feat: migrate receipt PDF generation to Spatie Laravel PDF

app/Http/Controllers/PagesController.php

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use View;
 use App\helpers;
-use Mccarlosen\LaravelMpdf\Facades\LaravelMpdf as PDF;
+use Spatie\LaravelPdf\Facades\Pdf;
 use App\Models\Bidders;
 use App\Models\Items;
 use App\Models\Checkout;
@@ -277,22 +277,12 @@ class PagesController extends Controller
       WHERE winning_bidder_num = $bidder_num
       GROUP BY winning_bids.winning_bidder_num
     ");
-        $checkout_data = [
+        
+        return Pdf::view('receiptpdf', [
             'checkout_final_results' => $checkout_final_results,
             'checkout_list_results' => $checkout_list_results,
             'checkout_info_results' => $checkout_info_results
-        ];
+        ])->name('receipt-'.$checkoutid.'.pdf');
-
-        // Configure mPDF to use a writable directory
-        $writableTemp = storage_path('temp');
-        if (!file_exists($writableTemp)) {
-            mkdir($writableTemp, 0755, true);
-        }
-
-        $pdf = PDF::loadView('receiptpdf', $checkout_data);
-        $pdf->getMpdf()->tempDir = $writableTemp;
-
-        return $pdf->download('receipt-'.$checkoutid.'.pdf');
     }
 
     public function reprintReceipt(Request $reprint_receipt_req)

composer.json

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
         "laravel/socialite": "^5.26",
         "laravel/tinker": "^2.9",
         "laravel/ui": "^4.2",
-        "socialiteproviders/manager": "^4.9"
+        "socialiteproviders/manager": "^4.9",
+        "spatie/laravel-pdf": "^2.8"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "barryvdh/laravel-debugbar": "^3.8",

composer.lock

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "3c08b43425d232f81481839d3c2286fc",
+    "content-hash": "91ae6772f9ad6590dc3dafcf7b4899fe",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "barryvdh/laravel-snappy",
@@ -6220,6 +6220,99 @@
             ],
             "time": "2026-02-21T12:49:54+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "spatie/laravel-pdf",
+            "version": "2.8.0",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/spatie/laravel-pdf.git",
+                "reference": "2ba286a03ee5e22463fb0a6e706b157a21d5f60a"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/spatie/laravel-pdf/zipball/2ba286a03ee5e22463fb0a6e706b157a21d5f60a",
+                "reference": "2ba286a03ee5e22463fb0a6e706b157a21d5f60a",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "illuminate/contracts": "^11.0|^12.0|^13.0",
+                "php": "^8.2",
+                "spatie/laravel-package-tools": "^1.16.1",
+                "spatie/temporary-directory": "^2.2.1"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "chrome-php/chrome": "^1.0",
+                "dompdf/dompdf": "^3.0",
+                "ext-imagick": "*",
+                "larastan/larastan": "^2.7.0|^3.0",
+                "laravel/pint": "^1.13.7",
+                "nunomaduro/collision": "^8.0",
+                "orchestra/testbench": "^9.6|^10.0|^11.0",
+                "pestphp/pest": "^2.30|^3.7|^4.4",
+                "pestphp/pest-plugin-arch": "^2.5|^3.0|^4.0",
+                "pestphp/pest-plugin-laravel": "^2.2|^3.1|^4.1",
+                "phpstan/extension-installer": "^1.3.1",
+                "phpstan/phpstan-deprecation-rules": "^1.1.4|^2.0",
+                "phpstan/phpstan-phpunit": "^1.3.15|^2.0",
+                "pontedilana/php-weasyprint": "^2.4",
+                "spatie/image": "^3.3.2",
+                "spatie/invade": "^2.1",
+                "spatie/laravel-ray": "^1.33",
+                "spatie/pdf-to-image": "^2.2|^3.1",
+                "spatie/pdf-to-text": "^1.52.1",
+                "spatie/pest-expectations": "^1.5",
+                "spatie/pest-plugin-snapshots": "^2.1",
+                "spatie/pixelmatch-php": "^1.0",
+                "wnx/sidecar-browsershot": "^2.0"
+            },
+            "suggest": {
+                "chrome-php/chrome": "Required for the Chrome PHP driver (^1.0)",
+                "dompdf/dompdf": "Required for the DOMPDF driver (^3.0)",
+                "spatie/browsershot": "Required for the Browsershot driver (^4.0|^5.0)"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "extra": {
+                "laravel": {
+                    "aliases": {
+                        "LaravelPdf": "Pdf"
+                    },
+                    "providers": [
+                        "Spatie\\LaravelPdf\\PdfServiceProvider"
+                    ]
+                }
+            },
+            "autoload": {
+                "files": [
+                    "src/Support/functions.php"
+                ],
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Spatie\\LaravelPdf\\": "src/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Freek Van der Herten",
+                    "email": "freek@spatie.be",
+                    "role": "Developer"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Create PDFs in Laravel apps",
+            "homepage": "https://github.com/spatie/laravel-pdf",
+            "keywords": [
+                "laravel",
+                "laravel-pdf",
+                "spatie"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "issues": "https://github.com/spatie/laravel-pdf/issues",
+                "source": "https://github.com/spatie/laravel-pdf/tree/2.8.0"
+            },
+            "time": "2026-04-27T08:15:52+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "spatie/shiki-php",
             "version": "2.3.3",
@@ -6285,6 +6378,67 @@
             ],
             "time": "2026-02-01T09:30:04+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "spatie/temporary-directory",
+            "version": "2.3.1",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/spatie/temporary-directory.git",
+                "reference": "662e481d6ec07ef29fd05010433428851a42cd07"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/spatie/temporary-directory/zipball/662e481d6ec07ef29fd05010433428851a42cd07",
+                "reference": "662e481d6ec07ef29fd05010433428851a42cd07",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": "^8.0"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Spatie\\TemporaryDirectory\\": "src"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Alex Vanderbist",
+                    "email": "alex@spatie.be",
+                    "homepage": "https://spatie.be",
+                    "role": "Developer"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Easily create, use and destroy temporary directories",
+            "homepage": "https://github.com/spatie/temporary-directory",
+            "keywords": [
+                "php",
+                "spatie",
+                "temporary-directory"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "issues": "https://github.com/spatie/temporary-directory/issues",
+                "source": "https://github.com/spatie/temporary-directory/tree/2.3.1"
+            },
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://spatie.be/open-source/support-us",
+                    "type": "custom"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/spatie",
+                    "type": "github"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2026-01-12T07:42:22+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "symfony/clock",
             "version": "v8.0.8",