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qdequippe/phpdftk
=================

PHP wrapper for pdftk

1.0.0(11mo ago)04.5k[2 PRs](https://github.com/qdequippe/phpdftk/pulls)MITPHPPHP ^8.3CI passing

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PHPDFTK
=======

[](#phpdftk)

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PHP wrapper for [PDFtk](https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/).

Inspired by [Kevsoft.PDFtk](https://github.com/kevbite/Kevsoft.PDFtk) and [pypdftk](https://github.com/revolunet/pypdftk).

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

[](#installation)

To install, use composer:

```
composer require qdequippe/phpdftk

```

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

[](#requirements)

- [PDFtk Server](https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-server/) installed (see below installation based on your OS)

### Linux (Ubuntu)

[](#linux-ubuntu)

See  (similar on other distributions).

```
apt-get install pdftk

```

### MacOS

[](#macos)

```
brew install pdftk-java

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

For example, to fill input PDF’s form fields with the data from an FDF file or XFDF file.

```
$pdftk = new \Qdequippe\PHPDFtk\PDFtk();

$filledPdf = $pdftk->fillForm(
    pdfFilePath: 'path_to_pdf.pdf',
    formDataFilePath: 'path_to_form_data.fdf', // or XFDF file,
    flatten: true,
);

// $filledPdf = PDF filled with form data
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
./vendor/bin/phpunit

```

License
-------

[](#license)

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

Resources
---------

[](#resources)

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###  Health Score

44

—

FairBetter than 92% of packages

Maintenance73

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 93.1% 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 ~0 days

Total

11

Last Release

357d ago

Major Versions

0.9.1 → 1.0.02025-05-26

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/131a1ad4ca05898c6f3224ae01ad7d7118a3bc41b455f631a6be50660eceffe2?d=identicon)[qdequippe](/maintainers/qdequippe)

---

Top Contributors

[![qdequippe](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3193300?v=4)](https://github.com/qdequippe "qdequippe (27 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (2 commits)")

---

Tags

fdfpdfpdftkphpxfdf

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/qdequippe-phpdftk/health.svg)

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