Laravel- Dompdf Maximum execution time of 60 seconds exceeded

Question

Here is error when i convert pdf, it's not working since i run my laravel project by "php artisan serve --port=1000". But if i run my laravel project with xampp. it's alright. I don't know why?. Give me explaination and repairs . Thank you

Symfony \ Component \ Debug \ Exception \ FatalErrorException (E_UNKNOWN)
    Maximum execution time of 60 seconds exceeded

Crankpin

put set_time_limit(6000); variable in in your controller file. – Aggress

How did you put it? i've already done but still not working . – Skatole

I got it. I set it set_time_limit(300). That's better. Thank you – Skatole

which laravel package you are using from generate the DOMPDF? – Aggress

Answer 1

The laravel - dompdf does not work well with php artisan serve. You should use XAMPP or another HTTP server you like.

Figment

Answer 2

What I found was referencing to assets via asset() helper in the PDF view was throwing timeout exceeded error, I changed it to public_path() and it started working fine.

Franglais

This is the best way – Palaeo

But what about GD library which is mandatory for using public_path from laravel? Just for the record, using public_path is using the absolute server URL, not a logic server url. It would be a better solution finding the root cause, I mean, if your server is not handling self-requests as importing images from a larvael blade file, you must fix that instead going straight and use public_path which actually is not recommended! – Anabelanabella

Answer 3

Increase Your time limit in your controller file.Below variable to increase your time limit.

 set_time_limit(300);

Aggress

yup but it's pretty long to convert. – Skatole

It's resolved. But Do you have any ways to convert pdf with the speed is faster than now?.it's really slow. Thank you very much – Skatole

which laravel package you are using from generate the DOMPDF? – Aggress

@Thanh Toàn yes, it's the good package. I think a problem with your data limits. – Aggress

@Thanh Toàn Thanks for the thank you. Feel free to accept this as answer and upvote if our solution addressed your concern. – Aggress

Answer 4

For me, there were two main issues.

1. Using images directly: I was using images with storage_path() so, I first convert image to base64 and pass it to the blade view.
2. Using external CSS: I was using bootstrap as external CSS and as we don't need whole bootstrap CSS, I just copy required CSS from bootstrap and place in internally with <style>..</style>

These steps make the PDF generation process very fast.

Beem

Answer 5

use public_path for your external files for exe href="{{public_path('style.css')}}"

Ballet

In your pdf blade page, replace asset by public_path – Ballet

Answer 6

dompdf does not work on php artisan server

You should go through xampp server. It solved my problem

Kalle

Answer 7

I had the same problem and narrowed it down to linking to an image in my blade file. When I embedded the image instead as per this SO answer, it no longer timed out.

Deontology

Answer 8

Possible causes:

linking to external CSS - you're better off writing your css between style tags in the same file as your html

using blade templating syntax e.g. @sections @roles, etc

linking to external images

Complex table structures/layouts

...from personal experience

Brenna

Linking to external CSS is actually best practice, as you only need to change a given class in one place, not in all pages. – Biparty

Answer 9

Don't use Bootstrap or any external CSS for your printable PHP file. as well as don't use any internal CSS for this.

• only use inline CSS for your invoice

Adon