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ahmedelarabykhaled/pdf-search
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search for string in multiple pdf files

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Since Mar 13Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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Search in pdf files
===================

[](#search-in-pdf-files)

Dependence
----------

[](#dependence)

- Laravel
- composer

Install
-------

[](#install)

- using composer ```
      composer require ahmedelarabykhaled/pdf-search

    ```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

- to search for a string in a list of pdf files ```
        use Ahmedelarabykhaled\PdfSearch\PDFSearch;

        // each item is a full url for the pdf file
        $pdf_files = [
            'bath_to_tile/file_name.pdf',
            'bath_to_tile/file_name.pdf'
        ];

        $pdf_search = new PDFSearch('search_word',$pdf_files);

        /**
         * @var $search_result = Array
                (
                    [files] => Array
                        (
                            [0] => Array
                                (
                                    [name] => file name
                                    [file] => path_to_file/file_name.pdf
                                    [search_result] => 10 // result count
                                )

                            [1] => Array
                                (
                                    [name] => file name
                                    [file] => path_to_file/file_name.pdf
                                    [search_result] => 10 // result count
                                )

                        )

                    [count] => 2 // how many files has the search key
                )

         */
        $search_result = $pdf_search->search();
    ```

License
-------

[](#license)

- MIT

###  Health Score

14

—

LowBetter than 2% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity25

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9788b038171200e1763f543a5046d259393c7e74fdcda559979ddf70da48e722?d=identicon)[ahmedelarabykhaled](/maintainers/ahmedelarabykhaled)

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Top Contributors

[![ahmedelarabykhaled](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/36570211?v=4)](https://github.com/ahmedelarabykhaled "ahmedelarabykhaled (9 commits)")

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