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PDF File Merger for PHP5

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\#PDFMerger for PHP (PHP 5 Compatible)

PDFMerger created by Jarrod Nettles December 2009

Updated by Vasiliy Zaytsev February 2016

- Uses tcpdf 6.2.12 by Nicola Asuni
- Uses patched tcpdi\_parser 1.0 by Paul Nicholls with own TCPdiParserException
- Uses TCPDI 1.0 by Paul Nicholls with FPDF\_TPL extension 1.2.3 by Setasign

PHP 5 Compatible
----------------

[](#php-5-compatible)

I have made some changes in original codes to make PHPMerger compatible for PHP 5

Support of PDF 1.5 and PDF 1.6
------------------------------

[](#support-of-pdf-15-and-pdf-16)

FPDF and FPDI libraries replaced by TCPDF with TCPDI extension and parser.

Instalation
-----------

[](#instalation)

To install the library add the following line to your composer.json:

`"dvanderh/pdfmerger": "dev-master"`

### Example Usage

[](#example-usage)

```
$pdf = new \dvanderh\PDFMerger();

$pdf->addPDF('samplepdfs/one.pdf', '1, 3, 4');
$pdf->addPDF('samplepdfs/two.pdf', '1-2');
$pdf->addPDF('samplepdfs/three.pdf', 'all');

$pdf->setAuthor('sample author');
$pdf->setCreator('a sample creator');
$pdf->setSubject('Merged Attachments');
$pdf->setKeywords('some sample keywords');

$pdf->merge('file', 'samplepdfs/TEST2.pdf'); // generate the file

$pdf->merge('download', 'samplepdfs/test.pdf'); // force download

// REPLACE 'file' WITH 'browser', 'download', 'string', or 'file' for output options
```

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 63.6% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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