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b2bcenter/pdfparser
===================

Pdf parser library. Can read and extract information from pdf file.

0.13.2.3(7y ago)03.2kLGPL-3.0PHPPHP &gt;=5.3.0

Since Sep 2Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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PdfParser
=========

[](#pdfparser)

Pdf Parser, a standalone PHP library, provides various tools to extract data from a PDF file.

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d219bc93b37d623a5ff3368474afcde971e28a70ac409561c99444dd9a18561d/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f736d616c6f742f7064667061727365722e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/smalot/pdfparser)[![Current Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/aabfc13096ccd1cafdddd31fc4aa6902a8f12162994e10131d57d080522b9f20/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f736d616c6f742f7064667061727365722f762f737461626c652e706e67)](https://packagist.org/packages/smalot/pdfparser)[![composer.lock](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b08ac123edf1457ff3fcbcbb3124a7531f590b39cfb91da454ba0de8af707869/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f736d616c6f742f7064667061727365722f636f6d706f7365726c6f636b)](https://packagist.org/packages/smalot/pdfparser)

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Website : [http://www.pdfparser.org](http://www.pdfparser.org/?utm_source=GitHub&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=GitHub)

Test the API on our [demo page](http://www.pdfparser.org/demo).

This project is supported by [Actualys](http://www.actualys.com).

Features
--------

[](#features)

Features included :

- Load/parse objects and headers
- Extract meta data (author, description, ...)
- Extract text from ordered pages
- Support of compressed pdf
- Support of MAC OS Roman charset encoding
- Handling of hexa and octal encoding in text sections
- PSR-0 compliant ([autoloader](https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-0.md))
- PSR-1 compliant ([code styling](https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-1-basic-coding-standard.md))

Currently, secured documents are not supported.

This Library is still under active development. As a result, users must expect BC breaks when using the master version.

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

[Read the documentation on website](http://www.pdfparser.org/documentation?utm_source=GitHub&utm_medium=documentation&utm_campaign=GitHub).

Original PDF References files can be downloaded from this url : [http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf\_reference\_archive.html](http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference_archive.html)

License
-------

[](#license)

This library is under the [LGPLv3 license](https://github.com/smalot/pdfparser/blob/master/LICENSE.txt).

###  Health Score

31

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LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 73.4% 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 ~55 days

Recently: every ~29 days

Total

35

Last Release

2813d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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