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alchemy/ghostscript
===================

Ghostscript PDF, a library to handle PDF through ghostscript

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Ghostscript PHP driver
======================

[](#ghostscript-php-driver)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/dd27df04160f926a8f0ebd5208ad6070926f817b9eb65ab03e79c26fef8520dc/68747470733a2f2f7365637572652e7472617669732d63692e6f72672f616c6368656d792d66722f47686f73747363726970742d5048502e706e67)](http://travis-ci.org/alchemy-fr/Ghostscript-PHP)

API usage
=========

[](#api-usage)

To instantiate Ghostscript driver, the easiest way is :

```
$transcoder = Ghostscript\Transcoder::create();
```

You can customize your driver by passing a `Psr\Log\LoggerInterface` or configuration options.

Available options are :

- `gs.binaries` : the path (or an array of potential paths) to the ghostscript binary.
- `timeout` : the timeout for the underlying process.

```
$transcoder = Ghostscript\Transcoder::create(array(
    'timeout' => 42,
    'gs.binaries' => '/opt/local/gs/bin/gs',
), $logger);
```

To process a file to PDF format, use the `toPDF` method :

Third and fourth arguments are respectively the first page and the number of page to transcode.

```
$transcoder->toPDF('document.pdf', 'first-page.pdf', 1, 1);
```

To render a file to Image, use the `toImage` method :

```
$transcoder->toImage('document.pdf', 'output.jpg');
```

Silex service provider :
------------------------

[](#silex-service-provider-)

A [Silex](silex.sensiolabs.org) Service Provider is available, all parameters are optionals :

```
$app = new Silex\Application();
$app->register(new Ghostscript\GhostscriptServiceProvider(), array(
    'ghostscript.configuration' => array(
        'gs.binaries' => '/usr/bin/gs',
        'timeout'     => 42,
    ),
    'ghostscript.logger' => $app->share(function () use ($app) {
        return $app['monolog']; // use Monolog service provider
    }),
));

$app['ghostscript.transcoder']->toImage('document.pdf', 'image.jpg');
```

License
=======

[](#license)

Released under the MIT License

###  Health Score

41

—

FairBetter than 89% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity45

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community27

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 80.6% 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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~396 days

Recently: every ~495 days

Total

6

Last Release

2938d ago

Major Versions

0.4.0 → 4.1.02018-05-02

PHP version history (2 changes)0.1.0PHP >=5.3.3

4.1.0PHP ~7.0

### Community

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