Laravel Simple Qr Code Generator Example

In this tutorial you will learn about the Laravel Simple Qr Code Generator Example and its application with practical example.

In this article, I’ll show you how to generate qr codes with any text, size, color, background color, format like png, eps, svg. In this laravel qr code example, we will be using simple-qrcode package to generate QR codes.The simple-qrcode package is used to generate qr code in your laravel application. The simple-qrcode package has many options for creating qr codes. You can also create qr code for geo, phone number, text message using simple qrcode package. The simple-qrcode package is very easy to install and use.

Table Of Contents−

Laravel Simple Qr Code Generator Example
Install Laravel 5.8

Install simple-qrcode Package
Register Package
Basic Usage Of simple-qrcode Package

Create Blade / View Files
Create Routes

Before starting with example I assume that you already have fresh laravel 5.8 installation ready, if you have not installed it yet you can follow laravel 5 installation instruction here.

Install Laravel 5.8

First of all we need to create a fresh laravel project, download and install Laravel 5.8 using the below command

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel larablog

1	composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel larablog

Install simple-qrcode Package

In this step, we will install simple-qrcode Package via the composer dependency manager. Use the following command to install simple-qrcode Package.

composer require simplesoftwareio/simple-qrcode

1	composer require simplesoftwareio/simple-qrcode

Register Package

After Installing simple-qrcode package, we need to add service provider and alias in config/app.php file as following.

config/app.php

'providers' => [
 ….
 SimpleSoftwareIO\QrCode\QrCodeServiceProvider::class
 ],

'aliases' => [
 ….
 'QrCode' => SimpleSoftwareIO\QrCode\Facades\QrCode::class
 ],

'providers' => [

….

SimpleSoftwareIO\QrCode\QrCodeServiceProvider::class

'aliases' => [

….

'QrCode' => SimpleSoftwareIO\QrCode\Facades\QrCode::class

Basic Usage Of simple-qrcode Package

Qr code with specified string can be generated as follows –

Syntax:-

QrCode::generate("string")

1	QrCode::generate("string")

Simple QR Code :-

Simple Qr code with specified string can be generated using generate() method. Add a simple-qr-code route to your routes/web.php file to return simple QR code as follows –

Route::get('simple-qr-code', function () {
     return QrCode::size(200)->generate('W3Adda Laravel Tutorial');
});

Route::get('simple-qr-code', function () {

return QrCode::size(200)->generate('W3Adda Laravel Tutorial');

});

Here, size() function is used to specify the size of the QR Code. Visit (http://localhost:8000/simple-qr-code) to see the QR code. Scan the QR code and you will see the text. You can also display the QR code in Blade file as follows –

{!! QrCode::size(200)->generate('W3Adda Laravel Tutorial'); !!}

1	{!! QrCode::size(200)->generate('W3Adda Laravel Tutorial'); !!}

QR Code with Color :-

You can also set color for QR code pattern and the background using color(R, G, B) and backgroundColor(R, G, B) methods.

Add a color-qr-code route to your routes/web.php file to return colored QR code as follows –

Route::get('color-qr-code', function () {
     return QrCode::size(200)->backgroundColor(255,55,0)->generate('W3Adda Laravel Tutorial');
});

Route::get('color-qr-code', function () {

return QrCode::size(200)->backgroundColor(255,55,0)->generate('W3Adda Laravel Tutorial');

});

Visit (http://localhost:8000/color-qr-code) to see the colored QR code. Or you can simply display the colored QR code in Blade file as follows –

{!! QrCode::size(200)->backgroundColor(255,55,0)->generate('W3Adda Laravel Tutorial'); !!}

1	{!! QrCode::size(200)->backgroundColor(255,55,0)->generate('W3Adda Laravel Tutorial'); !!}

QR Code with Image :-

You can also place an image in QR code using the merge(“file_name.png”) method, this method only accept png files and you also need to format the response back to png.

Add a qr-code-with-image route to your routes/web.php file to return QR code with image as follows –

Route::get('qr-code-with-image', function () {
 $image = QrCode::format('png')->merge('http://w3adda.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/laravel.png', 0.3, true)
                ->size(200)->errorCorrection('H')
                ->generate('W3Adda Laravel Tutorial');
return response($image)->header('Content-type','image/png');
});

Route::get('qr-code-with-image', function () {

$image = QrCode::format('png')->merge('http://w3adda.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/laravel.png', 0.3, true)

->size(200)->errorCorrection('H')

->generate('W3Adda Laravel Tutorial');

return response($image)->header('Content-type','image/png');

});

Visit (http://localhost:8000/qr-code-with-image) to see the QR code with Image merged. Or you can simply display the QR code with Image in Blade file using <img> tag as follows –

<img src="data:image/png;base64, {!! base64_encode(QrCode::format('png')->merge('http://w3adda.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/laravel.png', 0.3, true)
                        ->size(200)->errorCorrection('H')
                        ->generate('W3Adda Laravel Tutorial')) !!} ">

<img src="data:image/png;base64, {!! base64_encode(QrCode::format('png')->merge('http://w3adda.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/laravel.png', 0.3, true)

->size(200)->errorCorrection('H')

->generate('W3Adda Laravel Tutorial')) !!} ">

Email QR code :-

You can encode QR codes that automatically fill-in email address, subject and body of the email.

Syntax:-

QrCode::email($to_address, $subject, $body);

1	QrCode::email($to_address, $subject, $body);

Example:-

//Specify just email address
QrCode::email('john@w3adda.com');

//Specify subject and the body, let user enter the to_address
QrCode::email(null, 'Test message subject', 'This is message body.');

//Specify email address, subject and the body
QrCode::email('john@w3adda.com', 'Thank you for visiting w3adda.com', 'Laravel Tutorial');

//Specify just email address

QrCode::email('john@w3adda.com');

//Specify subject and the body, let user enter the to_address

QrCode::email(null, 'Test message subject', 'This is message body.');

//Specify email address, subject and the body

QrCode::email('john@w3adda.com', 'Thank you for visiting w3adda.com', 'Laravel Tutorial');

QR Code Phone Number :-

You can encode QR codes such that it automatically open up the phone dialer and dial the phone number.

Syntax:-

QrCode::phoneNumber($number);

1	QrCode::phoneNumber($number);

Example:-

QrCode::phoneNumber('123-456-7890');

1	QrCode::phoneNumber('123-456-7890');

QR Code Text Message :-

You can encode QR codes such that it automatically open up the phone messenger and fill-in phone number or the message body.

Syntax:-

QrCode::SMS(<number>, <message>);

1	QrCode::SMS(<number>, <message>);

Example:-

//scan the phone number to send the message
QrCode::SMS('123-456-7890');
 
//scan phone number along with the message
QrCode::SMS('123-456-7890', 'Message Body');

//scan the phone number to send the message

QrCode::SMS('123-456-7890');

//scan phone number along with the message

QrCode::SMS('123-456-7890', 'Message Body');

QR Code Geo co-ordinates :-

You can encode QR codes such that it automatically open up map application with the specified location.

Syntax:-

QrCode::geo(<latitude>, <longitude>);

1	QrCode::geo(<latitude>, <longitude>);

Example:-

QrCode::geo(15.3544, 75.787980);

1	QrCode::geo(15.3544, 75.787980);

Create Blade / View Files

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

resources/views/qrcode/index.blade.php

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Laravel 5.8 Generate QR Code Tutorial with Example - W3Adda</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/4.1.3/css/bootstrap.min.css" />
<script src="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.3/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<h2>Laravel 5.8 Generate QR Code Tutorial with Example - W3Adda</h2>
<br>
<br>
    <div class="row">
			<div class="col-md-4">
				    <h5>Simple Qr Code With String</h5>
    {!! QrCode::size(200)->generate('W3Adda Laravel Tutorial'); !!}
			</div>

			<div class="col-md-4">
				<h5>Qr Code With Color</h5>
     {!! QrCode::size(200)->backgroundColor(255,55,0)->generate('W3Adda Laravel Tutorial'); !!}
				
			</div>
			<div class="col-md-4">
				<h5>Qr Code with Image</h5>
				<img src="data:image/png;base64, {!! base64_encode(QrCode::format('png')->merge('http://w3adda.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/laravel.png', 0.3, true)
                        ->size(200)->errorCorrection('H')
                        ->generate('W3Adda Laravel Tutorial')) !!} ">
				
			</div>
	</div>

</div>

</body>

</html>

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

<title>Laravel 5.8 Generate QR Code Tutorial with Example - W3Adda</title>

</head>

<body>

<h2>Laravel 5.8 Generate QR Code Tutorial with Example - W3Adda</h2>

<br>

<h5>Simple Qr Code With String</h5>

{!! QrCode::size(200)->generate('W3Adda Laravel Tutorial'); !!}

</div>

<h5>Qr Code With Color</h5>

{!! QrCode::size(200)->backgroundColor(255,55,0)->generate('W3Adda Laravel Tutorial'); !!}

</div>

<h5>Qr Code with Image</h5>

<img src="data:image/png;base64, {!! base64_encode(QrCode::format('png')->merge('http://w3adda.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/laravel.png', 0.3, true)

->size(200)->errorCorrection('H')

->generate('W3Adda Laravel Tutorial')) !!} ">

</div>

</body>

</html>

Create Routes

After this, we need to add following routes in “routes/web.php” file along with a resource route. Lets open “routes/web.php” file and add following route.

routes/web.php

Route::get('generate-qr-code', function(){
	 return view('qrcode.index');
});

Route::get('qr-code-with-image', function () {
 $image = QrCode::format('png')->merge('http://w3adda.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/laravel.png', 0.3, true)
                ->size(200)->errorCorrection('H')
                ->generate('W3Adda Laravel Tutorial');
return response($image)->header('Content-type','image/png');
});

Route::get('color-qr-code', function () {
     return QrCode::size(200)->backgroundColor(255,55,0)->generate('W3Adda Laravel Tutorial');
});

Route::get('simple-qr-code', function () {
     return QrCode::size(200)->generate('W3Adda Laravel Tutorial');
});

Route::get('generate-qr-code', function(){

return view('qrcode.index');

});

Route::get('qr-code-with-image', function () {

$image = QrCode::format('png')->merge('http://w3adda.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/laravel.png', 0.3, true)

->size(200)->errorCorrection('H')

->generate('W3Adda Laravel Tutorial');

return response($image)->header('Content-type','image/png');

});

Route::get('color-qr-code', function () {

return QrCode::size(200)->backgroundColor(255,55,0)->generate('W3Adda Laravel Tutorial');

});

Route::get('simple-qr-code', function () {

return QrCode::size(200)->generate('W3Adda Laravel Tutorial');

});

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

php artisan serve

1	php artisan serve

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

http://localhost:8000/generate-qr-code

Output:-

laravel-5-8-generate-qr-code-tutorial-1

http://localhost:8000/simple-qr-code

Output:-

laravel-5-8-generate-simple-qr-code

http://localhost:8000/color-qr-code

Output:-

laravel-5-8-generate-color-qr-code

http://localhost:8000/qr-code-with-image

Output:-

laravel-5-8-generate-qr-code-with-image

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