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quangvule/pdf-to-text
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Extract text from a pdf

1.0.1(10y ago)017MITPHPPHP ^7.0

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Extract text from a pdf
=======================

[](#extract-text-from-a-pdf)

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This package provides a class to extract text from a pdf.

```
 \Spatie\PdfToText\Pdf::getText('book.pdf'); //returns the text from the pdf
```

Spatie is a webdesign agency based in Antwerp, Belgium. You'll find an overview of all our open source projects [on our website](https://spatie.be/opensource).

Postcardware
------------

[](#postcardware)

You're free to use this package (it's [MIT-licensed](LICENSE.md)), but if it makes it to your production environment you are required to send us a postcard from your hometown, mentioning which of our package(s) you are using.

Our address is: Spatie, Samberstraat 69D, 2060 Antwerp, Belgium.

The best postcards will get published on the open source page on our website.

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

[](#requirements)

Behind the scenes this package leverages [pdftotext](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pdftotext). You can verify if the binary installed on your system by issueing this command:

```
which pdftotext

```

If it is installed it will return the path to the binary.

To install the binary you can use this command on Ubuntu or Debian:

```
apt-get install poppler-utils
```

If you're on RedHat or CentOS use this:

```
yum install poppler-utils
```

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
$ composer require spatie/pdf-to-text
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Extracting text from a pdf is easy.

```
$text = (new Pdf())
    ->setPdf('book.pdf')
    ->text();
```

Or easier:

```
 \Spatie\PdfToText\Pdf::getText('book.pdf')
```

By default the package will assume that the `pdftotext` is located at `/usr/bin/pdftotext`. If you're using the a different location pass the path to the binary in constructor

```
$text = (new Pdf('/custom/path/to/pdftotext'))
    ->setPdf('book.pdf')
    ->text();
```

or as the second parameter to the `getText`-function:

```
 \Spatie\PdfToText\Pdf::getText('book.pdf', '/custom/path/to/pdftotext')
```

Change log
----------

[](#change-log)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ composer test
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Freek Van der Herten](https://github.com/freekmurze)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

About Spatie
------------

[](#about-spatie)

Spatie is a webdesign agency based in Antwerp, Belgium. You'll find an overview of all our open source projects [on our website](https://spatie.be/opensource).

License
-------

[](#license)

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

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 46% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 74.4% 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. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~38 days

Total

3

Last Release

3658d ago

Major Versions

0.0.1 → 1.0.02015-12-31

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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