How to make attachment in laravel email

Question

i try to send email in laravel 5.2 and its works. my problem is how to convert a view with its data to PDF then attach it to email i try this

$datastd['fname']=$printqu->std_fname;
$datastd['mname']=$printqu->std_mname;
$datastd['lname']=$printqu->std_lname;
$datastd['email']=$printqu->std_email;
$datastd['email']=$printqu->std_email;
$datastd['orgname']=$printqu->name;
$datastd['depname']=$printqu->Dep_Name;




Mail::send('email.train_form',['datastd'=>$datastd], function($mail) use ($datastd){

    $mail->to($datastd['email'],$datastd['fname'],$datastd['mname'],$datastd['lname'],$datastd['orgname'],$datastd['depname'])->attachData($datastd, 'printPreviewm.pdf')->from('everyone@gmail.com')->subject('Training Forms');

});

the error is time out please i need your help in this

Answer 1

Edit: Sorry, your question is based on Laravel 5.2 and my answer is based on Laravel 5.4. As of generating a PDF can still be done with the DOMPDF package, and the docs for attaching it to a mail can be found in the official Laravel docs here

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Generating a PDF based on a view template can be easily done by using a package such as DOMPDF made by Barryvdh

Generating a PDF would look something like this

$view = View::make('any.view', compact('variable'));
$contents = $view->render();
$pdf = App::make('dompdf.wrapper');
$pdf->loadHTML($contents);
$output = $pdf->output();

Storage::put('/folder/your-file.pdf', $output);

Attaching a document to a mail is pretty simple in Laravel (5.4) [docs]

// file location
$file = storage_path('app/folder/your-file.pdf');

// return mail with an attachment
return $this->view('emails.confirm')
    ->from('me@stackoverflow.com', 'From')->subject('New mail')
    ->with([
        'name' => $this->data['name'],
    ])->attach($file, [
        'as' => 'File name',
        'mime' => 'application/pdf',
    ]);