How can pdf be attached to mails in Laravel - php

Question

I am trying to send a mail to a user but also want to attach a file to the mail. I am using the pdf package barryvdh/laravel-dompdf but I keep getting this error
Call to a member function attachData() on null at /app_path/app/Nova/Actions/SendAccountStatement.php:86)
This is my code
$data = [...];
$pdf = PDF::loadView('account-statement', $data);
// send account statement notification
Mail::to($model->email)
->bcc('another#mail.com')
->send(new StatementOfAccount($model)
->attachData($pdf->output(), "Account_Statement.pdf", ['mime' => 'application/pdf']);
The line throwing the error is ->attachData($pdf->output(), "Account_Statement.pdf", ['mime' => 'application/pdf'])
So from the error, I seem to missing something. What is the right way to attach a pdf file to the email?

Answer 1

app/Http/Controllers/TestController.php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Mail\CheckUser;
use App\User;
use Carbon\Carbon;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use PDF;
class TestController extends Controller
{
public function index()
{
return view('welcome');
}
public function daily_report(Request $request)
{
$start_date = Carbon::parse($request->start_date)
->toDateTimeString();
$end_date = Carbon::parse($request->end_date)
->toDateTimeString();
$data['users'] = User::whereBetween('created_at',[$start_date,$end_date])->get();
$data['start_date'] = Carbon::parse($request->start_date)
->toDayDateTimeString();
$data['end_date'] = Carbon::parse($request->end_date)
->toDayDateTimeString();
$count = User::whereBetween('created_at',[$start_date,$end_date])->count();
if( $count < 1 ) {
session()->flash('message','There is no user between those date!');
return redirect()->back();
}
$pdf = PDF::loadView('test', $data, [
'format' => 'A4'
]);
\Mail::send('test', $data, function($message) use ($pdf){
$message->from('info#test.com*');
$message->to('mail#codechief.org');
$message->subject('Date wise user report');
$message->attachData($pdf->output(),'document.pdf');
});
$pdf->SetProtection(['copy', 'print'], '', 'pass');
return $pdf->stream('document.pdf');
}
}
One is for form and the other is our generated pdf file. So create it.
resources/views/welcome.blade.php
#extends('layouts.app')
#push('style')
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
#endpush
#section('content')
<div class="container">
<div class="row justify-content-center">
<div class="col-md-8">
#if(session()->has('message'))
<p class="btn btn-success btn-block btn-sm custom_message text-left" style="margin-top: 10px;">{{ session()->get('message') }}</p>
#endif
<legend>Search date wise user</legend>
<form action="{{ route('report') }}" method="get">
<div class="col-md-3">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="">Start Date</label>
<input type="date" class="form-control" name="start_date">
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-3">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="">End Date</label>
<input type="date" class="form-control" name="end_date">
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-2" style="margin-top: 24px;">
<div class="form-group">
<input type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" value="Submit">
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
#endsection