README

This package provides an easy to work with class to convert pdf's to images.

Requirements

You should have Imagick and Ghostscript installed.

Install

The package can be installed via composer:

$ composer require bnbwebexpertise/pdf-to-image

Usage

Converting a pdf to an image is easy.

$pdf = new Bnb\PdfToImage\Pdf($pathToPdf);
$pdf->saveImage($pathToWhereImageShouldBeStored);

If the path you pass to saveImage has the extensions jpg, jpeg, or png the image will be saved in that format. Otherwise the output will be a jpg.

Other methods

You can get the total number of pages in the pdf:

$pdf->getNumberOfPages(); //returns an int

By default the first page of the pdf will be rendered. If you want to render another page you can do so:

$pdf->setPage(2)
    ->saveImage($pathToWhereImageShouldBeStored); //saves the second page

You can override the output format:

$pdf->setOutputFormat('png')
    ->saveImage($pathToWhereImageShouldBeStored); //the output wil be a png, no matter what

You can configure custom settings (where page is the page number) :

$beforeImageReadSettings = function (\Imagick $imagick, $page) {
    $imagick->setColorspace(\Imagick::COLORSPACE_SRGB);

    return $imagick;
};

$beforeImageWriteSettings = function (\Imagick $imagick, $page) {
    $imagick->resizeImage(1024, 1024, \Imagick::FILTER_LANCZOS, 0, true);
    $imagick->setImageColorspace(\Imagick::COLORSPACE_GRAY);

    return $imagick;
};

$pdf = new Pdf($this->testFile, $beforeImageReadSettings, $beforeImageWriteSettings)
    ->saveImage($pathToWhereImageShouldBeStored); //the output will be resized to a grayscale image with a best-fit dimension of 1024x1024

Change log

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Testing

$ composer test

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email support@bnb.be instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

• B&B Web Expertise
• Freek Van der Herten

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.