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Error: "Barryvdh\DomPDF\Facade not found" after installing barryvdh/laravel-dompdf in Laravel

I'm trying to use the barryvdh/laravel-dompdf package in my Laravel project. After installing it via Composer, I followed the official documentation and added the provider and alias manually in my config/app.php file like this:

'providers' => ServiceProvider::defaultProviders()->merge([
    Barryvdh\DomPDF\ServiceProvider::class,
]),

'aliases' => Facade::defaultAliases()->merge([
    'PDF' => Barryvdh\DomPDF\Facade::class,
]),

However, I am getting the following error: Undefined type 'Barryvdh\DomPDF\Facade'

I have verified that the package is installed successfully by checking my composer.json and running composer show barryvdh/laravel-dompdf.

Here is what I have tried so far:

Ran composer dump-autoload

Cleared config cache using php artisan config:clear

Tried importing the facade directly in the file where I use it.

Solution

  • Instead of

    'PDF' => Barryvdh\DomPDF\Facade::class,

    use

    'PDF' => Barryvdh\DomPDF\Facade\Pdf::class,

    inside your controller:

    use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File;

$pdf = Pdf::loadView('pdf_view', $data);