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ptachoire/php-dmtx
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Datamatrix r/w based on libdmtx <http://www.libdmtx.org/>

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php-dmtx
========

[](#php-dmtx)

Datamatrix reader/writer based on [libdmtx](https://github.com/dmtx).

⚠️ The installation of [dmtx-utils](https://github.com/dmtx/dmtx-utils) is required to use the lib.

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require "ptachoire/php-dmtx:*"
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Dmtx\Writer;

$writer = new Writer();

//encode message into file
$writer->encode('this is a message')
    ->saveAs('/tmp/image.png');

//encode message and output image
echo $writer->encode('this is a message')
    ->dump();
```

```
use Dmtx\Reader;

$reader = new Reader();

//decode message from data
$reader->decode($encoded_value);

//decode message from file
echo $reader->decodeFile('/tmp/image.png');
```

Test
----

[](#test)

```
composer install
./vendor/bin/phpunit
```

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

Project structure inspired by [Negotiation](https://github.com/willdurand/Negotiation) by [willdurand](https://github.com/willdurand).

License
-------

[](#license)

php-dmtx is released under the MIT License. See the bundled LICENSE file for details.

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity40

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 78.9% 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 ~510 days

Recently: every ~706 days

Total

7

Last Release

1132d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/03b34baa5c7073b98dbf5c67e621f8467aa6178ccb84305e9e67090391f1fd99?d=identicon)[krichprollsch](/maintainers/krichprollsch)

---

Top Contributors

[![krichprollsch](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/562696?v=4)](https://github.com/krichprollsch "krichprollsch (15 commits)")[![kamicloud](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10206616?v=4)](https://github.com/kamicloud "kamicloud (1 commits)")[![pmaselkowski](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/520283?v=4)](https://github.com/pmaselkowski "pmaselkowski (1 commits)")[![silasrm](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/197187?v=4)](https://github.com/silasrm "silasrm (1 commits)")[![zippex](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7262177?v=4)](https://github.com/zippex "zippex (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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