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dbrisinajumi/pdfparser
======================

Pdf parser library. Can read and extract information from pdf file.

v0.9.25(10y ago)021GPL-3.0PHPPHP &gt;=5.3.0

Since Sep 2Pushed 10y ago4 watchersCompare

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PdfParser
=========

[](#pdfparser)

Pdf Parser, a standalone PHP library, provides various tools to extract data from a PDF file.

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d219bc93b37d623a5ff3368474afcde971e28a70ac409561c99444dd9a18561d/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f736d616c6f742f7064667061727365722e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/smalot/pdfparser)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/fece12a44bdeaf7453f37cd99e57d4856adfe04d55369d7b3e2a8f53393fdd43/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f736d616c6f742f7064667061727365722f646f776e6c6f6164732e706e67)](https://packagist.org/packages/smalot/pdfparser)[![Current Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/aabfc13096ccd1cafdddd31fc4aa6902a8f12162994e10131d57d080522b9f20/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f736d616c6f742f7064667061727365722f762f737461626c652e706e67)](https://packagist.org/packages/smalot/pdfparser)[![HHVM Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9b4861dd7b999299e06e51a6d4d735fc61b1380cd486df2be82b21bc603e69f0/687474703a2f2f6868766d2e683463632e64652f62616467652f736d616c6f742f7064667061727365722e706e67)](http://hhvm.h4cc.de/package/smalot/pdfparser)

Website : [http://www.pdfparser.org](http://www.pdfparser.org/?utm_source=GitHub&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=GitHub)

Test the API on our [demo page](http://www.pdfparser.org/demo).

This project is supported by [Actualys](http://www.actualys.com).

Features
--------

[](#features)

Features included :

- Load/parse objects and headers
- Extract meta data (author, description, ...)
- Extract text from ordered pages
- Support of compressed pdf
- Support of MAC OS Roman charset encoding
- Handling of hexa and octal encoding in text sections
- PSR-0 compliant ([autoloader](https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-0.md))
- PSR-1 compliant ([code styling](https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-1-basic-coding-standard.md))

Currently, secured documents are not supported.

This Library is still under active development. As a result, users must expect BC breaks when using the master version.

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

[Read the documentation on website](http://www.pdfparser.org/documentation?utm_source=GitHub&utm_medium=documentation&utm_campaign=GitHub).

License
-------

[](#license)

This library is under the [GPLv3 license](https://github.com/smalot/pdfparser/blob/master/LICENSE).

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 51% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 89.5% 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 ~29 days

Recently: every ~109 days

Total

26

Last Release

3840d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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