Laravel Dompdf: Save to Storage

To save a PDF generated using Dompdf library in Laravel to storage, you can follow these steps:

1. First, you need to install the Dompdf library via Composer. Open your terminal and run the following command:

composer require dompdf/dompdf

2. Create a method in your Laravel controller that generates the PDF using Dompdf. For example:

    public function generatePdf()
    {
        // Add any required data or logic to generate the PDF
        
        $html = '
                    
                      
Example PDF
                      
This is an example PDF generated using Dompdf in Laravel.
                    
                 ';

        $dompdf = new \Dompdf\Dompdf();
        $dompdf->loadHtml($html);
        $dompdf->render();

        $output = $dompdf->output();
        
        // Save the PDF to storage
        $path = storage_path('app/public/example.pdf');
        file_put_contents($path, $output);
        
        return 'PDF saved to storage!';
    }
    

3. In your routes file, define a route to access the method in the controller:

Route::get('/generate-pdf', 'YourController@generatePdf');

4. Now, you can visit the `/generate-pdf` route in your browser to trigger the PDF generation and save it to the storage folder.

After executing these steps, the generated PDF will be saved as “example.pdf” in the `storage/app/public` directory of your Laravel project.