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japseyz/simple-jdf
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A package for creating simple JDF messages

v1.0.3(5y ago)22.0k↓100%2[1 issues](https://github.com/JapSeyz/simple-jdf/issues)GPL-3.0PHPPHP ^7.4||^8.0

Since Jun 29Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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JDF
===

[](#jdf)

A package for creating simple JDF messages

[JDF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_Definition_Format) is an XML standard used to send files to digital printers.

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

[](#installation)

`composer require japseyz/simple-jdf`

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

**Create a new JDF file**

```
// instantiate a Job
$job = new \JapSeyz\SimpleJDF\Job();
// add a new print file to the Job
$job->setPrintFile('http://absolute/path/to/file.pdf');
// save the raw JDF to a file
file_put_contents('filename.jdf', $job->asXML());

```

### Credits

[](#credits)

Thanks to Joe Pritchard for his JoePritchard/jdf package which this is based upon.

###  Health Score

30

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LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance10

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~103 days

Total

4

Last Release

1831d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0PHP ^7.4

v1.0.3PHP ^7.4||^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/33ad5acc22761cefe15f2c62d8d7d1f22b1faea6bd118f8dbc71ee753ff32b92?d=identicon)[JapSeyz](/maintainers/JapSeyz)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

 jdf

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