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A shorthand collection of methods commonly needed for pdf generation, manipulation and conversion.

Requirements

Behind the scenes this package leverages pdftotext. You can verify if the binary installed on your system by issueing this command:

which pdftotext

If it is installed it will return the path to the binary.

To install the binary you can use this command on Ubuntu or Debian:

apt-get install poppler-utils

On a mac you can install the binary using brew

brew install poppler

If you're on RedHat, CentOS, Rocky Linux or Fedora use this:

yum install poppler-utils

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require itul/pdf-tools

Usage

// Usage description here

General Methods

init()

• Return type: static
• Description: Class method for initializing an instance of the class.

Modification Methods

split($path)

• Parameters:
  • $path (string): The path to the PDF file.
• Return type: array
• Description: Split a PDF into individual pages.

merge(array $paths)

• Parameters:
  • $paths (array): An array of paths to PDF files to merge.
• Return type: string
• Description: Merge multiple PDF files into a single PDF.

compress($path)

• Parameters:
  • $path (string|array): The path to the PDF file or an array of paths.
• Return type: string|array
• Description: Compress a PDF file.

uncompress($path)

• Parameters:
  • $path (string|array): The path to the compressed PDF file or an array of paths.
• Return type: string|array
• Description: Uncompress PDF data.

flatten($path)

• Parameters:
  • $path (string|array): The path to the PDF file or an array of paths.
• Return type: string|array
• Description: Flatten a PDF to make text not selectable.

stamp($path, string $stampPath, $allPages = false)

• Parameters:
  • $path (string|array): The path to the PDF file or an array of paths.
  • $stampPath (string): The path to the PDF file to use as a stamp.
  • $allPages (bool): Whether to stamp all pages of the PDF.
• Return type: string|array
• Description: Stamp a PDF with another PDF.

fill(string $path, array $data = [])

• Parameters:
  • $path (string): The path to the PDF file.
  • $data (array): An associative array containing form field data.
• Return type: string
• Description: Fill PDF form fields with data.

Data Methods

pdfInfo(string $path)

• Parameters:
  • $path (string): The path to the PDF file.
• Return type: \GeneralObject
• Description: Get PDF information.

pageCount(string $path)

• Parameters:
  • $path (string): The path to the PDF file.
• Return type: float
• Description: Get the number of pages in a PDF.

Conversion Methods

toPdf($path)

• Parameters:
  • $path (string|array): The path to the file or an array of file paths.
• Return type: string|array
• Description: Convert a file to a PDF.

toImage(string $path, $format = 'png', $density = 300)

• Parameters:
  • $path (string): The path to the file.
  • $format (string): The image format to convert to (default is 'png').
  • $density (int): The density for the image conversion (default is 300).
• Return type: array
• Description: Convert a file to an image.

HTML Rendering Methods

fromHTML(string $html)

• Parameters:
  • $html (string): The HTML content or file path.
• Return type: string
• Description: Convert an HTML file or a string of HTML to a PDF.

fromView($view, $data = [])

• Parameters:
  • $view (string): The name of the view.
  • $data (array): The data to pass to the view.
• Return type: string
• Description: Render a Laravel view as a PDF.

toHTML($path, $raster = false, $gen = true)

• Parameters:
  • $path (string): The path to the fillable PDF.
  • $raster (bool): Whether to rasterize the PDF.
  • $gen (bool): Whether to generate the parsed HTML.
• Return type: mixed
• Description: Convert a fillable PDF to an HTML form.

fillableFromHtml(string $pageHtml, string $pageStyle = null)

• Parameters:
  • $pageHtml (string): The HTML content or file path.
  • $pageStyle (string|null): The CSS style content or file path.
• Return type: string
• Description: Convert a single HTML page to a fillable PDF form.

OCR Methods

toSearchablePdf($files)

• Parameters:
  • $files (string|array): The file path or an array of file paths.
• Return type: string|array
• Description: Convert one or more files to a searchable PDF.

asText($path)

• Parameters:
  • $path (string|array): The path to the PDF file or an array of PDF file paths.
• Return type: \Illuminate\Support\Collection
• Description: Extract text from a PDF.

isSearchable($path)

• Parameters:
  • $path (string): The path to the PDF file.
• Return type: bool
• Description: Check if the PDF is searchable.