Laravel 5 package for Fpdf

This repository implements a simple ServiceProvider that creates a singleton instance of the Fpdf PDF library - easily accessible via a Facade in Laravel 5.
See @Fpdf for more information about the usage.

Installation using Composer

$ cd <YOUR LARAVEL PROJECT ROOT>
$ composer require codedge/laravel-fpdf

This adds the codedge/laravel-fpdf package to your composer.json and downloads the project.

Next run
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Codedge\Fpdf\FpdfServiceProvider" --tag=config
to publish the configuration file for the Fpdf PDF library to config/fpdf.php.

Hint: Open this file and enter the correct page settings, if you do not want the defaults.

Usage

To use the static interfaces (facades) you need to add the following lines to your config/app.php. The [1] is for registering the service provider, the [2] are for specifying the facades:

// config/app.php

return [

    //...
    
    'providers' => [
        // ...
        
        /*
         * Application Service Providers...
         */
        App\Providers\AppServiceProvider::class,
        App\Providers\AuthServiceProvider::class,
        App\Providers\EventServiceProvider::class,
        App\Providers\RouteServiceProvider::class,
        Codedge\Fpdf\FpdfServiceProvider::class, // [1]
    ],
    
    // ...
    
    'aliases' => [
        'App' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\App::class,
        'Artisan' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan::class,
        
        // ...
        
        'View' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\View::class,
        'Fpdf' => Codedge\Fpdf\Facades\Fpdf::class, // [2]

]

Now you can use the facades in your application.

Basic example

If you want to use the facade you can see a basic example here:

// app/Http/routes.php

Route::get('/', function () {

    Fpdf::AddPage();
    Fpdf::SetFont('Courier', 'B', 18);
    Fpdf::Cell(50, 25, 'Hello World!');
    Fpdf::Output();

});

Of course you can also inject the singleton instance via dependency injection. See an example here:

// app/Http/routes.php

Route::get('/', function (Codedge\Fpdf\Fpdf\FPDF $fpdf) {

    $fpdf->AddPage();
    $fpdf->SetFont('Courier', 'B', 18);
    $fpdf->Cell(50, 25, 'Hello World!');
    $fpdf->Output();

});