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benconda/php-pdfium
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PHP implementation of PDFium C++ library

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Experimental
============

[](#experimental)

This is a first attempt to implement PDFium in PHP using FFI. Pdfium is a C++ library supported by Google team to render, manipulate and extract data from PDF.

Contribution are welcome.

Currently working
=================

[](#currently-working)

On PDF Document :

- Getting page count
- Iterate through Document pages

On each Page :

- Get pages size in point
- Render a page into a .png
- Iterate through page annotations
- Iterate through page fields

On each Annotation :

- Get the annotation type (enum) and index

On each FormField :

- Get the type (enum), value, name, alternateName, exportValue, formControlCount, formControlIndex, isChecked (for checkbox and radiobutton)

**About page rendering, this only works thanks to libvips integration, it's the only way to get a fast rendering**

Feel free to look in the tests to know how it works.

Remaining works
===============

[](#remaining-works)

There is still a lot of work to do, could be great to have the ability to edit PDF files. At least for adding forms fields on page, and fill them.

Development
===========

[](#development)

Here is the Google pdfium repository  there is some tests and C samples inside.

The public directory contains the headers, that we have access in this repository docker image (take a look at the Dockerfile)

Note : We use pre-compiled libraries for pdfium and libvips for simplicity.

On Docker image build, libraries headers are available in `/usr/lib-pdfium` and `/usr/lib-vips` directories

###  Health Score

39

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LowBetter than 84% of packages

Maintenance82

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 90.9% 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 ~156 days

Total

3

Last Release

95d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20043165?v=4)[Benoit Condaminet](/maintainers/benconda)[@benconda](https://github.com/benconda)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

librarypdfpdf-viewerpdfiumphp

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