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sqkhor/publication-barcode
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For generating ISBN and ISSN barcodes.

v1.0.2(2y ago)3252MITPHPPHP ^7.3|^8.0

Since Sep 14Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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Barcode Generator for Publications
==================================

[](#barcode-generator-for-publications)

PHP script specifically for generating ISBN and ISSN barcodes.
It could be used to generate other EAN-13 barcodes too, though not designed to do so.

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

[](#installation)

You could either download everything in `src/` into your project, or install via composer:

```
composer require sqkhor/publication-barcode

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use \SQKhor\Barcode\PublicationBarcode;

// ISBN
$barcode = new PublicationBarcode('978-967-2088-62-2');
$svg = $barcode->render('svg');

// ISBN with add on
$barcode = new PublicationBarcode('978-967-2088-62-2', '50999');
$png = $barcode->render('svg');

// ISSN with issue number
$barcode = new PublicationBarcode('3009-1004', '01');
$svg = $barcode->svg();
```

Method Parameters
-----------------

[](#method-parameters)

`new PublicationBarcode(code, [addon])`

**code** (*string*)
The 13-digit ISBN / ISSN, or 8-digit ISSN code

**addon** (*?string*)
Supplimentary barcode data for price (ISBN) and issue number (ISSN)

`render(format)`

**format** (*string*)
Either one of these: svg | png | jpg | jpeg

### Shorthands

[](#shorthands)

```
$barcode = new PublicationBarcode('978-967-2088-62-2');
$svg = $barcode->svg();
$png = $barcode->png();
$jpg = $barcode->jpg();
```

Sample
------

[](#sample)

ISBN:
[![](sample-isbn.svg)](sample-isbn.svg)

ISSN with issue number:
[![](sample-issn.svg)](sample-issn.svg)

To-Do
-----

[](#to-do)

- PNG / JPG render capability
- Class parameters to set bar width & height
- Reset after every use
- Error handling
- Comments / documentations
- Tests

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 41% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Every ~19 days

Total

3

Last Release

985d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7521763?v=4)[Shuqi Khor](/maintainers/shuqikhor)[@shuqikhor](https://github.com/shuqikhor)

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Top Contributors

[![shuqikhor](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7521763?v=4)](https://github.com/shuqikhor "shuqikhor (19 commits)")

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Tags

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