Generate PDF from HTML in Laravel 11 Using TCPDF – Complete Tutorial
Generating PDF files is essential for invoices, reports, receipts, and certificates in Laravel applications. While popular options like <b>barryvdh/laravel-dompdf</b> or <b>spatie/laravel-pdf</b> (using Chromium for modern CSS) dominate in 2025–2026, TCPDF remains a solid, pure-PHP choice with no external dependencies. It excels at precise control over layout and supports HTML + basic CSS.<br> In this tutorial, we'll build a complete invoice PDF generator in <b>Laravel 11</b> using the <span class="highlight">elibyy/tcpdf-laravel</span> package. By the end, you'll generate downloadable PDFs from Blade views.
