how to download PDF in laravel 5.4? - laravel

Question

I'm trying to fetch data from database and pass this data to pdf view and download it.
I tried this code but its not working:
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Route
Route::get('download-PDF/{id}', 'PDFController#pdf');
Controller
class PDFController extends Controller
{
public function pdf($id){
$getEvent=Event::find($id);
$eventId=$getEvent->id;
if(isset($eventId)) {
$eventData = Event::where('id', $eventId)->first();
$getDays = Day::where('event_id', $eventId)->get();
for ($i = 0; $i < count($getDays); $i++) {
$dayId = $getDays[$i]->id;
$schedule[$i] = DaySchedule::where('day_id', $dayId)->get();
}
}
$pdf=PDF::loadView('pdf',['eventData' => $eventData, 'schedule' => $schedule]);
return $pdf->download('event.pdf');
}
}
Config
'providers' => [
Barryvdh\DomPDF\ServiceProvider::class,
]
'aliases' => [
'PDF' => Barryvdh\DomPDF\Facade::class,
]

Answer 1

Are you getting any exception?
Here is a code I use for generating the pdfs:
Controller:
public function generateReport(TimetableRequest $request, $id) {
$reportData = $this->prepareReportData($id, $request->startDate, $request->endDate);
$pdf = App::make('dompdf.wrapper');
$pdf->loadView('pdf.report', $reportData);
return $pdf->download('report.pdf');
}
Config
'providers' => [
...
Barryvdh\DomPDF\ServiceProvider::class,
],
'aliases' => [
'App' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\App::class,
...
'PDF' => Barryvdh\DomPDF\Facade::class,
]
Route
Route::get('projects/{id}/report', 'Controller#generateReport');