile

• you can load a file for converting pdf

LARAPDF::loadFile($file)

loadHtml

• you can load core html code

LARAPDF::loadHtml($htmlCode)

large data

• 6k+ table row tested, you can try more
• largeData($memorySizeString,$limitTimeInSecond)

LARAPDF::loadHtml($htmlCode)
        ->largeData('250M',100000)
        ->show();

margin

• you can set margin
• integer value
• $left, $top, $right , $bottom, $header, $footer all are optinal

LARAPDF::loadHtml($htmlCode)
        ->margin($left,$top,$right,$bottom,$header,$footer)
        ->show()

paper

• set paper size
• case-insensitive
• deafult is a4

'A0’ - 'A10', 'B0' - 'B10', 'C0' - 'C10'
'4A0', '2A0', 'RA0' - 'RA4', 'SRA0' - 'SRA4'
'Letter', 'Legal', 'Executive', 'Folio'
'A4','A4-L'
'Demy', 'Royal'
'A' (Type A paperback 111x178mm)
'B' (Type B paperback 128x198mm)
'Ledger', 'Tabloid'

~ source format

LARAPDF::loadFile($htmlCode)
        ->paper('a4')
        ->show()

show

• show pdf in web browser

LARAPDF::loadFile($htmlCode)
        ->show()

download

• download pdf
• $desiredFileName = set your file name

  LARAPDF::loadFile($htmlCode)
        ->download($desiredFileName);
  

save

• save pdf file in your desired filesystem driver
• $desiredFileName = file name
• $driverName = filesystem driver name
• default driver is local

LARAPDF::loadFile($htmlCode)
        ->save(,$desiredFileName,$driverName);

get

• get pdf as string format
• you can sent pdf by mail

$pdfString = LARAPDF::loadFile($htmlCode)
        ->get();

watermark

textWatermark

• $text = ‘your text’
• other parameters are optional
• $opacity = 0.1
• $angle = 45
• $font-family = ‘font’

~ mpdf fonts

$pdfString = LARAPDF::loadFile($htmlCode)
        ->textWatermark($text,$opacity,$angle,$font_family)
        ->show();

imageWatermark

• $image = your image url
• $opacity = 0.2
• $size width and height array = [100,100]

$pdfString = LARAPDF::loadFile($htmlCode)
        ->imageWatermark($image,$opacity,$size)
        ->show();