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php-xpdf/php-xpdf
=================

XPDF PHP, an Object Oriented library to manipulate XPDF

4.1.0(8y ago)38224.4k↓37.5%26[4 PRs](https://github.com/alchemy-fr/PHP-XPDF/pulls)2MITPHPPHP ~7.0

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PHP-XPDF
========

[](#php-xpdf)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0c640addecf731d8d4237f46988115c4724c559a570e9eeee1d987e8357df65b/68747470733a2f2f7365637572652e7472617669732d63692e6f72672f616c6368656d792d66722f5048502d585044462e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](http://travis-ci.org/alchemy-fr/PHP-XPDF)

PHP-XPDF is an object oriented wrapper for XPDF. For the moment, only PdfTotext wrapper is available.

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

[](#installation)

It is recommended to install PHP-XPDF through [Composer](http://getcomposer.org) :

```
{
    "require": {
        "php-xpdf/php-xpdf": "~0.2.0"
    }
}
```

Dependencies :
--------------

[](#dependencies-)

In order to use PHP-XPDF, you need to install XPDF. Depending of your configuration, please follow the instructions at on the [XPDF website](http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/download.html).

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

### Driver Initialization

[](#driver-initialization)

The easiest way to instantiate the driver is to call the `create method.

```
$pdfToText = XPDF\PdfToText::create();
```

You can optionaly pass a configuration and a logger (any `Psr\Logger\LoggerInterface`).

```
$pdfToText = XPDF\PdfToText::create(array(
    'pdftotext.binaries' => '/opt/local/xpdf/bin/pdftotext',
    'pdftotext.timeout' => 30, // timeout for the underlying process
), $logger);
```

### Extract text

[](#extract-text)

To extract text from PDF, use the `getText` method.

```
$text = $pdtTotext->getText('document.pdf');
```

You can optionally extract from a page to another page.

```
$text = $pdtTotext->getText('document.pdf', $from = 1, $to = 4);
```

You can also predefined how much pages would be extracted on any call.

```
$pdtTotext->setpageQuantity(2);
$pdtTotext->getText('document.pdf'); // extracts page 1 and 2
```

### Use with Silex

[](#use-with-silex)

A [Silex](http://silex.sensiolabs.org) service provider is available

```
$app = new Silex\Application();
$app->register(new XPDF\XPDFServiceProvider());

$app['xpdf.pdftotext']->getText('document.pdf');
```

Options can be passed to customize the provider.

```
$app->register(new XPDF\XPDFServiceProvider(), array(
    'xpdf.configuration' => array(
        'pdftotext.timeout'  => 30,
        'pdftotext.binaries' => '/opt/local/xpdf/bin/pdftotext',
    ),
    'xpdf.logger' => $logger,
));
```

License
-------

[](#license)

This project is licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

###  Health Score

41

—

FairBetter than 89% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity45

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community25

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 92.1% 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

Every ~357 days

Recently: every ~436 days

Total

7

Last Release

2958d ago

Major Versions

0.2.3 → 4.1.02018-04-12

PHP version history (3 changes)0.1.0PHP >=5.3.2

0.1.1PHP >=5.3.3

4.1.0PHP ~7.0

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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Tags

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