Creating PDF files in Laravel

I have tested this code in Laravel 6,7,8 & 9.

Steps to Follow

1. Install PDF Library (barryvdh/laravel-dompdf)
2. Add Provider and alias in config/app.php
3. Create Route and point it to any controller method

composer require barryvdh/laravel-dompdf

config/app.php

'providers' => [
	....
	Barryvdh\DomPDF\ServiceProvider::class,

],
'aliases' => [
	....
	'PDF' => Barryvdh\DomPDF\Facade::class,
]

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Models\docs;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;


use PDF;
use Dompdf\Dompdf;


class DocsController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Display a listing of the resource.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function index()
    {
      $docs = docs::get();  
       $data = [
        'docsList'=> $docs
        ];

        $file_title = "docs.pdf";
        $pdf = PDF::loadView('docs.list', $data);
    
        return $pdf->download($file_title);
    }

All done! This will download your view in PDF format.

Note: As of Laravel 9 this doesnt work on local machine, but as soon as you update your code online, this works perfectly. This is due to missing php modules.