Simple package to convert markdown files to PDF in laravel.

• Laravel > 5.5

Install the package with composer:

 composer require 'wappla/laravel-markdown-to-pdf'

This packages uses the auto discovery feature of laravel. So there is no need to register the service provider or alias.

Create a blade view and add the markdown to pdf component. Between the component element you can start writing markdown.

Below i created a simple example.blade.php :

@component('MarkdownToPDF::layout')
# Hello
@endcomponent

 return \MarkdownToPDF::loadView('example')->stream();

The standard directory for loading views is resources/views. No need to add the blade.php extension. If you would like to specify a custom directory you can use the dot notation.

 return \MarkdownToPDF::loadView('custom-directory.example')->stream();

Specifiy a custom filename or leave blank to save your pdf in storage.

 return \MarkdownToPDF::loadView('example')->save('awesome-file.pdf');

The pdf will be stored based on your Laravel filesystem configuration. If you would like to specify a custom location you can create your own disk and add a second parameter to the save method.

The below example stores the pdf file on the public disk:

 return \MarkdownToPDF::loadView('example')->save('awesome-file.pdf', 'public');

Use the standard php artisan vendor:publish laravel command an select the correct number or be more specific:

To publish all the configuration and views:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Wappla\LaravelMarkdownToPDF\MarkdownToPDFServiceProvider"

Only publish views:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="markdown-to-pdf-views"

Only publish config:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="markdown-to-pdf-config"