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Can read and extract information from pdf file. 0.9.271(10y ago)023GPL-3.0PHPPHP >=5.3.0 Since Sep 2Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/sjoorm/pdfparser)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/sjoorm/pdfparser)[ Docs](http://www.pdfparser.org)[ RSS](/packages/sjoorm-pdfparser/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced today READMEChangelog (1)Dependencies (2)Versions (28)Used By (0) PdfParser ========= [](#pdfparser) Pdf Parser, a standalone PHP library, provides various tools to extract data from a PDF file. 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This project is supported by [Actualys](http://www.actualys.com). Features -------- [](#features) Features included : - Load/parse objects and headers - Extract meta data (author, description, ...) - Extract text from ordered pages - Support of compressed pdf - Support of MAC OS Roman charset encoding - Handling of hexa and octal encoding in text sections - PSR-0 compliant ([autoloader](https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-0.md)) - PSR-1 compliant ([code styling](https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-1-basic-coding-standard.md)) Currently, secured documents are not supported. This Library is still under active development. As a result, users must expect BC breaks when using the master version. Documentation ------------- [](#documentation) [Read the documentation on website](http://www.pdfparser.org/documentation?utm_source=GitHub&utm_medium=documentation&utm_campaign=GitHub). Original PDF References files can be downloaded from this url : [http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf\_reference\_archive.html](http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference_archive.html) License ------- [](#license) This library is under the [GPLv3 license](https://github.com/smalot/pdfparser/blob/master/LICENSE). ### Health Score 27 — LowBetter than 47% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity6 Limited adoption so far Community17 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity58 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 78.5% 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. 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