Setting defaults

You can set the default options for every PDF, by using the default method on the Pdf facade.

Typically, you would do this in the boot method of a service provider.

use Spatie\LaravelPdf\Facades\Pdf;
use Spatie\LaravelPdf\Enums\Format;

// in a service provider

Pdf::default()
    ->headerView('pdf.header')
    ->format(Format::A3);

With this code, every PDF generated in your app will have the pdf.header view as header and will be rendered in A3 format.

Of course, you can still override these defaults when generating a PDF.

// this PDF will use the defaults: it will be rendered in A3 format

Pdf::html('<h1>Hello world</h1>')
    ->save('my-a3-pdf.pdf')

// here we override the default: this PDF will be rendered in A4 format

Pdf::html('<h1>Hello world</h1>')
   ->format(Format::A4)
   ->save('my-a4-pdf.pdf')