How to Generate Barcode In Laravel 8

In this tutorial, we will learn how to generate barcode in laravel 8 application. I’ll guide you through step by step for generation of barcode in a laravel 8 application. We will be using ‘picqer/php-barcode-generator’ package for generating barcode in laravel 8. In this tutorial, we will guide you step by step to generate bar code in your laravel 8.

Step By Step Laravel 8 Barcode Generation Tutorial

Contents:-

• Install Laravel 8
• Setup Database Credentials
• Install picqer/php-barcode-generator Package
• Define Route
• Create Blade View
• Start Development Server
• Conclusion

Install Laravel 8

First of all we need to create a fresh laravel project, download and install Laravel 8 using the below command

Make sure you have composer installed.

Setup Database Credentials

Now, lets create a MySQL database and connect it with laravel application. After creating database we need to set database credential in application’s .env file.

Install picqer/php-barcode-generator Package

We will be using “picqer/php-barcode-generator” Package” for generating barcode in laravel 8 application. In this step we will be installing “picqer/php-barcode-generator” via following composer command, lets open your terminal and switch to the project directory and enter the following command –

Set Routes

After this, we need to add following two routes in “routes/web.php” to display barcode. Lets open “routes/web.php” file and add following route.

routes/web.php

Create View/Blade File

In this step, we will create view/blade file to display barcode. Lets create a “barcode.blade.php” file in “resources/views/barcode/” directory and put the following code in it.

resources/views/barcode/barcode.blade.php

Start Development Server

Now we are ready to run our example so lets start the development server using following artisan command –

Now, open the following URL in browser to see the output –

http://localhost:8000/barcode

Output:-