Laravel-dompdf not generating datatables for serverside data

Question

I'm having problem with generating pdf using dompdf. I'm using following code to generate the pdf:

$pdf = PDF::loadView('myview', compact('data', 'data2'));
    return $pdf->stream($file_name . '.pdf');

It's generating pdf but the problem is datatable. Apart from this data showing on the page there is a datatable in the view which has serverside ajax call to generate datatable. Dompdf is not generating thos data when it creats pdf file. Any help would appreciated.

Thank you,

ljubadr · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-21 15:54:38Z

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Dompdf does not support javascript while rendering, so it will never execute that ajax call to populate datatable.

From dompdf wiki page

inline PDF Javascript support (with scripts compatible with the PDF Documents API)

That means that javascript will be embedded in the PDF, and that you can use JavaScript for Acrobat API Reference. You can also look into javacript for acrobat.

However,some of the PDF viewers might not support all of the API.

So, in your case, you need to create a new view that renders the table without using the javascript.

edited Oct 21, 2017 at 15:54

answered Oct 21, 2017 at 3:01

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Nadim Aseq A Arman Over a year ago

but there is a option in config/dompdf.php where I can set DOMPDF_ENABLE_JAVASCRIPT = true, this option says enable inline javascript. if this settings is set to true than DOMPDF will detect scripts that includes type="text/javascript". But still no luck.

Nadim Aseq A Arman Over a year ago

Thanks... i've moved the view in a different page where I'm not using any javascript.

ljubadr Over a year ago

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