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[PDF & Document Generation](/categories/documents) 4. / 5. garsaud/tcpdf\_using\_streams ActiveLibrary[PDF & Document Generation](/categories/documents) garsaud/tcpdf\_using\_streams ============================= Fork of the official TCPDF lib, but using PHP resources instead of in-memory buffer 6.6.2(3y ago)042LGPL-3.0-onlyPHPPHP >=5.3.0 Since Feb 21Pushed 3y agoCompare [ Source](https://github.com/garsaud/TCPDF_using_streams)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/garsaud/tcpdf_using_streams)[ Docs](http://www.tcpdf.org/)[ Fund](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations¤cy_code=GBP&business=paypal@tecnick.com&item_name=donation%20for%20tcpdf%20project)[ RSS](/packages/garsaud-tcpdf-using-streams/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced today READMEChangelog (1)DependenciesVersions (3)Used By (0) TCPDF using streams =================== [](#tcpdf-using-streams) [TCPDF](https://github.com/tecnickcom/TCPDF) is a good library for generating small PDFs on the fly. However, the page and file content buffers are stored in RAM through variables, which makes the library unsuitable for heavy processing. It is often necessary to increase the PHP memory limit to avoid exceeding it. This is fixed in this fork. Storing the file and pages in variables is replaced with writing into stream (through the `php://temp` mechanism, which automatically decides to use RAM or a file). It is now possible to write very large PDF files, save them and display the content, without impacting memory. Installing ---------- [](#installing) ``` composer require garsaud/tcpdf_using_streams # instead of composer require tecnickcom/tcpdf ``` Usage ----- [](#usage) ``` $pdf = new TCPDF(); // various modifications... $stream = $pdf->Output('STREAM'); echo get_resource_type($stream); // "stream" ``` The original library -------------------- [](#the-original-library) ### Health Score 23 — LowBetter than 26% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity8 Limited adoption so far Community19 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity42 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 75.9% 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. 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