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danielboendergaard/phantom-pdf
==============================

A Package for generating PDF files using PhantomJS

v3.1.0(2y ago)72467.9k↓19.9%27MITPHPPHP >=8.1

Since May 26Pushed 2y ago6 watchersCompare

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Phantom PDF
===========

[](#phantom-pdf)

A Package for generating PDF files using PhantomJS. The package is framework agnostic, but provides integration with Laravel.

Notice: This package only ships with the 64-bit Linux version of PhantomJS. If you want to use it with another version you can reference it in the configuration.

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

[](#installation)

Run `composer require danielboendergaard/phantom-pdf`

### Usage

[](#usage)

```
$pdf = new PdfGenerator;

// Set a writable path for temporary files
$pdf->setStoragePath('storage/path');

// Saves the PDF as a file (optional)
$pdf->saveFromView($html, 'filename.pdf');

// Returns a Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\BinaryFileResponse
return $pdf->createFromView($html, 'filename.pdf');
```

### PhantomJS Version

[](#phantomjs-version)

This package uses PhantomJS 1.9.8 x64 which is included in the package. If you want to use another version it's easy.

```
$pdf->setBinaryPath('/some/path/phantomjs');
```

### Customizing the conversion script

[](#customizing-the-conversion-script)

If you want to use another script to execute with PhantomJS, this it how you do it.

```
$pdf->useScript('`/path/to/script');
```

Laravel integration
-------------------

[](#laravel-integration)

### Installation

[](#installation-1)

#### For Laravel 5.5 the package supports auto discovery and don't need any configuration.

[](#for-laravel-55-the-package-supports-auto-discovery-and-dont-need-any-configuration)

For Laravel 4, use the 0.10.0 branch.

Add `LaravelServiceProvider` in the `providers` array in `config/app.php`

```
'providers' => [
  PhantomPdf\Laravel\LaravelServiceProvider::class,
]
```

#### Facades (optional)

[](#facades-optional)

Add the facade to the `aliases` array in `app/config/app.php` (optional)

```
'aliases' => [
  'PDF' => PhantomPdf\Laravel\PDFFacade::class,
]
```

### Usage

[](#usage-1)

```
class SampleController extends Controller
{
  public function index()
  {
    return PDF::createFromView(view('index'), 'filename.pdf');
  }

  // Save the pdf to disk
  public function save()
  {
      PDF::saveFromView(view('index'), 'path/filename.pdf');
  }

  // Usa via injection
  public function foo(PdfGenerator $pdf)
  {
    return $pdf->createFromView(view('path'), 'filename.pdf');
  }
}
```

###  Health Score

48

—

FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity51

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community20

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity83

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 91.7% 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 ~123 days

Recently: every ~366 days

Total

30

Last Release

789d ago

Major Versions

v0.10.0 → v1.0.02016-04-28

v1.4.0 → v2.0.02020-03-16

v2.0.1 → v3.0.02022-06-28

PHP version history (4 changes)v0.0.1PHP >=5.4.0

v2.0.0PHP ^7.2.5

v2.0.1PHP ^7.2.5|^8.0

v3.0.0PHP >=8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/eec9a625a4e984c691feafcd8ae28f8623c10cd290dabf72ef1c32a5212fa9f8?d=identicon)[danielboendergaard](/maintainers/danielboendergaard)

---

Top Contributors

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---

Tags

laravelpdfhtml

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