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artisan/laravel-pdf
===================

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Laravel PDF
===========

[](#laravel-pdf)

Laravel PDF is a factory for different PDF packages. Here are the drivers supported as of now:

- Log
- Laravel Snappy
- Compose (To be released)

Installation and Usage
----------------------

[](#installation-and-usage)

```
composer require artisan/laravel-pdf

```

This uses package discovery, but if you've disabled package discovery, make sure to add the provider to your `config/app.php`.

```
'providers' => [
    Artisan\Pdf\PdfServiceProvider::class,
],
```

### Log Driver

[](#log-driver)

The log driver passes in all of the execution commands to the log files with the parameters necessary to render the document.

This is a pretty good stand in if you'd rather not mock your commands for this or you're working offline.

### Snappy Driver

[](#snappy-driver)

To use the Snappy driver, the `barryvdh/laravel-snappy` package is required.

```
composer require barryvdh/laravel-snappy
```

### Compose Driver

[](#compose-driver)

Compose is an API for building PDFs so projects don't really need any overhead for setting it all up.

To use the Compose driver, the `symfony/http-client` package is required.

```
composer require symfony/http-client
```

Extending the driver
--------------------

[](#extending-the-driver)

```
Pdf::extend('customdriver', function ($app) {
  return new CustomerDriver;
});
```

Mocking
-------

[](#mocking)

To mock this in your testing, you can use the facade helpers, or use mockery in your tests.

### Facades

[](#facades)

```
use Artisan\Pdf\Pdf;

Pdf::shouldReceive('html->stream')->once()->andReturn('Some content for the PDF.');
```

### Mockery

[](#mockery)

```
use Artisan\Pdf\Manager as PdfManager;
use Artisan\Pdf\Pdf;

$pdf = Mockery::mock(PdfManager::class);
$pdf->shouldReceive('html->stream')->once()->andReturn('Some content for the PDF.');

$this->instance(Pdf::class, $pdf);
```

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

Maturing project, gaining track record

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

6

Last Release

2300d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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