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violuke/php-barcodes
====================

A collection of PHP classes for managing barcodes.

v1.0.2(5y ago)39600.0k↓36.4%24[1 issues](https://github.com/violuke/php-barcodes/issues)2GPL-3.0+PHPPHP ^5.0 || ^7.0 || ^8.0CI failing

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PHP Barcode
===========

[](#php-barcode)

A PHP class for checking EAN8, EAN13, UPC and GTIN barcodes are valid (based on check digit).

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*Note: This project currently does nothing other than have some validation functions. I expect to add additional functionality in the future.*

Installation (with composer)
----------------------------

[](#installation-with-composer)

```
composer require violuke/php-barcodes

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
// Class instantation
$barcode = '5060411950139';
$bc_validator = new \violuke\Barcodes\BarcodeValidator($barcode);

// Check barcode is in valid format
if ($bc_validator->isValid()) {
	echo 'Valid :)';
} else {
	echo 'Invalid :(';
}

// Get the barcode type
echo 'Barcode is in format of ' . $bc_validator->getType();
// Possible formats returned are:
// (string) "GTIN" which equals constant \violuke\Barcodes\BarcodeValidator::TYPE_GTIN
// (string) "EAN-8" which equals constant \violuke\Barcodes\BarcodeValidator::TYPE_EAN_8
// (string) "EAN" which equals constant \violuke\Barcodes\BarcodeValidator::TYPE_EAN
// (string) "EAN Restricted" which equals constant \violuke\Barcodes\BarcodeValidator::TYPE_EAN_RESTRICTED
// (string) "UPC" which equals constant \violuke\Barcodes\BarcodeValidator::TYPE_UPC
// (string) "UPC Coupon Code" which equals constant \violuke\Barcodes\BarcodeValidator::TYPE_UPC_COUPON_CODE

// Returns the barcode in GTIN-14 format
$bc_validator->getGTIN14()

// Returns the barcode as entered
$bc_validator->getBarcode()
```

TODO:
-----

[](#todo)

- Barcode generation
- GS1-128 barcode generation and interpretation

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- The barcode validation function was based on [work by Ferry Bouwhuis](http://www.phpclasses.org/package/8560-PHP-Detect-type-and-check-EAN-and-UPC-barcodes.html).
- EAN Restricted format added from the [hassel-it/php-barcodes](https://github.com/hassel-it/php-barcodes) fork.
- Initial unit tests based on work in the [hassel-it/php-barcodes](https://github.com/hassel-it/php-barcodes) fork.

###  Health Score

44

—

FairBetter than 90% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity50

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community22

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 66.7% 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 ~885 days

Total

3

Last Release

1898d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0PHP ^5.0 || ^7.0

v1.0.2PHP ^5.0 || ^7.0 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6420347?v=4)[Luke Cousins](/maintainers/violuke)[@violuke](https://github.com/violuke)

---

Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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