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bensquire/php-pdftk-toolkit
===========================

A simple PHP PDFTK wrapper.

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php-pdftk-toolkit
=================

[](#php-pdftk-toolkit)

A PHP library to that creates an interface for the PDFTK (PDF-Toolkit) command line interface ().

A simple PSR-0 compliant library, this project will build and run the typical command line parameters used to merge and modify PDFs.

Note: If your looking for the simpler non PSR-0 compliant module, then you can download the tagged 'v1' commit.

Example Code:
-------------

[](#example-code)

```
//Initiate autoloader

use Pdftk\Pdftk;

$oPdftk = new Pdftk();
$oPdftk	->setInputFile(array("filename" => $path . 'example.pdf', 'start_page' => 2))
		->setInputFile(array("filename" => $path . 'example2.pdf', 'rotation' => 90))
		->setInputFile(array("filename" => $path . 'example2.pdf', 'password' => 'password', 'alternate' => 'odd'))
		->setUserPassword("userpassword")
		->setOwnerPassword("ownerpassword")
		->setEncryptionLevel(40)
		->setOutputFile('/tmp/generated.pdf');

$oPdftk->_renderPdf();

```

Implemented Functionality:
--------------------------

[](#implemented-functionality)

- Page Rotation
- Adjustable encryption level
- Open Password Encrypted PDFs
- Create Password Encrypted PDFs
- Use implicit pages or a range
- Use alternate pages (odd or even)
- Rotate pages
- Output the PDF to the browser or a file

Installation:
-------------

[](#installation)

- Download and install the PDFTK binary
- Download this PHP library
- Update the location of the PDFTK binary within this library
- Try the examples!
- Provide Feedback :)

Requirements:
-------------

[](#requirements)

This library requires no additional software beyond a functional version of PHP 5.3 (or greater) and version 1.45 of the pdftk binary (remember to update the binary location if its not in /usr/local/bin).

###  Health Score

36

—

LowBetter than 82% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity37

Limited adoption so far

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 88.6% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4378d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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