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jasta-fly/phpdfer
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Library for work with PDF files

1.0.0(2y ago)0501[1 PRs](https://github.com/JastaFly/PHPdfer/pulls)MITPHP

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Phpdfer
=======

[](#phpdfer)

**Phpdfer** - this library on PHP, for modify metadata in PFD files.

For start work with this library You must create instance of class `PHPdfer`, and use method `changeMetadata()` for modify metadata in PDF files. This method accepts three arguments:

1. `$pdf` - path to PDF file in which You need change metadata;
2. `$arMetadata` - array with metadata in which need include in PDF file;
3. `$logMode` - enables the mode in which the output of the CLI command is saved to a log file.

`$arMetadata` can contained next elements:

- `TITLE` - title PDF file;
- `AUTHOR` - author of the PDF file;
- `SUBJECT` - short description content PDF file;
- `KEYWORDS` - keywords describing content PDF file;
- `MOD_DATE` - date modification PDF file;
- `CREATION_DATE` - date creation PDF file;
- `CREATOR` - creator PDF file.

After end work library will create new PDF file with prefix `phpdfer_`, when into it will change metadata specified in `$arMetadata`.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require jasta-fly/phpdfer

```

Warning!
--------

[](#warning)

For work this library need install `Ghostscript` in You operating system. You can check is this program installed, running this command in CLI:

```
gs -v

```

if in response You get version installed `Ghostscrip` version:

```
GPL Ghostscript 9.55.0 (2021-09-27)
Copyright (C) 2021 Artifex Software, Inc.  All rights reserved.

```

this means that the program necessary for the library to work is installed, and You may continue use it. If you get next output:

```
gs: not found
```

this means that You must install `Ghostscrip` in Your operating system, before continue work.

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

761d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/dc20fea0162b96ff503e55bc1383bf7785a21cb2797d4b966e704c7b0e76cad1?d=identicon)[JastaFly](/maintainers/JastaFly)

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Top Contributors

[![JastaFly](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/46285314?v=4)](https://github.com/JastaFly "JastaFly (4 commits)")

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Tags

pdfpdf-metadata

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