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Generate PDFs in Laravel using headless Chrome. Full CSS support including Tailwind CSS, Flexbox, Grid, and modern web features.

Features

Full CSS support (Flexbox, Grid, Tailwind v4)
Real browser rendering engine
System fonts + Google Fonts
JavaScript support
Headers & footers with page numbers
Queued PDF generation

Requirements

PHP 8.2+
Laravel 11.0+ or 12.0+
Chrome/Chromium installed on the server

Installation

composer require daandekker/laravel-chrome-pdf

Optionally publish the configuration:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=pdf-config

Configuration

Set the Chrome path in your .env:

PDF_CHROME_PATH=/usr/bin/chromium
PDF_TIMEOUT=60
PDF_STORAGE_DISK=local
PDF_STORAGE_PATH=pdfs

Common Chrome paths:

Linux: /usr/bin/chromium, /usr/bin/chromium-browser, /usr/bin/google-chrome
macOS: /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome
Windows: C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
Docker (Alpine): /usr/bin/chromium-browser

Configuration File

// config/pdf.php
return [
    'chrome_path' => env('PDF_CHROME_PATH', '/usr/bin/chromium'),
    'timeout' => env('PDF_TIMEOUT', 60),
    'storage' => [
        'disk' => env('PDF_STORAGE_DISK', 'local'),
        'path' => env('PDF_STORAGE_PATH', 'pdfs'),
    ],
];

Usage

Basic Usage

use DaanDekker\ChromePdf\Facades\Pdf;

// From a Blade view
$pdf = Pdf::view('pdf.invoice', ['order' => $order]);

// From HTML string
$pdf = Pdf::html('<h1>Hello World</h1>');

Output Methods

// Download as attachment
return Pdf::view('pdf.invoice', $data)->download('invoice.pdf');

// Display inline in browser
return Pdf::view('pdf.invoice', $data)->stream('invoice.pdf');

// Save to file path
Pdf::view('pdf.invoice', $data)->save(storage_path('app/invoices/invoice.pdf'));

// Save to Laravel storage disk
Pdf::view('pdf.invoice', $data)->store('invoices/invoice.pdf', 's3');

// Get raw PDF content
$content = Pdf::view('pdf.invoice', $data)->output();

Page Settings

Pdf::view('pdf.invoice', $data)
    ->format('A4')              // A4, A3, Letter, Legal, Tabloid
    ->orientation('portrait')   // portrait, landscape
    ->landscape()               // Shorthand for landscape
    ->portrait()                // Shorthand for portrait
    ->margins(10, 10, 10, 10)   // top, right, bottom, left (mm)
    ->margin(15)                // Uniform margins (mm)
    ->scale(1.0)                // Scale factor (0.1 - 2.0)
    ->printBackground(true)     // Include CSS backgrounds
    ->download('invoice.pdf');

Headers & Footers

Pdf::view('pdf.invoice', $data)
    ->header('<div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: center;">Company Name</div>')
    ->footer('<div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: center;">Page <span class="pageNumber"></span> of <span class="totalPages"></span></div>')
    ->download('invoice.pdf');

Available footer/header variables: pageNumber, totalPages, date, title, url

Wait for JavaScript

// Wait for JS to complete (useful for charts/graphs)
Pdf::view('pdf.report', $data)
    ->waitFor(2000)  // milliseconds
    ->download('report.pdf');

Queued Generation

For large PDFs or background processing:

use DaanDekker\ChromePdf\Jobs\GeneratePdf;

GeneratePdf::dispatch(
    view: 'pdf.invoice',
    data: ['order' => $order],
    path: "invoices/order-{$order->id}.pdf",
    disk: 's3'  // optional, defaults to config value
);

Styling Tips

Using Tailwind CSS

Include Tailwind via CDN in your Blade template:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <script src="https://cdn.tailwindcss.com"></script>
</head>
<body class="p-8">
    <h1 class="text-2xl font-bold">Invoice</h1>
    <!-- Your content -->
</body>
</html>

Page Breaks

<!-- Force page break before element -->
<div style="page-break-before: always;">New Page</div>

<!-- Prevent element from breaking across pages -->
<div style="page-break-inside: avoid;">Keep together</div>

Print-Specific Styles

@media print {
    .no-print { display: none; }
    .print-only { display: block; }
}

API Reference

Pdf Facade Methods

Method	Description
`view(string $view, array $data = [])`	Create PDF from Blade view
`html(string $html)`	Create PDF from HTML string

PdfBuilder Methods

Method	Description
`format(string $format)`	Set page format (A4, Letter, etc.)
`orientation(string $orientation)`	Set orientation (portrait/landscape)
`landscape()`	Set landscape orientation
`portrait()`	Set portrait orientation
`margins(int $top, $right, $bottom, $left)`	Set margins in mm
`margin(int $margin)`	Set uniform margins
`scale(float $scale)`	Set scale (0.1 - 2.0)
`printBackground(bool $print = true)`	Enable/disable CSS backgrounds
`header(string $html)`	Set header HTML
`footer(string $html)`	Set footer HTML
`waitFor(int $ms)`	Wait for JS (milliseconds)
`save(string $path)`	Save to file path
`store(string $path, ?string $disk)`	Save to storage disk
`output()`	Get PDF as string
`download(string $filename)`	Return download response
`stream(string $filename)`	Return inline response

License

MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

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