| public addPage ( string $input, array $options = [], string | null $type = null ) : static | ||
| $input | string | either a URL, a HTML string or a filename |
| $options | array | optional options for this page |
| $type | string | null | a type hint if the input is a string of known type. This can either be `TYPE_HTML` or `TYPE_XML`. If `null` (default) the type is auto detected from the string content. |
| return | static | the Pdf instance for method chaining |
public function addPage($input, $options = array(), $type = null)
{
$options = $this->processOptions($options);
$options['inputArg'] = $this->processInput($input, $type);
$this->_objects[] = $options;
return $this;
} /**
* Execute the job.
*
* @return void
*/
public function handle()
{
// this is where we will initiate the generation process
// which we'll eventually do by calling an appropriate class to
// integrate the data received into a PDF and then passing it back to the manager
// or even more likely, by firing an event and then having a series of listeners respond to it
// for now ...
$view = view('documents.chase-letter')->with('document', $this->document)->render();
$dataPDF = storage_path('app/tmp-' . $this->document['reference'] . '.pdf');
$finalPDF = storage_path('app/' . $this->document['reference'] . '.pdf');
// create PDF
try {
$pdf = new Pdf(['binary' => '/usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf', 'margin-top' => 0, 'margin-right' => 0, 'margin-bottom' => 0, 'margin-left' => 0, 'commandOptions' => ['enableXvfb' => true]]);
$pdf->addPage($view);
$pdf->saveAs($dataPDF);
} catch (Exception $e) {
Log::error('Could not create PDF: ' . $pdf->getError());
}
// stamp it
try {
$pdftk = new Pdftk(base_path('resources/assets/docs/cluster-template.pdf'));
$pdftk->stamp($dataPDF);
$pdftk->saveAs($finalPDF);
} catch (Exception $e) {
Log::error('Could not stamp or save PDF: ' . $pdf->getError());
}
$data = ['multipart' => [['name' => $this->document['reference'] . '.pdf', 'contents' => fopen($finalPDF, 'r')]]];
$httpClient = new HttpClient();
$httpClient->post(env('CLUSTER_MANAGER') . '/receive-pdf', $data);
// @todo, use proper Laravel helpers for removing finished-with files
unlink($dataPDF);
unlink($finalPDF);
}