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Can read and extract information from pdf file. v2.0.2(4y ago)013LGPL-3.0PHPPHP >=7.1 Since Sep 2Pushed 4y agoCompare [ Source](https://github.com/lyhiving/pdfparser)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/lyhiving/pdfparser)[ Docs](https://www.pdfparser.org)[ RSS](/packages/lyhiving-pdfparser/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3w ago READMEChangelog (2)Dependencies (1)Versions (54)Used By (0) PdfParser ========= [](#pdfparser) Pdf Parser, a standalone PHP library, provides various tools to extract data from a PDF file. 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This project is supported by [Actualys](http://www.actualys.com). Features -------- [](#features) Features included : - Load/parse objects and headers - Extract meta data (author, description, ...) - Extract text from ordered pages - Support of compressed pdf - Support of MAC OS Roman charset encoding - Handling of hexa and octal encoding in text sections - PSR-0 compliant ([autoloader](https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-0.md)) - PSR-1 compliant ([code styling](https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-1-basic-coding-standard.md)) Currently, secured documents are not supported. **This Library is under active maintenance.**There is no active development by the author of this library (at the moment), but we welcome any pull request adding/extending functionality! Documentation ------------- [](#documentation) [Read the documentation on website](http://www.pdfparser.org/documentation?utm_source=GitHub&utm_medium=documentation&utm_campaign=GitHub). Original PDF References files can be downloaded from this url: [http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf\_reference\_archive.html](http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference_archive.html) **For developers**: Please read [DEVELOPER.md](DEVELOPER.md) for more information about local development of the PDFParser library. Installation ------------ [](#installation) ### Using Composer [](#using-composer) - Obtain [Composer](https://getcomposer.org) - Run `composer require smalot/pdfparser` ### Use alternate file loader [](#use-alternate-file-loader) In case you can't use Composer, you can include `alt_autoload.php-dist` into your project. It will load all required files at once. Afterwards you can use `PDFParser` class and others. License ------- [](#license) This library is under the [LGPLv3 license](https://github.com/smalot/pdfparser/blob/master/LICENSE.txt). ### Health Score 31 — LowBetter than 66% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity5 Limited adoption so far Community19 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity72 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. 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