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bureaupartners/pdfgrep
======================

Composer PHP handler for pdfgrep

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pdfgrep
=======

[](#pdfgrep)

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A simple package for reading information via full text search with pdfgrep and using the information in a PHP script.

Installing / Getting started
----------------------------

[](#installing--getting-started)

First add bureaupartners/pdfgrep to your composer.json

```
composer require bureaupartners/pdfgrep
```

Then add the following code to your project

```
use BureauPartners\pdfgrep\pdfgrep;

$pdfgrep = new pdfgrep('Document.pdf', 'Dog');
$pdfgrep->getFirstMatch(); // Returns first match in the document
$pdfgrep->getMatches(); // Returns all the matches
$pdfgrep->getPageNumbers(); // Returns all page numbers with a match
```

Dependencies
------------

[](#dependencies)

Requires an installation of pdfgrep on the server.

You can install it for example like this:

```
apt-get install -y poppler-utils
apt-get install -y pdfgrep
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

If you'd like to contribute, please fork the repository and use a feature branch. Pull requests are warmly welcome.

Links
-----

[](#links)

- Repository:
- Issue tracker:

Licensing
---------

[](#licensing)

The code in this project is licensed under MIT license.

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~113 days

Total

4

Last Release

2227d ago

Major Versions

0.1.2 → 1.0.02020-04-04

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![markhameetman](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/364344?v=4)](https://github.com/markhameetman "markhameetman (10 commits)")

---

Tags

composerpdfpdfgrepphp

###  Code Quality

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