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[PDF & Document Generation](/categories/documents) 4. / 5. nekulin/php-apache-tika ActiveLibrary[PDF & Document Generation](/categories/documents) nekulin/php-apache-tika ======================= Apache Tika bindings for PHP: extracts text from documents and images (with OCR), metadata and more... 0.3.0(10y ago)0221MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0 Since Aug 30Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/nekulin/php-apache-tika)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/nekulin/php-apache-tika)[ RSS](/packages/nekulin-php-apache-tika/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2mo ago READMEChangelogDependencies (1)Versions (4)Used By (0) PHP Apache Tika =============== [](#php-apache-tika) This tool provides [Apache Tika](https://tika.apache.org) bindings for PHP, allowing to extract text and metadata from documents, images and other formats. Two modes are supported: - **App mode**: run app JAR via command line interface - **Server mode**: make HTTP requests to [JSR 311 network server](http://wiki.apache.org/tika/TikaJAXRS) Server mode is recommended because is 5 times faster, but some shared hosts don't allow run processes in background. Features -------- [](#features) - Simple class interface to Apache Tika features: - Text and HTML extraction - Metadata extraction - OCR recognition - Standarized metadata for documents - Support for local and remote resources - No heavyweight library dependencies Requirements ------------ [](#requirements) - PHP 5.4 or greater - Apache Tika 1.7 or greater - Oracle Java or OpenJDK - Java 6 for Tika up to 1.9 - Java 7 for Tika 1.10 or greater - [Tesseract](https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract) (optional for OCR recognition) Installation ------------ [](#installation) Install using composer: ``` composer require vaites/php-apache-tika ``` If you want to use OCR you must install [Tesseract](https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract): - **Fedora/CentOS**: `sudo yum install tesseract` (use dnf instead of yum on Fedora 22 or greater) - **Debian/Ubuntu**: `sudo apt-get install tesseract-ocr` - **Mac OS X**: `brew install tesseract` (using [Homebrew](http://brew.sh)) Usage ----- [](#usage) Start Apache Tika server with [caution](http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/13/5): ``` java -jar tika-server-1.10.jar ``` Instantiate the class: ``` $client = \Vaites\ApacheTika\Client::make('localhost', 9998); // server mode (default) $client = \Vaites\ApacheTika\Client::make('/path/to/tika-app.jar'); // app mode ``` Use the class to extract text from documents: ``` $language = $client->getLanguage('/path/to/your/document'); $metadata = $client->getMetadata('/path/to/your/document'); $html = $client->getHTML('/path/to/your/document'); $text = $client->getText('/path/to/your/document'); ``` Or use to extract text from images: ``` $client = \Vaites\ApacheTika\Client::make($host, $port); $metadata = $client->getMetadata('/path/to/your/image'); $text = $client->getText('/path/to/your/image'); ``` Integrations ------------ [](#integrations) - [Symfony2 Bundle](https://github.com/welcoMattic/ApacheTikaBundle) ### Health Score 24 — LowBetter than 32% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity7 Limited adoption so far Community11 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity50 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 79.4% 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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