Generate QR Code Using Simple QRcode In Laravel 8

Saturday 18 June 2022

Generate QR Code Using Simple QRcode In Laravel 8

Posted By: abhishek verma Saturday, June 18, 2022 Leave a Reply

QR (Quick Response) code is scannable black and white square box that stores data.

They are commonly used to store information, redirect users to a website, download files, payment, etc.

In this tutorial, I show how you can generate QR code using simple qrcode package in Laravel 8.

 

Contents

  1. Install Package
  2. Update app.php
  3. Route
  4. Controller
  5. View

 

1. Install Package

Install the package using composer –

composer require simplesoftwareio/simple-qrcode

2. Update app.php

  • Open config/app.php file.
  • Add the following SimpleSoftwareIO\QrCode\QrCodeServiceProvider::class in 'providers' –
'providers' => [ .... .... .... SimpleSoftwareIO\QrCode\QrCodeServiceProvider::class, ];
  • Add the following 'QrCode' => SimpleSoftwareIO\QrCode\Facades\QrCode::class in 'aliases' –
'aliases' => [ .... .... .... 'QrCode' => SimpleSoftwareIO\QrCode\Facades\QrCode::class ];

3. Route

  • Open routes/web.php file.
  • Define a routes –
    • / – Load index view.

Completed Code

<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
use App\Http\Controllers\PageController;

Route::get('/', [PageController::class, 'index']);

4. Controller

  • Create PagesController Controller.
php artisan make:controller PagesController
  • Open app/Http/Controllers/PagesController.php file.
  • Import QrCode package  – use SimpleSoftwareIO\QrCode\Facades\QrCode;
  • Create a method –
    • index() – Generating a simple QR code which holds some text and assign to $data['qrcode'].

Generate QR code with text and store in images/ folder for download. Load index view and pass $data.

$data['qrcode'] = QrCode::generate('Welcome to Makitweb'); // Store QR code QrCode::generate('Welcome to Makitweb', public_path('images/qrcode.svg') );

Completed Code

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use SimpleSoftwareIO\QrCode\Facades\QrCode;

class PageController extends Controller
{
    public function index(){
        // QR code with text
        $data['qrcode'] = QrCode::generate('Welcome to Makitweb');

        // Store QR code for download
        QrCode::generate('Welcome to Makitweb', public_path('images/qrcode.svg') );

        return view('index',$data);
    }

}

5. View

Create index.blade.php file in resources/views/ folder.

Display QR code generated in the controller –

{!! $qrcode !!}

QR code with text –

{!! QrCode::generate('Welcome to Makitweb'); !!}

Pass text in generate().

QR code with URL –

{!! QrCode::generate('https://makitweb.com'); !!}

Pass URL in generate().

Change QR code color –

QrCode::color(224, 224, 224)->backgroundColor(102, 0, 204)->generate('Welcome to Makitweb');

color() – Pass RGB color code to change QR color.

backgroundColor() – Pass RGB color code to change QR background color.

Change size –

QrCode::size(200)->generate('Welcome to Makitweb');

By default QR code size is 100px, to change it use size().

Change format –

QrCode::format('png')->generate('Welcome to Makitweb');

Default format of QR code is SVG, to change pass png to format().

NOTE – Make sure imagick extension is installed otherwise it will display error.

Download QR code –

Saved QR code to images/qrcode.svg using –

// Store QR code QrCode::generate('Welcome to Makitweb', public_path('images/qrcode.svg') );

Pass file path in anchor tag –

<a href="{{ asset('images/qrcode.svg') }}" download>Download</a>

Completed Code


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <meta charset="utf-8">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
   <title>How to Generate QR Code Using Simple QRcode In Laravel 8</title>

</head>
<body>

    <table border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse;">
       <tr>
          <td>
             QR with text <br>
             Generated from controller
          </td>
          <td>
             {!! $qrcode !!}
          </td>
       </tr>

       <tr>
          <td>
             QR with text        
          </td>
          <td>
             {!! QrCode::generate('Welcome to Makitweb'); !!}
          </td>
       </tr>

       <tr>
          <td>
             QR with URL
          </td>
          <td>
             {!! QrCode::generate('https://makitweb.com'); !!}
          </td>
       </tr>

       <tr>
          <td>
             Change QR color
          </td>
          <td>
             {!! QrCode::color(224, 224, 224)->backgroundColor(102, 0, 204)->generate('Welcome to Makitweb'); !!}
          </td>
       </tr>

       <tr>
          <td>
             Change default size to 200px
          </td>
          <td>
             {!! QrCode::size(200)->generate('Welcome to Makitweb'); !!}
          </td>
       </tr>

       <tr>
          <td>
             PNG format
          </td>
          <td>
             {!! QrCode::format('png')->generate('Welcome to Makitweb'); !!}
          </td>
       </tr>

       <tr>
          <td>Download QR code</td>
          <td>
             <a href="{{ asset('images/qrcode.svg') }}" download>Download</a>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>

</body>
</html>

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