Magento2 Module Dompdf
Result class for rendering a PDF using Dompdf, (*1)
Installation
composer require weprovide/magento2-module-dompdf
bin/magento setup:upgrade
Usage
Render using plain string
<?php
namespace YourNameSpace\YourModule\Controller\Download;
use Magento\Framework\App\Action\Context;
use WeProvide\Dompdf\Controller\Result\DompdfFactory;
use WeProvide\Dompdf\Controller\Result\Dompdf;
class Pdf extends \Magento\Framework\App\Action\Action
{
protected $dompdfFactory;
protected $layoutFactory;
/**
* Constructor
*
* @param Context $context
* @param DompdfFactory $dompdfFactory
*
*/
public function __construct(
Context $context,
DompdfFactory $dompdfFactory
) {
$this->dompdfFactory = $dompdfFactory;
parent::__construct($context);
}
public function getHtmlForPdf() {
return '
<html>
<body>
<h1>Hello world</h1>
</body>
</html>';
}
/**
* Execute view action
*
* @return \Magento\Framework\Controller\ResultInterface
*/
public function execute()
{
/** @var Dompdf $response */
$response = $this->dompdfFactory->create();
$response->setData($this->getHtmlForPdf());
return $response;
}
}
Render using block and template
Create controller, (*2)
<?php
namespace YourNameSpace\YourModule\Controller\Download;
use Magento\Framework\App\Action\Context;
use Magento\Framework\View\LayoutFactory;
use WeProvide\Dompdf\Controller\Result\Dompdf;
use WeProvide\Dompdf\Controller\Result\DompdfFactory;
class Pdf extends \Magento\Framework\App\Action\Action
{
protected $dompdfFactory;
protected $layoutFactory;
/**
* Constructor
*
* @param Context $context
* @param DompdfFactory $dompdfFactory
*
*/
public function __construct(
Context $context,
DompdfFactory $dompdfFactory,
LayoutFactory $layoutFactory
) {
$this->dompdfFactory = $dompdfFactory;
$this->layoutFactory = $layoutFactory;
parent::__construct($context);
}
public function getHtmlForPdf()
{
/** @var \Magento\Framework\View\Element\Template $block */
$block = $this->layoutFactory->create()->createBlock('Magento\Framework\View\Element\Template');
$block->setTemplate('YourNameSpace_YourModule::pdf.phtml');
$data = [
'foo' => 'bar'
];
$block->setData($data);
return $block->toHtml();
}
/**
* Execute view action
*
* @return \Magento\Framework\Controller\ResultInterface
*/
public function execute()
{
/** @var Dompdf $response */
$response = $this->dompdfFactory->create();
$response->setData($this->getHtmlForPdf());
return $response;
}
}
Create template file in YourNameSpace/YourModule/view/frontend/template
, (*3)
Api
All public methods are listed below:, (*4)
public $pdf
=> Dompdf instance. Useful for setting custom options like orientation and paper size. List of all options can be found here., (*5)
public function setData($html)
=> Equal to $dompdf->loadHtml($html)
., (*6)
public function setFileName($fileName)
=> Set output fileName., (*7)
public function setAttachment($mode)
=> Mode can either be attachment
(download) or inline
(no download)., (*8)
public function renderOutput()
=> Equal to running $dompdf->render()
& $dompdf->output()
. Will cache the output since Dompdf doesn't support rendering twice, (*9)
For reference also check the code, (*10)