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carrooi/pdf-extractor
=====================

PDF text extractor

1.0.0(11y ago)11.0k11MITPHP

Since Feb 12Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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Carrooi/PdfExtractor
====================

[](#carrooipdfextractor)

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PDF text extractor.

Depends on pdftotext library.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
$ composer require carrooi/pdf-extractor
$ composer update

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Carrooi\PdfExtractor\PdfExtractor;

$extractor = new PdfExtractor;

$text = $extractor->extractText('/path/to/file.pdf');
```

Options
-------

[](#options)

### -layout

[](#-layout)

```
$extractor->preserveLayout(true);
```

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

- 1.0.0
    - Initial version

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4159d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

pdftextextractextractorcarrooi

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