Laravel: How change PDF styling in maatwebsite DOMPDF export? - php

Question

I am exporting PDF files with every entry.
But they are too simple, i.e: no styling.
Here is a screenshot:
But as you can see, there is no styling other then the styling is used for my Excel export. I want to add a logo image on top. Remove the extra columns and add some header text like Company name, address etc....
Here is my Controller:
public function export_release(Request $request)
{
Excel::store(new \App\Exports\ReleaseExportView($request->reference),'uploads/release/'.$request->reference.'/'.'release_'.$request->reference.'.pdf','real_public', \Maatwebsite\Excel\Excel::DOMPDF);
return redirect()->route('release_inventory')->with('success','Outbound has been Created.');
}
Here is my Export class:
use App\outbound_detail;
use App\outbound_temp;
use Maatwebsite\Excel\Concerns\FromCollection;
use Illuminate\Contracts\View\View;
use Maatwebsite\Excel\Concerns\FromView;
use Maatwebsite\Excel\Concerns\WithHeadings;
use Maatwebsite\Excel\Concerns\ShouldAutoSize;
use Maatwebsite\Excel\Concerns\WithEvents;
use Maatwebsite\Excel\Events\AfterSheet;
class ReleaseExportView implements FromCollection, WithHeadings, ShouldAutoSize, WithEvents
{
protected $reference;
function __construct($reference) {
$this->reference = $reference;
}
public function collection()
{
//link for StackOverFlow
//https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57153985/how-to-pass-parameter-to-export-file-of-laravel-excel-for-db-query
return outbound_detail::where('reference',$this->reference)->get([
'reference', 'sku_parent', 'sku_child', 'cases'
]);
}
public function headings(): array
{
return [
'Reference',
'SKU Parent',
'SKU Child',
'Cases Released'
];
}
// ...
/**
* #return array
*/
public function registerEvents(): array
{
return [
AfterSheet::class => function(AfterSheet $event) {
$cellRange = 'A1:W1'; // All headers
$event->sheet->getDelegate()->getStyle($cellRange)->getFont()->setSize(14);
},
];
}
}

Answer 1

First of all Remove ShouldAutoSize, to fit the data in your file.
Then edit A1:W1 in AfterSheet. I'm still researching on adding company info also

Answer 2

you can return Blade view instead of array and customize the layout there
public function view(): View
{
$data = [];
return view('yourBladeView', [
'details' => $data
]);
}