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tarfin-labs/zbar-php
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zbar-php is a php package that provides an interface to the zbar bar-code reading library.

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zbar-php
========

[](#zbar-php)

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Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

zbar-php is a php package that provides an interface to the zbar bar-code reading library.

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

[](#requirements)

You should have [zbar](http://zbar.sourceforge.net/) and [imagemagick](https://imagemagick.org/) installed.

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require tarfin-labs/zbar-php
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Scanning bar-code or qr-code with zbar is simple.

```
$zbar = new \TarfinLabs\ZbarPhp\Zbar($imagePath);
$code = $zbar->scan();
```

Supported file formats: `pdf`, `jpeg`, `jpg`, `svg` and `gif`.

Here is how to get only the type of bar code.

```
$zbar = new \TarfinLabs\ZbarPhp\Zbar($imagePath);
$type = $zbar->type();

echo $type; // "EAN-13"
```

And this is how you get both.

```
$zbar = new \TarfinLabs\ZbarPhp\Zbar($imagePath);
$barCode = $zbar->decode();

echo $barCode->code(); // "1234567890128"
echo $barCode->type(); // "EAN-13"
```

### Testing

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

### Changelog

[](#changelog)

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

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

[](#contributing)

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update the tests as appropriate.

### Security

[](#security)

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

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Faruk Can](https://github.com/frkcn)
- [Yunus Emre Deligöz](https://github.com/deligoez)
- [Hakan Özdemir](https://github.com/hozdemir)
- [Turan Karatuğ](https://github.com/tkaratug)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

### License

[](#license)

zbar-php is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

###  Health Score

59

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance75

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity43

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity81

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 52.6% 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 ~197 days

Recently: every ~217 days

Total

11

Last Release

284d ago

Major Versions

1.x-dev → 2.0.02025-08-08

PHP version history (6 changes)1.0.0PHP ^7.2

1.2.0PHP ^7.2 || ^8.0

1.3.0PHP ^7.2|^7.3|^7.4|^8.0|^8.1

1.6.0PHP ^7.2|^7.3|^7.4|^8.0|^8.1|^8.2

1.7.0PHP ^7.2|^7.3|^7.4|^8.0|^8.1|^8.2|^8.3

2.0.0PHP ^8.2|^8.3|^8.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b5600fb42e402c85c4d893ac1f0375db5fa5989c0d605ada8a28f627153d244c?d=identicon)[frkcn](/maintainers/frkcn)

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---

Top Contributors

[![frkcn](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/374634?v=4)](https://github.com/frkcn "frkcn (30 commits)")[![khalyomede](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15908747?v=4)](https://github.com/khalyomede "khalyomede (10 commits)")[![tkaratug](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4394344?v=4)](https://github.com/tkaratug "tkaratug (9 commits)")[![aydinfatih](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14280894?v=4)](https://github.com/aydinfatih "aydinfatih (4 commits)")[![StanBarrows](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10268813?v=4)](https://github.com/StanBarrows "StanBarrows (3 commits)")[![TheLastPastor](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/58549012?v=4)](https://github.com/TheLastPastor "TheLastPastor (1 commits)")

---

Tags

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