Requirements | laravel-pdf | Spatie SPATIE Laravel PDF ============== spatie.be/open-source [Docs](https://spatie.be/docs) [Laravel-pdf](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2) Requirements Version v2 v1 Other versions for crawler [v2](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2) [v1](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v1) Requirements - [ Introduction ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/introduction) - [ Support us ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/support-us) - [ Requirements ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/requirements) - [ Installation & setup ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/installation-setup) - [ Questions and issues ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/questions-issues) - [ Alternatives ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/alternatives) - [ Changelog ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/changelog) - [ About us ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/about-us) Basic usage ----------- - [ Creating PDFs ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/basic-usage/creating-pdfs) - [ Responding with PDFs ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/basic-usage/responding-with-pdfs) - [ Formatting PDFs ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/basic-usage/formatting-pdfs) - [ Saving PDFs to disks ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/basic-usage/saving-pdfs-to-disks) - [ Attaching PDFs to mails ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/basic-usage/attaching-pdfs-to-mails) - [ Queued PDF generation ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/basic-usage/queued-pdf-generation) - [ Testing PDFs ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/basic-usage/testing-pdfs) - [ Setting defaults ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/basic-usage/setting-defaults) Drivers ------- - [ Configuration ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/drivers/configuration) - [ Customizing Browsershot ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/drivers/customizing-browsershot) - [ Using the Cloudflare driver ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/drivers/using-the-cloudflare-driver) - [ Using the DOMPDF driver ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/drivers/using-the-dompdf-driver) - [ Generating PDFs on AWS Lambda ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/drivers/generating-pdfs-on-aws-lambda) - [ Using the Chrome driver ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/drivers/using-the-chrome-driver) - [ Using the Gotenberg driver ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/drivers/using-the-gotenberg-driver) - [ Using the WeasyPrint driver ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/drivers/using-the-weasyprint-driver) - [ Custom drivers ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/drivers/custom-drivers) Advanced usage -------------- - [ Creating PDFs with multiple pages ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/advanced-usage/creating-pdfs-with-multiple-pages) - [ Using Tailwind ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/advanced-usage/using-tailwind) - [ Extending with Macros ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v2/advanced-usage/extending-with-macros) Requirements ============ ### On this page 1. [ DOMPDF driver ](#content-dompdf-driver) 2. [ Browsershot driver (default) ](#content-browsershot-driver-default) 3. [ Gotenberg driver ](#content-gotenberg-driver) 4. [ WeasyPrint driver ](#content-weasyprint-driver) 5. [ Cloudflare driver ](#content-cloudflare-driver) 6. [ Chrome driver ](#content-chrome-driver) The laravel-pdf package requires **PHP 8.2+** and **Laravel 11+**. The additional requirements depend on which driver you use: DOMPDF driver ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DOMPDF driver uses [dompdf/dompdf](https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf) for pure PHP PDF generation. No external binaries are required. Just install the package: ``` composer require dompdf/dompdf ``` Browsershot driver (default) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Browsershot driver uses [Browsershot](https://spatie.be/docs/browsershot) under the hood to generate PDFs. You can find the necessary requirements [here](https://spatie.be/docs/browsershot/v4/requirements). This includes Node.js and a Chrome/Chromium binary. Gotenberg driver -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Gotenberg driver uses [Gotenberg](https://gotenberg.dev), an open-source Docker-based API for PDF generation. You will need: - A running Gotenberg instance (easily started with `docker run --rm -p 3000:3000 gotenberg/gotenberg:8`) WeasyPrint driver ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The WeasyPrint driver uses [WeasyPrint](https://doc.courtbouillon.org/weasyprint/stable/), a Python-based PDF generation tool with excellent CSS Paged Media support. You will need: - The WeasyPrint binary installed on your system ([installation guide](https://doc.courtbouillon.org/weasyprint/stable/first_steps.html)) - The PHP wrapper package: `composer require pontedilana/php-weasyprint` Cloudflare driver ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cloudflare driver uses [Cloudflare's Browser Rendering API](https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-rendering/). This driver does not require Node.js or a Chrome binary on your server. You will need: - A [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up) with the Browser Rendering API enabled - A Cloudflare API token with the appropriate permissions - Your Cloudflare account ID Chrome driver ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Chrome driver uses [chrome-php/chrome](https://github.com/chrome-php/chrome) to talk directly to a local Chrome or Chromium binary from PHP. You will need: - The PHP wrapper package: `composer require chrome-php/chrome` - A Chrome/Chromium 65+ executable. A good match? ------------- ### What we do best - All things Laravel - Custom frontend components - Building APIs - AI-powered features - Simplifying things - Clean solutions - Integrating services ### Not our cup of tea - WordPress themes - Cutting corners - Free mockups to win a job - "Just execute the briefing" In short: we'd like to be a **substantial part** of your project. 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