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generate barcode in laravel 8

In this post, I'm sharing how to generate barcodes in Laravel 8. If you have a task like a product that needs to generate a barcode or maybe you have a project that needs to generate a QR code for you a specific link ur URL then this is for you.

 

I'm using the Laravel package milon barcode that will help us to generate it.

 

Step 1: Laravel Installation

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

 

Then go to the project directory:

cd laravel-barcode

 

Step 2: Database Configuration

If your Laravel project is fresh then you need to update your database credentials. Just open the .env file in your Laravel 8 project.

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=your_database_name_here
DB_USERNAME=your_database_username_here
DB_PASSWORD=your_database_password_here

 

Step 3: Install Barcode Package

Next, we will install our barcode package by milon. Run the following command below:

composer require milon/barcode

 

Step 4: Create Controller & Routes

Then run the following command to generate controller:

php artisan make:controller BarcodeController

 

And add the route below to routes\web.php

Route::get('/barcode', 'App\Http\Controllers\BarcodeController@index')->name('home.index');

 

Then see below our BarcodeController code:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class BarcodeController extends Controller
{
    public function index() 
    {
        $productCode = rand(1234567890,50);

        return view('barcode', [
            'productCode' => $productCode
        ]);
    }
}

 

Step 5: Add View

Then create a file barcode.blade.php to resources/views directory. See the following code below:

<!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>

    <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8" />
        <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
        <title>Laravel 8 Barcode Demo - codeanddeploy.com</title>
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css">
    </head>

    <body>
        <div class="container mt-5">
            <div class="container mt-4">
            <div class="mb-3">{!! DNS2D::getBarcodeHTML("$productCode", 'QRCODE') !!}</div>
            <div class="mb-3">{!! DNS2D::getBarcodeHTML("$productCode", 'DATAMATRIX') !!}</div>
            <div class="mb-3">{!! DNS1D::getBarcodeHTML("$productCode", 'C39') !!}</div>
            <div class="mb-3">{!! DNS1D::getBarcodeHTML("$productCode", 'C39+') !!}</div>
            <div class="mb-3">{!! DNS1D::getBarcodeHTML("$productCode", 'C39E') !!}</div>
            <div class="mb-3">{!! DNS1D::getBarcodeHTML("$productCode", 'C39E+') !!}</div>
            <div class="mb-3">{!! DNS1D::getBarcodeHTML("$productCode", 'C93') !!}</div>
            <div class="mb-3">{!! DNS1D::getBarcodeHTML("$productCode", 'S25') !!}</div>
            <div class="mb-3">{!! DNS1D::getBarcodeHTML("$productCode", 'S25+') !!}</div>
            <div class="mb-3">{!! DNS1D::getBarcodeHTML("$productCode", 'I25') !!}</div>
            <div class="mb-3">{!! DNS1D::getBarcodeHTML("$productCode", 'I25+') !!}</div>
            <div class="mb-3">{!! DNS1D::getBarcodeHTML("$productCode", 'C128') !!}</div>
            <div class="mb-3">{!! DNS1D::getBarcodeHTML("$productCode", 'C128A') !!}</div>
            <div class="mb-3">{!! DNS1D::getBarcodeHTML("$productCode", 'C128B') !!}</div>
        </div> 
        </div>
    </body>
</html>

 

Then run your Laravel project:

php artisan serve

 

Then view the below URL to your browser:

http://127.0.0.1:8000/barcode

 

Then the barcode result is this:

 

generate barcode in laravel 8

 

I hope it helps. Visit the documentation for more details.

 

Thank you for reading. Cheers :)

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