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wrseward/pdf-parser
===================

PHP library to parse text from PDF files

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wrseward/pdf-parser
===================

[](#wrsewardpdf-parser)

PHP library to parse PDF files to text. A wrapper for pdftotext.

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f5a7f6061dd6e92788abe9c494d2f74c65bb71fd926240ae79adb8d949bdae77/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f77727365776172642f7064662d7061727365722e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/wrseward/pdf-parser)

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

[](#installation)

Via Composer

```
composer require wrseward/pdf-parser
```

### `pdftotext` binary

[](#pdftotext-binary)

Debian / Ubuntu

```
apt-get install poppler-utils
```

RedHat / CentOS

```
yum install poppler-utils
```

OS X

```
brew install xpdf
```

Verify your installation / Get the path of the binary

```
which pdftotext
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$parser = new \Wrseward\PdfParser\Pdf\PdfToTextParser('/usr/bin/pdftotext');
$parser->parse('/path/to/file.pdf');
echo $parser->text();
```

Running tests
-------------

[](#running-tests)

```
./vendor/bin/phpspec run
```

License
-------

[](#license)

[MIT](https://github.com/wrseward/pdf-parser/blob/master/LICENSE)

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity30

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 75% 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

3913d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/acdb26dbc0307baa7a1545bcbf1bb84ce845d51ffc94b2d3b1e93311f1f651ed?d=identicon)[wrseward](/maintainers/wrseward)

---

Top Contributors

[![wrseward](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1389211?v=4)](https://github.com/wrseward "wrseward (3 commits)")[![bhoffman-cbl](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11428250?v=4)](https://github.com/bhoffman-cbl "bhoffman-cbl (1 commits)")

---

Tags

pdfparserpdftotextpdf-parser

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