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shababsoftwares/ocr-text-extractor
==================================

This is a simple php project using Tesseract to extract text from any image.

v1.0(2y ago)316MITPHPPHP ^7.2

Since Jan 19Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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OCR-Image Text Extracting
=========================

[](#ocr-image-text-extracting)

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This is simple PHP Code using Tesseract-OCR to read and extract Text in any Image.

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

[](#installation)

First, install the package through Composer.

```
composer create-project shababsoftwares/ocr-text-extractor
```

How to Install Tesseract-OCR
----------------------------

[](#how-to-install-tesseract-ocr)

You need to have Tesseract-OCR installed and set Environment.

### On Window 10,11

[](#on-window-1011)

Installation guide on this link [How to install tesseract ocr on window](https://ironsoftware.com/csharp/ocr/blog/ocr-tools/tesseract-ocr-windows/)

Install Tesseract-OCR Edit Path under Environment System variables add new path `%InstalationPath%/Tesseract-OCR`like `C:\Program Files (x86)\Tesseract-OCR`

Add New Variable under System variables Variable Name: `TESSDATA_PREFIX`Variable Value: `%InstalledPath%/Tesseract-OCR` // C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Tesseract-OCR\\

### On Linux / ubuntu

[](#on-linux--ubuntu)

Step 1 : Update your system Begin the installation process by updating the APT Index.

```
    sudo apt update
```

Step 2 : Add Tesseract OCR 5 PPA to your system. To add the Tesseract OCR 5 PPA to your system, run the command below

```
    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alex-p/tesseract-ocr-devel
```

Step 3 : Install Tesseract on Ubuntu Run the command :

```
    sudo apt install -y tesseract-ocr
```

Once installation is complete update your system

```
    sudo apt update
```

Confirm the Tesseract version installed.

```
    $ tesseract --version
```

Set Path of Image and Output text file.
---------------------------------------

[](#set-path-of-image-and-output-text-file)

```
shell_exec('"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Tesseract-OCR\\tesseract" "C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\OCR-Text-Recognition\\images\\'.$file_name.'" out');

```

License
-------

[](#license)

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

Shabab Softwares
----------------

[](#shabab-softwares)

[www.shababsoftwares.com](https://www.shababsoftwares.com)

Shabab Softwares (c) 2024

###  Health Score

20

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LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity36

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

850d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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