downloaded and no response is shown in the browser.

[glenoka]

I am trying to generate a PDF using spatie/laravel-pdf with a very simple example, but nothing is downloaded and no response is shown in the browser.

Here is the exact code:

$fileName = "growth-report-{$child->name}-{$reportDate->format('Y-m')}.pdf";

$pdfExport= pdf::view('reports.child-growth', [
    'growthData' => $growthData,
    'child' => $child,
    'monthName' => $monthName,
    'chartData' => $chartData,
    'reportDate' => now()->translatedFormat('d F Y'),
])

->format('a4')
->download('test.pdf);

return $pdfExport;

I expected this to trigger a PDF download (test.pdf) in the browser.

[darkons]

Dude you are CREATING a PDF file from a Blade view. That's what the view method is for.

You need to return the PDF file using the pdf() helper function:
https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v1/basic-usage/responding-with-pdfs