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julietgar/ghostscript
=====================

Ghostscript is an object oriented Ghostscript binary wrapper for PHP. Forked from https://github.com/GravityMedia/Ghostscript

v2.0(4y ago)0291MITPHP ^8.0

Since Apr 11Compare

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Ghostscript
===========

[](#ghostscript)

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Ghostscript is an object oriented Ghostscript binary wrapper for PHP.

Forked from

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

This library has the following requirements:

- PHP 8.0+
- Ghostscript 9.00+

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

[](#installation)

Install Composer in your project:

```
$ curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
```

Require the package via Composer:

```
$ php composer.phar require julietgar/ghostscript:v2.0
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

This is a simple usage example how to convert an input PDF to an output PDF.

```
// Initialize autoloader
require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

// Import classes
use Julietgar\Ghostscript\Ghostscript;
use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;

// Define input and output files
$inputFile = '/path/to/input/file.pdf';
$outputFile = '/path/to/output/file.pdf';

// Create Ghostscript object
$ghostscript = new Ghostscript([
    'quiet' => false
]);

// Create and configure the device
$device = $ghostscript->createPdfDevice($outputFile);
$device->setCompatibilityLevel(1.4);

// Create process
$process = $device->createProcess($inputFile);

// Print the command line
print '$ ' . $process->getCommandLine() . PHP_EOL;

// Run process
$process->run(function ($type, $buffer) {
    if ($type === Process::ERR) {
        throw new \RuntimeException($buffer);
    }

    print $buffer;
});
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

Clone this repository, install Composer and all dependencies:

```
$ php composer.phar install
```

Run the test suite:

```
$ php composer.phar test
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Daniel Schröder](https://github.com/pCoLaSD)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

1639d ago

Major Versions

v1.0 → v2.02022-01-07

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0PHP ^7.1

v2.0PHP ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2846595?v=4)[Juliet Garcia](/maintainers/julietgar)[@julietgar](https://github.com/julietgar)

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

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