如何在LARAVEL 4上使用TCPDF

Question

Good Day,

Can anyone help me how to use TCPDF in Laravel 4, I mean from installing on via composer update to generating a pdf from the view or through the controller. Ive tried to search on Google but I cant find a comprehensive tutorial on how to use it on Laravel 4. Sorry for this noobish question :) .

Thanks for the help. I will really appreciate it. Have a good day!

Answer 1

The definitive version of TCPDF can be added to your Laravel application by adding the tecnick.com/tcpdf package to your composer.json file as follows:

"require": {
    "laravel/framework": "4.0.*",
    "tecnick.com/tcpdf": "6.0.*", // This is the line to add

Running composer update will add the library to your project.

You can then instantiate instances of TCPDF and work with it as per the documentation.

Here's an example of a method that you could add to a controller that would construct a very simple PDF file and send it to the browser for download:

public function getPdftest()
{
    $pdf = new TCPDF();

    $pdf->SetPrintHeader(false);
    $pdf->SetPrintFooter(false);
    $pdf->AddPage();
    $pdf->Text(90, 140, 'This is a test');
    $filename = storage_path() . '/test.pdf';
    $pdf->output($filename, 'F');

    return Response::download($filename);
}

Answer 2

To install TCPDF, add this in your composer.json file require block,

"laurentbrieu/tcpdf": "dev-master"

Now it looks like,

....

"require": {
        "laravel/framework": "4.0.*",
        "laurentbrieu/tcpdf": "dev-master"
    },
......

Then update using composer, run the following in your project root.

composer update

Now you can call TCPDF functions in your laravel project by adding alias.

See this for more details - https://packagist.org/packages/laurentbrieu/tcpdf